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This set of two compact discs presents three dozen selections (and almost as many composers) spanning all periods and genres of Western music. Here in a convenient format are recordings of most of the music discussed and printed in score in James R. Briscoe's "Historical Anthology of Music by Women". Included are songs and choral works by the Countess of Dia, Anne Boleyn, Maddalena Casulana, Francesca Caccini, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Josephine Lang, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Amy Beach, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Lili Boulanger, Alma Mahler, and Louise Talma. There are chamber works by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Anna Amalie, Clara Schumann, Louise Farrenc, Rebecca Clarke, Germaine Tailleferre, Julia Perry, and Violet Archer; and piano solos by Marianne von Martinez, Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Grazyna Bacewicz. Among the larger pieces are a Sinfonia by Maria Grimani, Miriam Gideon's "The Hound of Heaven", the "First Movement" of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's "Symphony No. 1", and scenes from two operas - "The Wreckers" by Ethel Smyth and Mary, "Queen of Scots" by Thea Musgrave.
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This important anthology of scores of "serious" music by women will enlighten students of music history and serve as a source of programming ideas for performers. It provides 51 musical pieces (some complete, some excerpted) with critical/analytical comments and biographies of the 37 composers represented. Many authors of the biographies here have written extensively elsewhere about their subjects or edited their works (e.g., Nancy B. Reich on Clara Schumann and Beatrice Pescerelli on Maddalena Casualana), while contemporary composers Vivian Fine and Ellen Taaffe Zwillich speak for themselves. Further reading and information on recordings is included. Essential to all music history and scores collections. Bonnie Jo Dopp, District of Columbia P.L., Washington,
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"At last, we can hear the music as well as read about it!" - Feminist Bookstore News
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- PublisherIndiana Univ Pr
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 025331268X
- ISBN 13 9780253312686
- BindingAudio Cassette
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