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Author Beer, Anna R., 1964- author.

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

Publication Info. London, England : Oneworld Publications, 2016.
©2016

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  780.9 BEE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  780.9 BEE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  780.9 B39    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  780.922 BEE    Check Shelf
Description xi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Contents Notes from the silence -- Caccini -- Strozzi -- Jacquet de la Guerre -- Martines -- Hensel -- Schumann -- Boulanger -- Maconchy -- Endnote.
Subject Women composers -- Europe -- Biography.
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.
Komponistin. (DE-588)4032010-8
Musikerin. (DE-588)4170818-0
Women composers. (OCoLC)fst01177510
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN 9781780748566 (hardcover)
1780748566 (hardcover)
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