Women's voices across musical worlds / edited by Jane A. Bernstein.
| Other author | Bernstein, Jane A., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston, MA : Northeastern University Press, ©2004. |
| Description | xvi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Public voices, private voices. The power of class: Fanny Hensel and the Mendelssohn family / Nancy B. Reich -- The illusion of India's "public" dancers / Carol M. Babiracki -- "Fighting in frills:" women and the Prix de Rome in French cultural politics / Annegret Fauser -- Cloistered voices. Music for the love feast: Hildegard of Bingen and the song of songs / Margot Fassler -- Putting Bolognese nun musicians in their place / Craig A. Monson -- Empowered voices. Voices of the people: Umm Kulthum / Virginia Danielson -- "Thanks for my weapons in battle, my voice and the desire to use it": women and protest music in the Americas / Jane A. Bernstein -- Tori Amos's inner voices / Bonnie Gordon -- Lamenting voices. Having her say: the blues as the black woman's lament / Tammy L. Kernodle -- Abandoned heroines: women's voices in Handel's cantatas / Ellen T. Harris -- Gendered voices and performance. The nightingale and the partridge: singing and gender among Prespa Albanians / Jane C. Sugarman -- Women playing men in Italian opera, 1810-1835 / Heather Hadlock -- Shifting selves: embodied metaphors in Nihon Buyo / Tomie Hahn. |
| Abstract | This book is the first to explore the musical activities and expressions of women from a thematic perspective. Written by a distinguished group of musicologists and ethnomusicologists, the essays collected here provide a cross-cultural and cross-historical view of the roles women have played as creators and performers and the representation of women in world, popular, and western art music. Organized in five sections, the readings deal with a broad spectrum of topics and approaches about women, gender, and sexuality in music across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas from the twelfth century to the present. Included are such significant themes as class and sexual politics in domestic and professional music making, the sequestration of female musical performance, the lament, gender identity through performance, and women singers as empowered voices of the people. In celebrating the diversity of women's musical voices, this eclectic collection will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers interested in music history, world music, and women's studies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003008327 |
| ISBN | 1555535895 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1555535887 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML82 .W697 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |