The Woman Composer: Creativity and the Gendered Politics of Musical Composition

ISBN-13: 9781859281833 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 304 str.

Jill Halstead

Opis

Confronting arguments that denigrate women's ability to compose, Halstead (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts) asks why women composers are still such a rarity in Britain at the end of the 20th century. She focuses on the experiences of nine composers born this century Avril Coleridge Taylor, Gr

Spis treści

Contents: Psychology; Music and Aptitude; Music and Personality; Education and Social History; Families, Marriage and Motherhood; Education, Opportunities and Professions; The Gendered Politics of Music; Establishment and Anti-Establishment Attitudes; Tradition and Genre; Sex, Gender and Music; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Jill Halstead