Sounds and sweet airs : the forgotten women of classical music /
Beer, Anna R., 1964-
Sounds and sweet airs : the forgotten women of classical music / Anna Beer. - xi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Notes from the silence -- Caccini -- Strozzi -- Jacquet de la Guerre -- Martines -- Hensel -- Schumann -- Boulanger -- Maconchy -- Endnote.
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.
9781780748566 1780748566
Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640.
Strozzi, Barbara, 1619-1677.
Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729.
Martinez, Marianne, 1744-1812.
Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847.
Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896.
Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918.
Maconchy, Elizabeth, 1907-1994.
Women composers--Europe--Biography.
Biography.
ML82 / .S686 2016
Sounds and sweet airs : the forgotten women of classical music / Anna Beer. - xi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Notes from the silence -- Caccini -- Strozzi -- Jacquet de la Guerre -- Martines -- Hensel -- Schumann -- Boulanger -- Maconchy -- Endnote.
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.
9781780748566 1780748566
Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640.
Strozzi, Barbara, 1619-1677.
Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729.
Martinez, Marianne, 1744-1812.
Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847.
Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896.
Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918.
Maconchy, Elizabeth, 1907-1994.
Women composers--Europe--Biography.
Biography.
ML82 / .S686 2016