Name/TitleImpetuous Heart: The Story of Ethel Smyth
MakerCollis, Louise
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback book titled 'Impetuous Heart: The Story of Ethel Smyth' by Louise Collis. The contents are:
I. Early Days
II. Brahms in Leipzig
III. Harry Brewster
IV. Converted
V. Harry Resurgent
VI. The Empress Eugénie and the Mass
VII. Lovers
VIII. Operatic Adventures
IX. Wrecked
X. Resuscitated
XI. Militant
XII. The Holloway Degree
XIII. Retirement from Politics
XIV. Irish Interlude
XV. Flight Into Egypt
XVI. War
XVII. With Edith Somerville in Italy
XVIII. Arguments
XIX. Ghosts
XX. Mothering Virginia Woolf
XXI. Death
- Appendix: Ethel Smyth's Chief Compositions; Bibliography; Index
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 240 x W: 155 x D: 22 mm
Date Made1984
PeriodMid 19th - early 20th century
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesWilliam Kimber, 100 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6EE
PublisherWilliam Kimber
Publication Date1984
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Smyth:
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth DBE (/smaɪθ/; 22 April 1858 – 8 May 1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas. Smyth tended to be marginalised as a "woman composer", as though her work could not be accepted as mainstream. Yet when she produced more delicate compositions, they were criticised for not measuring up to the standard of her male peers. She was the first female composer granted a damehood. ... In 1910, Smyth joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), which agitated for women's suffrage, giving up music for two years to devote herself to the cause. Smyth argued in her memoirs that the disadvantages that women face in music stem from the lack of a political vote or voice. She developed a very close relationship with the charismatic leader of the WSPU, Emmeline Pankhurst, and accompanied her on many occasions. Soon after, Smyth composed her most famous, "The March of the Women" (1911) to words by Cicely Hamilton. The text was used to inspire women to unite and free themselves from patriarchal rule. This eventually became the anthem of the WSPU and the suffragette movement [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Subject and Association Keywordsmusic, composition
Subject and Association KeywordsLGBTQ+
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
ISBN/ISSN0-7183-9543-4
Object numberGWL-2011-11-1
Spine LabelLOUISE COLLIS ~ IMPETUOUS HEART ~ WILLIAM KIMBER
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved