Laura Seddon

British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century. Laura Seddon

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first full-length study of British women's instrumental chamber music in the early twentieth-century. It includes six case studies of composers: Adela Maddison; Ethel Smyth; Morfydd Owen; Ethel Barns; Alice Verne-Bredt and Susan Spain-Dunk. Seddon offers valuable insight into their musical education, compositional careers and provides discussion of their chamber works. The book draws on primary sources, as well as the writings of contemporary commentators, to assess the legacy of the chamber works produced.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781409439455
• ISBN-10: 1409439453
• Artikelnr.: 41242505

Autorenporträt

Laura Seddon received her PhD from City University, London in February 2011, and continues to research in the area of gender and music. She is Director of the organisation Contemporary Connections which instigates musical projects combining historical research and contemporary compositional practice. She also teaches musicology and research/analytical skills.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
Contexts: the lives of women composers
Women and chamber music
The society of women musicians
The other side of London's musical society: Adela Maddison, Ethel Smyth and Morfydd Owen
The early 20th-century phantasy
Epilogue
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.