| Contents |
Part one. The Medieval and Baroque periods. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179): life in the Medieval convents -- Francesca Caccini (1587-1640): the Medici court of Florence -- Barbara Strozzi (1619-1664): the Venetian musical academies -- Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704): the convent in Novara -- Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1666-1729): the court of Louis XIV -- Part two. The Classical period. Anna Amalia, princess of Prussia (1723-1787): the court of Frederick the Great -- Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (1739-1807): the court of Weimar -- Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824): Vienna and beyond -- Part three. The Romantic period, songs. Louise Reichardt (1779-1826): the romantic spirit -- Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847): domestic music making -- Josephine Lang (1815-1880): the public sphere -- Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896): touring artist and composer -- Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910): international recognition -- Part four. The Romantic period and early twentieth century, instrumental music. Jeanne-Louise Dumont Farrenc (1804-1875): pianist, composer, scholar -- Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841-1919): musical families -- Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944): chevalière de la légion d'Honneure -- Lili Boulanger (1893-1918): the prix of Rome -- Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944): U.S. symphonist -- Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979): English performer and composer -- Part five. Six living U.S. composers. Katherine Hoover (b. 1937): virtuoso flutist and composer -- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939): the Pulitzer Prize -- Ruth Schonthal (b. 1924): emigré composer and teacher -- Barbara Kolb (b. 1939): new vistas -- Marga Richter (b. 1926): chamber music and orchestral composer -- Judith Lang Zaimont (b. 1945): pianist, author, composer -- Appendix 1. Music appreciation textbooks ranked in order of number of women composers mentioned -- Appendix 2. Record companies featuring woman composers -- Appendix 3. An outline of western music from 1850 through the 1940's -- Appendix 4. Twentieth-century women composers born after 1920 -- Appendix 5. A selected list of twentieth-century women conductors -- Appendix 6. Recordings available from Leonarda Productions. |
| Abstract |
Though rarely included in traditional music history, women have a remarkable tradition as composers of Western music. This book brings together musical and biographical material on twenty-five women, from the eleventh through the twentieth centuries. Each chapter focuses on one composer, providing an introduction to her life, an analysis of her music, a checklist of her works, and a bibliography. Extensive appendices include a historical outline showing female composers in relation to their more famous male contemporaries by period and genre, and suggestions for further readings and recordings. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and discographies. |
| LCCN | 88031052 |
| ISBN | 0935312943 : |
| ISBN | 0935312951 (pbk.) : |
