Corinna Harfouch und Hideyo Harada: Unsere ganze Liebe

‘She belongs to the tribe of pioneers, of trailblazers. She went ahead of us, cutting down trees, breaking rocks and building bridges to clear the way for those who came after her.’ With these words, Virginia Woolf once described her friend and companion Ethel Smyth in a speech.


The two women met in 1930 - ‘too late’, as the then 72-year-old composer, who was openly lesbian, confessed in a letter. And although Smyth and the author, who was almost 24 years younger, could hardly have been more different in many respects, there was no denying their mutual admiration and affection from their very first meeting. This is reflected not only in the texts and pieces of music with which they inspired each other. But also in numerous moving letters and diary entries.


Corinna Harfouch and Hideyo Harada now lend their voices to the two and together take a look at the life and work of these icons of the women's movement.