| Edition |
Second edition / Second edition prepared by Elizabeth Wood. |
| Description |
xx, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and discographies. |
| Contents |
Medieval and baroque periods. Hildegard of Bingen ; Francesca Caccini ; Barbara Strozzi ; Isabella Leonarda ; Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre -- Classical period. Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia ; Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar ; Maria Theresia van Paradis -- Romantic period: songs. Louise Reichardt ; Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel ; Josephine Lang ; Clara Wieck Schumann ; Pauline Viardot-Garcia -- Romantic period and early twentieth century: instrumental music. Jeanne-Louise Dumont Farrenc ; Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot ; Cécile Chaminade ; Lili Boulanger ; Amy Marcy Cheney Beach ; Rebecca Clarke -- Six living U.S. composers. Katherine Hoover ; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich ; Ruth Schonthal ; Barbara Kolb ; Marga Richter ; Judith Lang Zaimont. |
| Subject |
Women composers -- Biography.
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Music -- Bio-bibliography.
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Music -- Discography.
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| Added Author |
Wood, Elizabeth, 1939-
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| ISBN |
1558610731 (acid-free paper) |
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9781558610736 (acid-free paper) |
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155861074X (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9781558610743 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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