Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women

Author: Cheris Kramarae

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-04-16

Total Pages: 2050

ISBN-13: 1135963150

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For a full list of entries and contributors, sample entries, and more, visit the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women website. Featuring comprehensive global coverage of women's issues and concerns, from violence and sexuality to feminist theory, the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women brings the field into the new millennium. In over 900 signed A-Z entries from US and Europe, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and the Middle East, the women who pioneered the field from its inception collaborate with the new scholars who are shaping the future of women's studies to create the new standard work for anyone who needs information on women-related subjects.

Women Composers
Women Composers

Author: Diane Jezic

Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781558610743

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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.

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.

Women Opera Composers
Women Opera Composers

Author: Mary F. McVicker

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-08-23

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0786495138

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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.

The Cambridge Companion to Women Composers
The Cambridge Companion to Women Composers

Author: Matthew Head

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-05-30

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 110848915X

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Exploring a diverse, distinguished repertoire, and transcending the rhetoric of neglect, this book transforms understanding of women composers.

A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers
A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers

Author: Pamela Y. Dees

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2002-02-28

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0313017034

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Designed as a practical reference guide for professional pianists and piano teachers, A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers, Volume I, is an annotated catalogue of the available piano music in print composed by 144 women born before the 20th century. The work also features biographies and extensive bibliographical information for each composer. Arranged alphabetically by composer into categories including single works, collections, and anthologies, the music is also described in terms of grade level, genre, mood, style characteristics, and technical requirements, and ranges in difficulty from late elementary to virtuoso concert repertoire. Far too many teachers, students, professional musicians, and audiences are unaware of the contributions made by women in music, and of the beauty and merit of their specific compositions. This reference work provides an invaluable addition to the current literature.