Quartet: how four women changed the musical world

In their time Ethel Smyth (b.1858), Rebecca Clarke (b.1886), Dorothy Howell (b.1898) and Doreen Carwithen (b.1922) were celebrities, composing groundbreaking music and pioneering creative careers. But today, they are ghostly presences in history, surviving only as muses and footnotes to male contemp...

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1. Verfasser: Broad, Leah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Faber & Faber 2023
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Zusammenfassung:In their time Ethel Smyth (b.1858), Rebecca Clarke (b.1886), Dorothy Howell (b.1898) and Doreen Carwithen (b.1922) were celebrities, composing groundbreaking music and pioneering creative careers. But today, they are ghostly presences in history, surviving only as muses and footnotes to male contemporaries like Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten. This group biography resurrects these forgotten voices, recounting lives of rebellion, heartbreak and ambition, and celebrating their musical masterpieces
"The lives,loves,adventures and trailblazing careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer. Leah Broad's magnificent group biography resurrects the forgotten voices,-Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Dorothy Howell and Dorren Carwithen-recounting lives of rebellion,heartbreak and ambition,and celebrating their musical masterpieces"--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:vii, 472 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780571366101