Mother

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195305371.003.0003

Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger

Malcolm Gillies (ed.) et al.

https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195305371.001.0001

Published online:

01 January 2010

Published in print:

13 July 2006

Online ISBN:

9780199863624

Print ISBN:

9780195305371

- Copyright Page
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- Dedication
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- Acknowledgments
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- List of Illustrations
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- Chronology: Malcolm Gillies and David Pear
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- Introduction
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- 1 Forebears
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- 2 Father
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- - 11 Dates of Important Events and Movements in the Life of Rose Grainger (1923) 11 Dates of Important Events and Movements in the Life of Rose Grainger (1923)
    - Vivid Esthetic Impressions of the Australian Years (1861–1895) Vivid Esthetic Impressions of the Australian Years (1861–1895)
    - Vivid Esthetic Impressions of the Frankfurt Years (1895–1901) Vivid Esthetic Impressions of the Frankfurt Years (1895–1901)
    - Outstanding Esthetic Impressions of Trips on European Continent (1910–1914) Outstanding Esthetic Impressions of Trips on European Continent (1910–1914)
    - Other Chief Esthetic Impressions and Interests of the London Years (1901–1914) Other Chief Esthetic Impressions and Interests of the London Years (1901–1914)
    - Strongest Esthetic Impressions of the American Years (1914–1922) Strongest Esthetic Impressions of the American Years (1914–1922)
  - 12 [How I Have Loved Her, How I Love Her Now] (1922) 12 [How I Have Loved Her, How I Love Her Now] (1922)
  - 13 Thought Mother Was ‘God’. Something of This Still Remains (1923) 13 Thought Mother Was ‘God’. Something of This Still Remains (1923)
  - 14 Arguments with Beloved Mother (1926) 14 Arguments with Beloved Mother (1926)
  - 15 Mother’s Neuralgia in Australia (1926) 15 Mother’s Neuralgia in Australia (1926)
  - 16 Mother on My Love of Being Pitied (1926) 16 Mother on My Love of Being Pitied (1926)
  - 17 Beloved Mother’s Swear-Words (1926) 17 Beloved Mother’s Swear-Words (1926)
  - 18 Mother a Nietzschean? (1926) 18 Mother a Nietzschean? (1926)
  - 19 Thots of Mother while Scoring To a Nordic Princess (1928) 19 Thots of Mother while Scoring To a Nordic Princess (1928)
  - 20 Bird’s-Eye View of the Together-Life of Rose Grainger and Percy Grainger (1947) 20 Bird’s-Eye View of the Together-Life of Rose Grainger and Percy Grainger (1947)
    - The Purpose of This Brief Sketch The Purpose of This Brief Sketch
    - The Languages in Which This Sketch Is Written The Languages in Which This Sketch Is Written
    - Some of My Mother’s Qualities Some of My Mother’s Qualities
    - Mother’s Wilfulness, Recklessness, Fearlessness, Bossiness, Violence if Opposed, Tendency to Burn Food When Cooking, Vehemence Mother’s Wilfulness, Recklessness, Fearlessness, Bossiness, Violence if Opposed, Tendency to Burn Food When Cooking, Vehemence
    - Was My Mother Jealous about Me? Was My Mother Jealous about Me?
    - My Mother Was Certainly Not Jealous of My Father My Mother Was Certainly Not Jealous of My Father
    - Mother’s Matchless Devotion to the Arts Mother’s Matchless Devotion to the Arts
    - Mother’s Unwillingness to Develop Herself in the Arts (Her Dislike of Being Corrected in Music or Languages) Mother’s Unwillingness to Develop Herself in the Arts (Her Dislike of Being Corrected in Music or Languages)
    - Mother’s and My Piano Playing Compared by Mischke, to My Disadvantage Mother’s and My Piano Playing Compared by Mischke, to My Disadvantage
    - Mother’s Dislike of Humor, Smartness, Chaffing in Art & Life Mother’s Dislike of Humor, Smartness, Chaffing in Art & Life
    - Mother’s Non-Moral Assurance Stemmed from Basic Wholesomeness Mother’s Non-Moral Assurance Stemmed from Basic Wholesomeness
    - My Own Cowardice May Be Rooted in My Comparatively Unwholesome, Twisted Nature My Own Cowardice May Be Rooted in My Comparatively Unwholesome, Twisted Nature
    - Does My Ris-Dyrkeri Merely Stem from the Horsey Aldridge Background? Does My Ris-Dyrkeri Merely Stem from the Horsey Aldridge Background?
