TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beer,Anna R.
TI  - Sounds and sweet airs: the forgotten women of classical music 
SN  - 9781780748566
AV  - ML390 B44 2016
U1  - 780.9/22 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - London, England
PB  - Oneworld Publications
KW  - Caccini, Francesca,
KW  - Strozzi, Barbara,
KW  - Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude,
KW  - Martinez, Marianne,
KW  - Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn,
KW  - Schumann, Clara,
KW  - Boulanger, Lili,
KW  - Maconchy, Elizabeth,
KW  - 1587-approximately 1640
KW  - Women composers
KW  - Europe
KW  - Biography
KW  - Komponistin
KW  - gnd
KW  - Musikerin
KW  - fast
KW  - Nonfiction
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Notes from the silence -- [Francesca] Caccini -- [Barbara] Strozzi -- [Élisabeth] Jacquet de la Guerre -- [Marianna] Martines -- [Fanny Mendelssohn] Hensel -- [Clara] Schumann -- [Lili] Boulanger -- [Elizabeth] Maconchy -- Endnote; 700-799
N2  - Since the birth of classical music, women who dared compose have faced a bitter struggle to be heard. In spite of this, female composers continued to create, inspire and challenge. Yet even today so much of their work languishes unheard.    Anna Beer reveals the highs and lows experienced by eight composers across the centuries, from Renaissance Florence to twentieth-century London, restoring to their rightful place exceptional women whom history has forgotten [Publisher description]
ER  -