Abstract
From a letter by Lord Olivier to Archibald Henderson, 8 June 1931, in Henderson, Bernard Shaw, Playboy and Prophet (London and New York: D. Appleton, 1932) p. 209. Shaw taught himself to play the piano about the age of sixteen, after the departure of his mother and Vandeleur Lee from Dublin left him without the profusion of music that had surrounded him. Kate Salt was the sister of James Leigh Joynes, who had originally introduced Shaw to Henry Salt (see below, p. 259). Shaw’s relationship with her was intimate though not sexual; he called himself a ‘Sunday husband’. The duet-playing took place in the Salt’s cottage in Surrey from the late 1880s and then in London, where Kate also acted intermittently as unpaid secretary before Shaw’s marriage.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 1990 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Olivier, S. (1990). Music: II. In: Gibbs, A.M. (eds) Shaw. Interviews and Recollections Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05402-2_126
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05402-2_126
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-05404-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-05402-2
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)