Women Composers in New Perspectives, 1800-1950
Genres, Contexts and Repertoire
Edited by Mariateresa Storino Edited by Susan Wollenberg
This volume offers new scholarship on women composers of the past two centuries.
This volume offers new scholarship on women composers of the past two centuries, covering a wide range of repertoire, institutions and locations, with chapters focusing on such varied topics as women writing opera in early nineteenth-century Paris; the intertextual relationship between works by Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn; women composers writing for instruments not usually associated with them in their time – specifically horn, and organ; and the subversive musical activity of female prisoners in Spain under the Franco regime. In two introductory chapters the editors present their broad perspective on women composers both in history and in modern scholarship, with particular reference to socio-historical and pedagogical aspects, and arguing the case for continued efforts to promote women’s music. The 14 chapters that follow are arranged in two parts, divided between nineteenth- and twentieth-century topics. Their authors draw on a variety of sources, including archival documents, letters, diaries, and memoirs, to illuminate the musical works produced by women during the period and the contexts in which they were written, performed, and disseminated. Collectively the chapters demonstrate the richness inherent in this area of study; in reflecting some of the directions being explored in current scholarship, they provide impetus for further research.
- Edited by Mariateresa Storino
- Edited by Susan Wollenberg
Other Titles in this Series
Singing Speech and Speaking Melodies
Minor Forms of Musical Theatre in the 18th and 19th Century
Volume 43
La Musique religieuse en France au XIXe siecle
Le sentiment religieux entre profane et sacre (1830-1914)
Volume 44
Of Signs and Sounds
Musical Interpretation and Performance from the 19th to the 21st Century
Volume 58
Beethoven the European
Transcultural Contexts of Performance, Interpretation and Reception
Volume 48
En pelerinage avec Liszt
Virtuosos, Repertoire and Performing Venues in 19th-Century Europe
Volume 24
The Sound of Empire
Soundscapes, Aesthetics and Performance between Ancien regime and Restoration
Volume 51
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