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" . . . a thorough, insightful study of the rich musical heritage created by women." -American Music Teacher
This second edition of Women and Music now features even more women composers, performers, and patrons, even more musical contexts, and an expanded view of women in music outside Europe and North America.
From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by Ilene Rosoff
This is one of the few existing books presenting a multicultural history of women in music. Aside from popular music, very little scholarship has been done on women's music history, no doubt because much of women's experience with music (pre-pop culture) has not taken place in the public domain. Beginning with the poetry of Sappho in ancient Greece, Women & Music goes through the centuries, highlighting the first European women composers; women's music in the context of religion; women's choruses; African-American women's music in this country; and women's music outside Western culture. With somewhat of a textbook flavor, I felt distanced at times, and I wanted more on women outside the European traditions. However, this book gives a good overview of the places that women and their music have existed and flourished, and spotlights the aspects of women's relationship to music that are uniquely feminine.
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Women and Music: A History
Women and Music: A History,Karin Pendle,Indiana University Press,025321422X,General,History & Criticism - General,History and criticism,Music,Women composers,Women musicians,Women's Studies - History
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