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Author:

Beer, Anna R., 1964- author.

Title:

Sounds and sweet airs : the forgotten women of classical music / Anna Beer.

Publisher:

Oneworld Publications,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Caccini, Francesca,--1587-approximately 1640.
Strozzi, Barbara,--1619-1677.
Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude,--1665-1729.
Martinez, Marianne,--1744-1812.
Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn,--1805-1847.
Schumann, Clara,--1819-1896.
Boulanger, Lili,--1893-1918.
Maconchy, Elizabeth,--1907-1994.
Women composers--Europe--Biography.
Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Notes from the silence -- Caccini -- Strozzi -- Jacquet de la Guerre -- Martines -- Hensel -- Schumann -- Boulanger -- Maconchy -- Endnote.

Summary:

Sounds and Sweet Airs reveals the hidden stories of eight remarkable female composers, taking the reader on a journey from seventeenth-century Medici Florence to London in the Blitz.

ISBN:

1780748566
9781780748566

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)