Sounds and sweet airs : the forgotten women of classical music / Anna Beer
Material type: TextPublication details: London Oneworld 2016Description: 368 s. ill. 22 cmISBN:- 978-1-78074-856-6
- Caccini, Francesca 1587-ca. 1640
- Strozzi, Barbara 1619-1677
- Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude 1665-1729
- Martinez, Marianne 1744-1812
- Hensel, Fanny 1805-1847
- Schumann, Clara 1819-1896
- Boulanger, Lili 1893-1918
- Maconchy, Elizabeth 1907-1994
- -- 1600-talet
- -- 1700-talet
- -- 1800-talet
- -- 1900-talet
- Klassisk musik
- Kvinnor
- Tonsättare
- Kvinnliga tonsättare
- Musiker -- kompositörer -- 1600-talet -- 1700-talet -- 1800-talet -- 1900-talet
- Musicians -- composers -- 17th century -- 18th century -- 19th century -- 20th century
- 780.922 23/swe
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Since the birth of classical music, women who dared compose have faced a bitter struggle to be heard. In spite of this, female composers continued to create, inspire and challenge. Yet even today so much of their work languishes unheard. Anna Beer reveals the highs and lows experienced by eight composers across the centuries, from Renaissance Florence to twentieth-century London, restoring to their rightful place exceptional women whom history has forgotten