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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) was an exceptional woman in an age
rich in strong personalities. Best known for her opera The
Wreckers, her music, long neglected, is gradually winning new
friends. A feminist, intrepid traveller and sportswoman, she wrote
nine volumes of autobiography, vividly recounting a life packed
with incident.
Aged nineteen, in the face of fierce opposition from her father,
she went to Germany to study and 'plunged joyfully into the dear
old sea of German music which surged about the feet of Brahms',
befriending Schumann's widow, Clara, and the composer Heinrich von
Herzogenberg and his wife, Lisl, the first of many women to whom
Ethel was passionately attached.
Her writings, abridged by Ronald Crichton, and including a
catalogue of her music, are full of brilliant portraits - Brahms,
Mahler, Beecham, Emmeline Pankhurst and Queen Victoria - all
described in uncompromising detail. Numerous anecdotes range from
hurling a brick through a cabinet minister's window, resulting in
two months in Holloway prison - where she was observed, leaning
through the bars, conducting her March of the Women with a
toothbrush - to an Egyptian visit where she sought out a
hermaphrodite in order to make an anatomical examination.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
IMPRESSIONS THAT REMAINED emoirs By ETHEL SMYTH Introduction by
ERNEST NEWMAN NEW YORK ALFKED A. EDSTOPF 1 946 FIRST PUBLISHED 1919
by Longmans, Green Co., Ltd RESET AND REPRINTED September 1946
INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT 1946 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. All rights
reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a
reviewer who may quote brief passages or reproduce not more than
three illustrations in a review to be printed in a magazine or
newspaper. Manufactured in the United States of America. Published
simul taneously in Canada by The Ryerson Press. This is a Borzoi
Book, published by Alfred A, Knopf, Inc. The Author, agd afam jfk e
IN MEMORY OF M E P THE HON. LADY PONSONBY AND OF OUR LONG
FRIENDSHIP 1890 1916 1 find Lady Ponsonby, the wise judge the firm
Liberal, more and more de lightful at last one feels she is getting
old she is eighty-two. She is like a fine flame kindled by sea-logs
and sandlewood good to watch and good to warm the mind at, and the
heart too. EDITH SICHELL 1914 INTRODUCTION Ethel Smyths Impressions
That Remained when it was first published in England I expressed
the opinion that this was one of the half-dozen best
autobiographies in the English language. This estimate has been
confirmed by a recent re-reading of it for the present American
edition. But there are several other books by the same author
equally worth reading, for Ethel Smyth was one of the most
remarkable women of her epoch and I am glad that a request from Mr.
Alfred Knopf to furnish an Introduction to this new edition affords
me an opportunity of telling the American musi cal public more
about her than is contained in her firstbook. The autobiography may
be trusted to tell its own story so far as it goes. But it was
issued in 1919, and a great deal happened be tween then and the
authors death in 1944. The memoirs, apart from a brief reference in
the Epilogue to friends or incidents of the years immediately
following, carry us only as far as 1892. Writing as she did in 1918
her scope was necessarily restricted here and there by the fact
that several people who had played a considerable part in her
life-story were still alive. One of these was the Ex-Empress
Eug6-nie of France, with whom she was on terms of close friendship
for more than a quarter of a century from 1890 onwards, the
Empresss English estate at Farnborough Hill being close to the
Smyth house at Frimley and to later residences of Ethel. It would
obviously have been impossible for the author to write about the
Empress at any length or with any freedom while she was still
alive. She died, at the age of ninety-five in July 1920 a year or
so after the publication of the Impressions and in her second book,
Streaks of Life 1921, Ethel Smyth painted a portrait of her that is
not only fascinating in itself but of value to students and
historians of the Second Empire. The passing of the Empress from
the scene also placed the author Introduction at liberty to indulge
in some amusing reminiscences of the old Queen Victoria, with whom
she had come into contact through Eug6nie they include the rich
story, told with rich humour, of the dreadful breach of etiquette
of which Ethel was innocently guilty at an after-dinner reception
at Balmoral. At one end of the large room was a fireplace, and in
front of this a hearthrug on which, in remote dignity, the Queen
wasstanding with the Empress. Lead ing up to the two august ladies,
says Ethel, was an avenue composed of royal personages ranged, as I
afterwards found out, in order of precedence, the highest in rank
being closest to the hearthrug which avenue, broadening towards its
base, gradually became mere ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and
finally petered out in a group of Maids of Honour huddled
ingloriously in the bay-window...
