Women Opera Composers

Author : Jacqueline Letzter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520226534
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Writing Opera written by Jacqueline Letzter and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-08-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the same time it demonstrates how the Revolution fostered many dreams and ambitions for women that would be doomed to disappointment in the repressive post-Revolutionary era.".

Author : Anna Beer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780748574
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sounds and Sweet Airs written by Anna Beer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to the Classic FM series Francesca Caccini. Barbara Strozzi. Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Marianna Martines. Fanny Hensel. Clara Schumann. Lili Boulanger. Elizabeth Maconchy. Since the birth of classical music, women who dared compose have faced a bitter struggle to be heard. In spite of this, female composers continued to create, inspire and challenge. Yet even today so much of their work languishes unheard. Anna Beer reveals the highs and lows experienced by eight composers across the centuries, from Renaissance Florence to twentieth-century London, restoring to their rightful place exceptional women whom history has forgotten.

Author : Mary F. McVicker
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476623619
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Opera Composers written by Mary F. McVicker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of women in the opera is a grand story. Women were singers and patrons, of course, but from opera's beginnings in Renaissance Italy, they were also opera composers and librettists. At first it was exclusively for the nobility. In the 19th century, with the emergence of the middle class and the rise of nationalism, there were more public theaters and opera seemed to be everywhere. This meant more opportunities for composers, though men predominated. This book focuses on the women, from the 16th century to today, who had successful careers in opera, many of them well known in their time.

Author : Christine Ammer
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781574670615
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unsung written by Christine Ammer and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the contributions of women instrumentalists, composers, teachers, and conductors to American music, and suggests why they have gone unnoticed in the past.

Author : Kristi Brown-Montesano
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520385799
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Women of Mozart's Operas written by Kristi Brown-Montesano and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is The Marriage of Figaro just about Figaro? Is Don Giovanni’s story the only one—or even the most interesting one—in the opera that bears his name? For generations of critics, historians, and directors, it’s Mozart’s men who have mattered most. Too often, the female characters have been understood from the male protagonist’s point of view or simply reduced on stage (and in print) to paper cutouts from the age of the powdered wig and the tightly cinched corset. It’s time to give Mozart’s women—and Mozart’s multi-dimensional portrayals of feminine character—their due. In this lively book, Kristi Brown-Montesano offers a detailed exploration of the female roles in Mozart’s four most frequently performed operas, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte. Each chapter takes a close look at the music, libretto text, literary sources, and historical factors that give shape to a character, re-evaluating common assumptions and proposing fresh interpretations. Brown-Montesano views each character as the subject of a story, not merely the object of a hero’s narrative or the stock figure of convention. From amiable Zerlina, to the awesome Queen of the Night, to calculating Despina, all of Mozart’s women have something unique to say. These readings also tackle provocative social, political, and cultural issues, which are used in the operas to define positive and negative images of femininity: revenge, power, seduction, resistance, autonomy, sacrifice, faithfulness, class, maternity, and sisterhood. Keenly aware of the historical gap between the origins of these works and contemporary culture, Brown-Montesano discusses how attitudes about such concepts—past and current—influence our appreciation of these fascinating representations of women.

Author : Sylvia Glickman
Publisher : G K Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780783883144
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Composers written by Sylvia Glickman and published by G K Hall. This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive historical overview of music created by women from the 9th through the 20th centuries. Each volume features 10-25 complete musical scores or complete movements from multi-movement compositions--most of which have been previously inaccessible. Expert scholars provide original essays about the composers, including biographical information, a discussion of the music in historical context, and critical analysis of each work. Entries also include bibliography, a list of works by the composer, and a discography.

Author : Helen Walker-Hill
Publisher : Center for Black Music Rsrch
ISBN 13 : 9780929911045
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music by Black Women Composers written by Helen Walker-Hill and published by Center for Black Music Rsrch. This book was released on 1995 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Corinne E. Blackmer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231102690
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book En Travesti written by Corinne E. Blackmer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En Travesti addresses the ways in which opera empowers women by challenging conventional gender hierarchies. Terry Castle, Helene Cixous, Lowell Gallagher and Elizabeth Wood are among the contributors. Includes 20 musical examples.

Author : Miriam Stewart-Green
Publisher : Hall Reference Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Composers written by Miriam Stewart-Green and published by Hall Reference Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Melanie Spanswick
Publisher : Schott Music
ISBN 13 : 3795727448
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Composers written by Melanie Spanswick and published by Schott Music. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume series of piano music by women composers is a progressive compendium of educational literature with a broad repertoire from the 17th century to the present day. For each piece, the editor has written short instructions with rehearsal tips as well as biographical notes on the women composers. The collection covers all levels of difficulty from easy (volume 1) to medium (volume 2) to difficult (volume 3) and is an indispensable addition to lessons and concerts.