Heinrich von Herzogenberg
and his wife Lisl
befriended her generously, so that she soon became a semi-detached member of the Herzogenberg family.
qtd. in
Collis, Louise. Impetuous Heart: The Story of Ethel Smyth. William Kimber, 1984.
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They introduced her to many composers, including Brahms
(who apparently snubbed her),...
Leisure and Society
Emmuska Baroness Orczy
Music was very important to EBO
(though she says she had inexplicably little talent), and she gives one of the five books of her memoirs to her musical life. She heard Edvard Grieg
conducting his...
Performance of text
Henrik Ibsen
HI
published in Copenhagen his poetic drama Peer Gynt. It was first produced on 24 February 1876 at the Christiania Theatre
in Oslo with music composed by Edvard Grieg
.
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