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Quartet : how four women changed the musical world / Leah Broad.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML82 .B76 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broad, Leah, 1991- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smyth, Ethel, 1858-1944.
- Smyth, Ethel.
- Clarke, Rebecca, 1886-1979.
- Clarke, Rebecca.
- Howell, Dorothy, 1898-1982.
- Howell, Dorothy.
- Carwithen, Doreen, 1922-2003.
- Carwithen, Doreen.
- Women musicians--England--History--19th century.
- Women musicians.
- Women musicians--England--History--20th century.
- Women in the music trade--England--History--19th century.
- Women in the music trade.
- Women in the music trade--England--History--20th century.
- England--Intellectual life--19th century.
- England.
- England--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Faber & Faber, 2023.
- Summary:
- "The lives,loves,adventures and trailblazing careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer. Leah Broad's magnificent group biography resurrects the forgotten voices,-Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Dorothy Howell and Dorren Carwithen-recounting lives of rebellion,heartbreak and ambition,and celebrating their musical masterpieces"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Ethel
- Serenade
- Rebecca
- A changing world
- Dramas, romantic and operatic
- Dorothy
- Freedom
- War (I)
- Breakthrough
- The roaring twenties
- Doreen
- War (II)
- Aftermath
- Love and heartbreak
- Dusk.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-417), discography (pages 419-422), and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0571366104
- 9780571366101
- OCLC:
- 1330688947
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