The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music Since 1900 / edited by Laura Hamer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamer, Laura, author.

Series:

Cambridge companions to music.

Cambridge Companions to Music Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women musicians.

Women composers.

Women in the music trade.

Music by women composers--20th century--History and criticism.

Music by women composers.

Music by women composers--21st century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This Companion surveys women's work as composers, performers, educators and music technologists and how it has evolved since 1900. It considers the impact of gender on women's participation in the musical profession, including access to training, gendered criticism, sexualization, and notions of 'appropriate' musical roles.

Contents:

Part 1. The Classical Tradition. Women in Composition before the Second World War / Sophie Fuller ; Women in Composition during the Cold War in Music / Rhiannon Mathias ; Behind the Iron Curtain : Female Composers in the Soviet Bloc / Elaine Kelly ; Still Exceptional? Women in Composition approaching the Twenty-First Century / Astrid Kvalbein ; On the Podium : Women Conductors / Laura Hamer ; Soloists and Divas : Evolving Opportunities, Identity, and Reception / Francesca Placanica ; In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 1 / Elizabeth Hoffman

Part 2. Women in Popular Music. Most of My Sheroes Don't Appear on a Stamp : Contextualising the Contributions of Women Musicians to the Progression of Jazz / Tammy L. Kernodle ; Leaders of the Pack : Girl Groups of the 1960s / Jacqueline Warwick ; Women and Rock / Leah Branstetter ; (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman : Women in Songwriting / Katherine Williams ; The British Folk Revival : Mythology and the 'Non-figuring' and 'Figuring' Woman / Michael Brocken ; How MTV Idols Got Us in Formation : Solo Women and Their Brands Make Space for Truth Telling, Trauma, and Survival in Popular Music from 1981 to the Present / Kristin J. Lieb ; In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 2 / Virginia Kettle

Part 3. Women and Music Technology. Case Studies of Women in Electronic Music : The Early Pioneers / Louis Niebur ; The Star-Eaters : A 2019 Survey of Female and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals using Electronics for Music / Margaret Schedel and Flannery Cunningham ; In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 3 / Manuella Blackburn

Part 4. Women's Wider Work in Music. Women and Music Education : Pedagogues, Curricula, and Role Models / Robert Legg ; Women in the Music Industries: The Art of Juggling / Clare K. Duffin ; In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 4 / Steph Power

Afterword. Challenges and Opportunities : Ways Forward for Women Working in Music / Victoria Armstrong.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781108637510

1108637515

9781108605182

1108605184

9781108556491

1108556493

9781108556491 : (ebk : Cambridge)