Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (702 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1786070677 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 348 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Marianna Martines. Elizabeth Maconchy.Great composers all, but their musical legacy is still rarely acknowledged.Since the birth of classical music, those women who dared to compose have been patronized, had their sex lives scrutinized and the veracity of their authorship questioned. Fanny Hensel. They worked within a musical culture where beliefs about what women could and could not do determined their every move. Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Yet, time and again there emerged individuals who would evade, confront and ignore the rules that sought to exclude them from the world of composition.Taking the reader on a journey from 17th-century Medici Florence to London in the Blitz, and beyond, Anna Beer reveals the hidden histories of eight remarkable women, explores the special communities that enabled them to compose their mu
'Never less than highly readable'. It should appeal not only to music connoisseurs but to anyone interested in social and cultural history – and women’s place in it.’ (Financial Times)'Offers vivid, colourful context on a situation that is echoed back through the centuries…Readable and wide-ranging, Beer's deft sketches are an elegant introduction to their subjects'. (Spectator)‘Beer’s snapshot lives of women composers are savvy, sympathetic an essential and insightful study of a woman’s unsung place in the closed world of classical music.’ (Wall Street Journal)&ls
A BOOK ABOUT WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. IS IT? This recently published book (2016), supposedly introduces the readers to women composers. The book is written by Anna Beer, a British author and lecturer, specializing in biographies. “Sounds and Sweet Airs” describes eight female composers, represent. Good book about some of the more well-known historical female composers Zorro Interesting to read some of this, but if you already know quite a bit about female composers, you won't learn a lot that you don't already know. It gives short synopses of the "usual" historical female composers Caccini, Strozzi, de la Guerre, Martines, Hensel, Sc. "Five Stars" according to John Bratland. Excellent
She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. She lives in Oxford, England.. Anna Beer is a cultural historian, and the author of biographies of Milton and Lady Bess Raleigh