Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1786070677 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 348 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Anna Beer is a cultural historian, and the author of biographies of Milton and Lady Bess Raleigh. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. She lives in Oxford, England.
(Classical Music)‘A meticulously researched, engrossing read, vividly bringing its eight subjects to life. (Catholic Herald) . 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'. 'Never less than highly readable'. (Spectator)‘Beer’s snapshot lives of women composers are savvy, sympathetic an essential and insightful study of a woman&rs
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. 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. Marianna Martines. Barbara Strozzi. Fanny Hensel. Lili Boulanger. Francesca Caccini. Clara Schumann. 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 music, and asks tough questions about why we still don’t hear their masterpieces performed.A long-overdue celebration of neglected virtuosos, Sounds and Sweet Airs presents a complex a
Claudia Etheridge said A BOOK ABOUT WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. IS IT?. This recently published book ("A BOOK ABOUT WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. IS IT?" according to Claudia Etheridge. 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, representative of historic periods extending from 1587 to 199A BOOK ABOUT WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. IS IT? Claudia Etheridge 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, representative of historic periods extending from 1587 to 1994, namely the Baroque, the Classical, the Romantic and the Modern and Contemporary periods.The ladies are: Francesca Caccini (1587-1641). , namely the Baroque, the Classical, the Romantic and the Modern and Contemporary periods.The ladies are: Francesca Caccini (1587-16A BOOK ABOUT WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. IS IT? Claudia Etheridge 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, representative of historic periods extending from 1587 to 1994, namely the Baroque, the Classical, the Romantic and the Modern and Contemporary periods.The ladies are: Francesca Caccini (1587-1641). 1). 016), 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, representative of historic periods extending from 1587 to 199A BOOK ABOUT WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. IS IT? Claudia Etheridge 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, representative of historic periods extending from 1587 to 1994, namely the Baroque, the Classical, the Romantic and the Modern and Contemporary periods.The ladies are: Francesca Caccini (1587-1641). , namely the Baroque, the Classical, the Romantic and the Modern and Contemporary periods.The ladies are: Francesca Caccini (1587-16A BOOK ABOUT WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. IS IT? Claudia Etheridge 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, representative of historic periods extending from 1587 to 1994, namely the Baroque, the Classical, the Romantic and the Modern and Contemporary periods.The ladies are: Francesca Caccini (1587-1641). 1). Good book about some of the more well-known historical female composers 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, Schumann, Boulanger and, a composer of more recent vintage, Maconchy.The book is, however, well-written. And if you don't know much about these composers, the stories of their lives and acco. John Bratland said Five Stars. Excellent