Hensel : String quartet in E flat / Benedict Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Benedict, 1982- author.

Series:

New Cambridge music handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847--Criticism and interpretation.

Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 120 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The String Quartet in E flat major (1834) by Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn, is one of the most important works by a female composer written in the nineteenth century. Composed at a turning point in her life (as Hensel was not only grappling with her own creative voice but also coming to terms with her identity as a married woman, and the role her family expected of her), the quartet is significant in showing a woman composing in a genre that was then almost exclusively the domain of male artists. Benedict Taylor's illuminating book situates itself within developing scholarly discourse on the music of women composers, going beyond apologetics - or condemnation of those who hindered their development - to examine the strength and qualities of the music and how it responded to the most progressive works of the period.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023).

ISBN:

9781009084390

1009084399

9781009084598

1009084593

9781009076159

1009076159