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Sounds and sweet airs : the forgotten women of classical music / Anna Beer.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML390 .S686 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beer, Anna R., 1964- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women composers--Europe--Biography.
- Women composers.
- Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640.
- Caccini, Francesca.
- Strozzi, Barbara, 1619-1677.
- Strozzi, Barbara.
- Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729.
- Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude.
- Martinez, Marianne, 1744-1812.
- Martinez, Marianne.
- Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847.
- Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn.
- Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896.
- Schumann, Clara.
- Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918.
- Boulanger, Lili.
- Maconchy, Elizabeth, 1907-1994.
- Maconchy, Elizabeth.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Oneworld Publications, 2016.
- Summary:
- Sounds and Sweet Airs reveals the hidden stories of eight remarkable female composers, taking the reader on a journey from seventeenth-century Medici Florence to London in the Blitz.
- Contents:
- Notes from the silence
- Caccini
- Strozzi
- Jacquet de la Guerre
- Martines
- Hensel
- Schumann
- Boulanger
- Maconchy
- Endnote.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780748566
- 1780748566
- OCLC:
- 919107359
- Publisher Number:
- 99967708558
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