Emma Lou Diemer
Emma Lou Diemer

Author: Ellen G. Grolman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-06-30

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 031301695X

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Emma Lou Diemer--a composer who successfully combines a classicist's interest in form with a fresh, contemporary, harmonic vocabulary--has produced a diverse, sophisticated, and largely unheralded opus, including 350 works composed for orchestra, symphonic band, chamber ensemble, keyboard, chorus, voices, and solo and electronic instruments. This complete guide to her extensive work examines her influences and her unique musical style, reveals her philosophy of composing, and offers the reader access to detailed information about her work. Though her organ psalm settings and hymn preludes are considered standard repertoire, as are a number of her choral compositions, Diemer has not received her due attention or acclaim-an oversight fully corrected by this valuable addition to music scholarship. Beginning with a brief biography that outlines Diemer's life and art, this thoroughly cross-referenced book goes on to enumerate the composer's many works and performances in a section divided by style and instrument. A complete discography and bibliography round out the volume, along with alphabetical, chronological, and genre-specific indexes.

My Life as a Woman Composer
My Life as a Woman Composer

Author: Emma Lou Diemer

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-04

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9781640661264

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A woman composer, much less one with an international classical footprint, is a rare jewel in a world populated with Mozarts, Bachs, Rachmoninoffs, and John Williams, but despite barriers holding others out, Emma Lou Diemer carved her place. This is the memoir of a woman who was raised to not be afraid, to dare tread in a man's field of dreams. It is the story of a young girl who was blessed with both talent and a musically educated family. And she used them to bring a unique beauty to the notes of her music that she has composed for almost 80 years. Follow Emma Lou's family and career toward both composer and instructor through her words of reflection and images of time in this wonderful celebration of a life dedicated to the fusion of emotion and song in My Life as a Woman Composer.

Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States
Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States

Author: Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780754604617

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This book is the most definitive attempt to date to discuss the achievements of women as composers of experimental and avant-garde music from the 1930s to the present day. Using a wealth of primary material, it also explores currently relevant issues in gender and technology. Drawing out the relationships between composers and their working environments, and between teachers and students, Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner discusses the contribution of women composers to electroacoustic music. The book includes a bibliography and discography covering the work of ninety composers.

Recent American Art Song
Recent American Art Song

Author: Keith E. Clifton

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780810862104

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This reference source focuses on post-1980 songs with English texts by American composers, written for solo voice and piano. Composer entries include biographical and bibliographical information, as well as commentary concerning the range, appropriate voice type, and musical style of the songs.

In Her Own Words
In Her Own Words

Author: Jennifer Kelly

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 0252094832

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This collection of new interviews with twenty-five accomplished female composers substantially advances our knowledge of the work, experiences, compositional approaches, and musical intentions of a diverse group of creative individuals. With personal anecdotes and sometimes surprising intimacy and humor, these wide-ranging conversations represent the diversity of women composing music in the United States from the mid-twentieth century into the twenty-first. The composers work in a variety of genres including classical, jazz, multimedia, or collaborative forms for the stage, film, and video games. Their interviews illuminate questions about the status of women composers in America, the role of women in musical performance and education, the creative process and inspiration, the experiences and qualities that contemporary composers bring to their craft, and balancing creative and personal lives. Candidly sharing their experiences, advice, and views, these vibrant, thoughtful, and creative women open new perspectives on the prospects and possibilities of making music in a changing world.

American Choral Music Since 1920
American Choral Music Since 1920

Author: David P. DeVenney

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780914913283

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This book lists nearly 3,000 original choral works written by 76 composers active in the United States from roughly 1920 until the present. Styles range from the lush Romanticism of Charles Wakefield Cadman to the stark, dissonant harmonies of Morton Feldman.