    - Mother Tended to Be Theatrical & Drastic in Her Tests of Me Mother Tended to Be Theatrical & Drastic in Her Tests of Me
    - Mother’s Worship of Bodily Beauty Mother’s Worship of Bodily Beauty
    - Mother’s Cosmopolitanism, Shot Thru with Streaks of British Patriotism Mother’s Cosmopolitanism, Shot Thru with Streaks of British Patriotism
    - Mother No Bohemian (The Practical to Serve the Ideal) Mother No Bohemian (The Practical to Serve the Ideal)
    - Mother’s Idea That Genius Flourished on Immunity, Not Experience Mother’s Idea That Genius Flourished on Immunity, Not Experience
    - Mother’s Efforts to Prevent My Becoming Money-Minded Mother’s Efforts to Prevent My Becoming Money-Minded
    - Mother’s Lightning Changes of Mood, of Attitude Mother’s Lightning Changes of Mood, of Attitude
    - At Bottom, Mother Was Never Strict about Money At Bottom, Mother Was Never Strict about Money
    - [In Danish] Mother’s Pronouncement on My Birch Worship. [In English] (‘Kindest Man I have Known’) [In Danish] Mother’s Pronouncement on My Birch Worship. [In English] (‘Kindest Man I have Known’)
    - Mother for Me, Against the World (& Its Conventions) Mother for Me, Against the World (& Its Conventions)
    - Mother’s Outspokenness to Her Friends Mother’s Outspokenness to Her Friends
    - Mother at [Peter Jones, Chelsea] (‘Perhaps You Want Your Lunch?’) Mother at [Peter Jones, Chelsea] (‘Perhaps You Want Your Lunch?’)
    - Miss Permin’s First Day at 31A King’s Road Miss Permin’s First Day at 31A King’s Road
    - Mother’s Unwavering Dislike of the Bible; Her Inability to Join Any Religious Group Mother’s Unwavering Dislike of the Bible; Her Inability to Join Any Religious Group
    - Walt Whitman a Red Rag to a Bull Walt Whitman a Red Rag to a Bull
    - Mother’s Artistic Judgements Formed on Her Own, without Me Mother’s Artistic Judgements Formed on Her Own, without Me
    - Mother’s Lack of Prudery & Hyper-Decency (Unlike Her Mother) Mother’s Lack of Prudery & Hyper-Decency (Unlike Her Mother)
    - Mother’s Possible Severity with Me & Her Piano Pupils Mother’s Possible Severity with Me & Her Piano Pupils
    - Mother’s Daringness Mother’s Daringness
    - Did Mother Have a Touch of Hypochondria? Did Mother Have a Touch of Hypochondria?
    - Mother’s Gaiety, Merry Voice, Lively Movements Mother’s Gaiety, Merry Voice, Lively Movements
    - Mother’s Funny Sayings, Quotations Mother’s Funny Sayings, Quotations
    - Mother’s Ability to Carry Thru Drastic Diet-Regimes Mother’s Ability to Carry Thru Drastic Diet-Regimes
    - Mother’s Possible Reasons for Suicide Mother’s Possible Reasons for Suicide
    - Equally Fond of Men & Women Equally Fond of Men & Women
    - Mother Championed the ‘Under Dogs’ amongst Her Friends Mother Championed the ‘Under Dogs’ amongst Her Friends
    - Brief Sketch of the Main Outlines of Rose Grainger’s Life Brief Sketch of the Main Outlines of Rose Grainger’s Life
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- 4 Friends
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- 5 Wife
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- 6 Self
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- 7 Composer
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- 8 Performer
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- 9 Commentator
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- List of Sources
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- Select Grainger Bibliography
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- Index
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Abstract

This chapter outlines in depth Rose Grainger's history, from her birth until her tragic suicide in 1922. Her aesthetic impressions and values are provided, and Grainger's abilities are attributed to these. Grainger outlines his close affinity in fields of art and literature with his mother, in particular Kipling, Dickens, and Walter Scott, and her abilities in foreign languages, particularly Danish. Her support of the underdog and dislike of snobbery or pretentiousness, and her moral flexibility are all lauded. Rose's relationship with Percy's friends, especially Cyril Scott and Roger Quilter is addressed. The chapter ends in an examination of the family tendency to worship bodily beauty, to prefer the emotional to the brilliant in art, and to subscribe to the conviction that geniuses, like Percy himself, flourished in immunity and isolation, not as a product of wider life experience.

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