Virginia Woolf’s voice, 1937 - "Craftsmanship" (with the closing lines), BBC broadcast / subtitled

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Virginia Woolf’s voice, 1937 - "Craftsmanship" (with the closing lines), BBC broadcast / subtitled

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7 жыл бұрын

Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 - 28 March 1941) was an English writer and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century.
This is presumed to be the only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf. It was recorded on April 29, 1937, as part of a BBC radio broadcast series called “Words Fail Me.” Woolf would have been fifty-five at the time.
See:
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The whole essay is to be find here:
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For an explanation of the words “incarnadine” and “ multitudinous seas” (Shakespeare) see:
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Music: Edward Elgar (1919), Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 by Skidmore College Orchestra (musopen.org)
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@ruivog 6 жыл бұрын

What a haunting beautiful voice.

@shjobbi 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so, so much for uploading this video, especially because it has subtitles. I believe its content is immensely valuable not only to writers trying to catch words, but for all people trying to convey their feelings and emotions.

@thenewgothicthenewgothic5910 7 жыл бұрын

This is so emotional and valuable, her voice struck my heart so perceptibly. Thank you

@voraciousreader3341 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhhh, I love her work, and now I get to love her voice! It’s full of music, with a deep richness and light overtones. The English language speaks in ancient ways to me as well as one of my sons, which is why her work is so important to me.

@9monava Жыл бұрын

Lovely piece -- thought provoking and a treasure to hear her voice!

@noeltroy2634 4 жыл бұрын

"incarnadine, multitudinous seas, making the green one red" macbeth. Shakespeare

@jylyhughes5085 4 жыл бұрын

Utterly marvellous! Virginia ... I love you!

@McLeanAmy 6 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, has this been remastered? The audio quality sounds so much more crisp and vivid than it does on a different version I'd been listening to. I could listen to her all day.

@betapicts 6 жыл бұрын

due to Adobe Audition

@mjc5509 4 жыл бұрын

THE VOICE OF A LITERARY GENIUS..A VERY IMPORTANT RECORDING ..MAGICAL

@sophiaw.7356 2 жыл бұрын

Virginia certainly should not use only capitals.

@thomasspicer4130 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful voice and accent

@Johnkels100 3 жыл бұрын

I just have to keep listening to this and soak in the Bohemian life of the Bloomsbury Set.

@Dover0486 5 ай бұрын

"unintelligible to one generation, but plain as pike staffs to the next " . truthful beauty and not crude bumbling of amateur

@barbaraschumacher3861 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for posting this.

@buveusedencre Жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but this is the voice I imagined for her. Amazing

@666mrdoctor 2 жыл бұрын

LOL she quoted the sea shanty "The maid of Amsterdam": a-roving, fair maid. It should have been popular back in the days.

@giuseppersa2391 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely and utterly mesmerizing..Thank you 🌹🌹🌹🌹

@cheymadidi6020 3 жыл бұрын

this is amazing

@italianaqueer 5 жыл бұрын

Love you, Virginia!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@arcanechili 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad this is here (and grateful to the poster) but it's worth noting that this is a truncated version of the essay. As noted at the end of the video the audio for the last half page isn't included in the recording. But more importantly the first three pages are missing (at least when compared to the version of the essay that appears in VW's collection of essays "The Death of the Moth".)

@betapicts 5 жыл бұрын

indeed, the first part isn't included

@wandajames6234 4 жыл бұрын

she sounds much older-- 60s or 70s-- than I thought- she was still a youngish woman

@virginiawoolfsocietyofgb7094 2 жыл бұрын

She was 55 at the time of the recording. She may sound older because of the low pitch of her voice.

@sophiaw.7356 2 жыл бұрын

She sounds old because she was mental ill. Manic- depressive. Possibly taking medication.

@flyakitefly Жыл бұрын

Recordings were not as sophisticated then as they are now. And this isn't the entirety of the essay as some was lost so what remains could have been slightly damaged, albeit well restored. Also she was speaking for radio so that would have altered the timbre of her voice. It's still wonderful to have it, even if it mightn't have accurately represented her day to day speaking voice.

@flyakitefly Жыл бұрын

Oh I didn't realise I was replying to you, Marielle!

