The Cambridge companion to women composers / edited by Matthew Head, Susan Wollenberg.
| Other author | Head, Matthew William. |
| Other author | Wollenberg, Susan. |
| Other author | Cambridge University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024. |
| Description | xxv, 348 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Cambridge Companions |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge companions to music |
| Contents | Prologue. Studies in Women Composers - the first 50 years / Matthew Head and Susan Wollenberg -- Part I. Themes in Studying Women composers. Historical Women Composers and the Transience of Female Musical Fame / Paula Higgins ; In Search of a Feminist Analysis / Susan Wollenberg ; Composing Women's History : Beyond Suppression and Separate Spheres / Matthew Head ; Progress and Professionalism / Sophie Fuller ; Women Composers and Feminism / Leah Broad -- Part II. Highlighting Women Composers before 1750. Medieval Women in Composition and Musical Production / Margot Fassler ; Sixteenth-Century Women Composers, Beyond Borders / Laurie Stras ; Women and Composition, c. 1600-1750 / Rebecca Cypess -- Part III. Women Composers circa 1750-1880 : Forms of Musical Culture. Did Women have a Classical Style? / Matthew Head and Susan Wollenberg ; Women, Song, and Subjectivity in the Nineteenth Century / Anja Bunzel and Stephen Rodgers ; Women, Pianos, and Virtuosity in the Nineteenth Century / Joe Davies and Alexander Stefaniak -- Part IV. Women Composers circa 1880-2000 : New waves. First-wave Feminism and Professional Status / Sophie Fuller ; Women Composers, Experimentalism and Technology, 1945-1980 / Louise Gray ; Vibrations : Women in Sound Art, 1980-2000 / Gascia Ouzounian -- Epilogue. Composers' Voices / Nicola Lefanu, Roxanna Panufnik, and Shirley J. Thompson. |
| Abstract | "Transcending narratives of female suppression, this Companion traces women's innovative and critical contributions to musical culture in diverse times, places, and contexts from medieval to modern times. A thematically organised exploration of a rich, re-emerging repertoire, it will be essential reading for students of music history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-340) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023053474 |
| ISBN | 9781108489157 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781108733519 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |