Women composers in Germany / edited by Roswitha Sperber ; [translation, Timothy Nevill].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sperber, Roswitha.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Women composers--Germany.

Women composers.

Germany.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

145 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Other Title:

Komponistinnen in Deutschland

Place of Publication:

Bonn : Inter Nationes, 1996.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Contents:

Contents of accompanying compact disc: Ordo virtutum. Finale : Hoc audiant, In principio omnes / Hildegard von Bingen

Concerto in G minor, for harpsichord and strings. 1st movement : Allegro / Wilhelmine von Bayreuth

In exitu Israel : Cantata on Psalm 114. Opening chorus / Marianne Martinez

Oratorio on Bible scenes. Introduction : Allegro moderato / Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, op. 7. 1, Allegro maestoso / Clara Wieck-Schumann

Sonata for violoncello and piano in D major, op. 17. 1, Allegro molto / Luise Adolpha Le Beau

Scharlachrote Buchstaben = (Scarlet letters) : for piano. [Excerpt] / Barbara Heller

Die Versuchung des heiligen Antonius = (The temptation of St. Anthony). [Excerpt] / Ruth Schonthal

El sueño : Trio for flute, viola, and guitar. [Excerpt] / Susanne Erding-Swiridoff

Frühe Kafka-Texte = (Early Kafka texts. Interlude no. 4 ; Die Bäume / Ruth Zechlin

Romantic trio. [Excerpt] / Olga Magidenko

String trio "Il pleut doucement sur la ville. 1st movement ; 2nd movement / Annette Schlünz

Behind the velvet curtain. [Excerpt] / Rebecca Saunders

Flöten des Lichts. [Excerpt] / Adriana Hölszky

Dreisam-Nore / Younghi Pagh-Paan

Chamber symphony : "objet diaphane". [Excerpt] / Charlotte Seither

Euraculos. [Excerpt] / Violeta Dinescu

In croce. [Excerpt] / Sofia Gubaidulina.

Notes:

Includes discussion of composers born outside Germany.

Title on accompanying sound disc: Komponistinnen in Deutschland. Contents of disc in part excerpts from previously issued recordings; details on accompanying booklet.

Includes bibliographical references and discographies.

OCLC:

48100696