@snowbelle74 3 жыл бұрын

Remarkable to hear her voice. Huge admirer of VW and her work. Or Vee- Dub as I like to call her 😉

@shiosai71 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this posting, so beautiful listen to that music that make english language great

@betapicts 6 жыл бұрын

for me it's Virginia, not the language nor the music...

@shiosai71 6 жыл бұрын

betapicts I was speaking of Virginia’s voice, is in her writing that I found the “music” which I refer to. I’m not acquainted to english to explain my thought better but enough to say that you have completely misunderstood me

@betapicts 6 жыл бұрын

you explained it marvelously, thanx

@sophiaw.7356 2 жыл бұрын

@@shiosai71 Quite clear. Very melodic voice.

@LoweHenry 4 жыл бұрын

omg, im speechless

@sharleeneolivier899 6 жыл бұрын

love

@ed_leonardi Жыл бұрын

Her accent is so beautiful and clear, unlike what we hear in the streets today. Beauty was replaced by vulgarity.

@shin-i-chikozima 6 жыл бұрын

彼女の肉声を聴くことができて感無量です。今、ダロウェイ夫人を読んでいます。セプティマスが哀れでなりません。

@franklinhill4341 6 жыл бұрын

He who binds to himself a joy Doth the winged life destroy; But to kiss the joy as it flies Is to live in Eternity's sunrise. ( Changing William Blake's ""he" for Virginia Woolf's sake.)

@SarahSmith-nr2wj 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what she would have made of text speak (lol) ☺️

@thecrimsonbubbles 6 жыл бұрын

what a hero

@thesubhumancomedy 3 жыл бұрын

Some quote bath wear - One of the most quote-worthy til this day

@giossiveronica Жыл бұрын

the link to the whole essay doesn't work anymore :(

@betapicts Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, I found an alternative: speakola.com/arts/virginia-woolf-craftsmanship-1937 you can see that the text of the printed essay differs a bit from the transcript of Virginia Woolf’s BBC broadcast.

@operaguy1 Жыл бұрын

Audio can be vastly improved from this level ....... without losing the detail and chatacter.

@sophiaw.7356 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the speed of her speech is correct? In my opinion the speed is too high.

@sophiaw.7356 2 жыл бұрын

Reading many words ( and even symbols) in the comments Virginia Woolf could not have known. ....which she wouldn't even have appreciated. After all she was a purist.

@betapicts 2 жыл бұрын

Virginia Woolf was for her day a very modern woman. She was part of the well-known bohemian artistic literary Bloomsbury Group. The majority of its members were homosexual or bisexual. Their works and outlook deeply influenced literature, aesthetics, criticism, and economics as well as modern attitudes towards feminism, pacifism, and sexuality.

@sophiaw.7356 2 жыл бұрын

@@betapicts I have the entire works and (auto) biographies of VW. She belongs to my main interests in life since my twenties. I am 70 now. You can' t possibly tell me something new, sorry. I am referring to language.

@betapicts 2 жыл бұрын

@@sophiaw.7356 Oops! You must have experienced my comment as a kind of mansplaining, haha. I've read several of her books (with Orlando as the low point - generally viewed not just as high literature, but as a gossipy novel about Sackville-West). Several authors stress the complexity of her character and the apparent inherent contradictions in analysing her apparent flaws. She could certainly be off-hand, rude and even cruel in her dealings with other authors, translators and biographers. Couldn't that mean that - if she were alive today - she'd be an avid user of something like Twitter? I think you're right about her possible dislike of most of the comments (me too, but not for purist reasons).

@sophiaw.7356 2 жыл бұрын

@@betapicts Thank you for uploading, but this audio fragment already was on the internet about 15 years ago. 📔📕📖📗📘📙📚📓📒📃📜📄📰🗞📑 LOLLLL LMAO SARC ON

@betapicts 2 жыл бұрын

@@sophiaw.7356 but wuthout subtitles

@sophiaw.7356 2 жыл бұрын

It is rather funny .....or romantic......how she tries to personify the words themselves........ And rather contradictory....first she argues for the preservation of old language...... and later she claims that words keep changing. The latter being the truth.