Mabel Daniels : an American composer in transition / Maryann McCabe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCabe, Maryann, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Daniels, Mabel W. (Mabel Wheeler), 1878-1971.

Daniels, Mabel W.

Women composers--United States--Biography.

Women composers.

Composers--United States--Biography.

Composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Mabel Daniels (1877-1971): An American Composer in Transition assesses Daniels within the context of American music of the first half of the twentieth century. Daniels wrote fresh sounding works that were performed by renowned orchestras and ensembles during her lifetime but her works have only recently begun to be performed again. The book explains why works by Daniels and other women composers fell out of favor and argues for their performance today. This study of Daniels's life and works evinces transition in women's roles in composition, the professionalization of women composers, and the role that Daniels played in the institutionalization of American art music. Daniels's dual role as a patron-composer is unique and expressive of her transitional status.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction

chapter 2 Daniels’s life

chapter 3 A composer in the making: Radcliffe

chapter 4 A composer in the making: Munich

chapter 5 Composing in a changing world

chapter 6 Some characteristics of Daniels’s work

chapter 7 Beginnings

chapter 8 Daniels’s mature works

chapter 9 The Song of Jael: a synthesis

chapter 10 Daniels’s place in American composition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-10293-2

1-315-59313-0

1-317-10294-0

9781315593135

OCLC:

1005691087