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Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
IMPRESSIONS THAT REMAINED emoirs By ETHEL SMYTH Introduction by
ERNEST NEWMAN NEW YORK ALFKED A. EDSTOPF 1 946 FIRST PUBLISHED 1919
by Longmans, Green Co., Ltd RESET AND REPRINTED September 1946
INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT 1946 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. All rights
reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a
reviewer who may quote brief passages or reproduce not more than
three illustrations in a review to be printed in a magazine or
newspaper. Manufactured in the United States of America. Published
simul taneously in Canada by The Ryerson Press. This is a Borzoi
Book, published by Alfred A, Knopf, Inc. The Author, agd afam jfk e
IN MEMORY OF M E P THE HON. LADY PONSONBY AND OF OUR LONG
FRIENDSHIP 1890 1916 1 find Lady Ponsonby, the wise judge the firm
Liberal, more and more de lightful at last one feels she is getting
old she is eighty-two. She is like a fine flame kindled by sea-logs
and sandlewood good to watch and good to warm the mind at, and the
heart too. EDITH SICHELL 1914 INTRODUCTION Ethel Smyths Impressions
That Remained when it was first published in England I expressed
the opinion that this was one of the half-dozen best
autobiographies in the English language. This estimate has been
confirmed by a recent re-reading of it for the present American
edition. But there are several other books by the same author
equally worth reading, for Ethel Smyth was one of the most
remarkable women of her epoch and I am glad that a request from Mr.
Alfred Knopf to furnish an Introduction to this new edition affords
me an opportunity of telling the American musi cal public more
about her than is contained in her firstbook. The autobiography may
be trusted to tell its own story so far as it goes. But it was
issued in 1919, and a great deal happened be tween then and the
authors death in 1944. The memoirs, apart from a brief reference in
the Epilogue to friends or incidents of the years immediately
following, carry us only as far as 1892. Writing as she did in 1918
her scope was necessarily restricted here and there by the fact
that several people who had played a considerable part in her
life-story were still alive. One of these was the Ex-Empress
Eug6-nie of France, with whom she was on terms of close friendship
for more than a quarter of a century from 1890 onwards, the
Empresss English estate at Farnborough Hill being close to the
Smyth house at Frimley and to later residences of Ethel. It would
obviously have been impossible for the author to write about the
Empress at any length or with any freedom while she was still
alive. She died, at the age of ninety-five in July 1920 a year or
so after the publication of the Impressions and in her second book,
Streaks of Life 1921, Ethel Smyth painted a portrait of her that is
not only fascinating in itself but of value to students and
historians of the Second Empire. The passing of the Empress from
the scene also placed the author Introduction at liberty to indulge
in some amusing reminiscences of the old Queen Victoria, with whom
she had come into contact through Eug6nie they include the rich
story, told with rich humour, of the dreadful breach of etiquette
of which Ethel was innocently guilty at an after-dinner reception
at Balmoral. At one end of the large room was a fireplace, and in
front of this a hearthrug on which, in remote dignity, the Queen
wasstanding with the Empress. Lead ing up to the two august ladies,
says Ethel, was an avenue composed of royal personages ranged, as I
afterwards found out, in order of precedence, the highest in rank
being closest to the hearthrug which avenue, broadening towards its
base, gradually became mere ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and
finally petered out in a group of Maids of Honour huddled
ingloriously in the bay-window...
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