Quartet : how four women changed the musical world /

Medientyp:

Book

Autoren:

Broad, Leah,

Quelle:

Faber & Faber,, London, United Kingdom, p.vii, 472 pages : (2023)

Signatur:

ML82

Schlüsselwörter:

19e siècle., 19th century., 20e siècle., 20th century., Angleterre, bisacsh, England, fast, Femmes dans l'industrie musicale, Histoire, History, Intellectual life, MUSIC / History & Criticism., Musiciennes, Women in the music trade, Women musicians

Hinweise:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-417), discography (pages 419-422), and index."Ethel Smyth (b. 1858): Famed for her operas, this trailblazing queer Victorian composer was a larger-than-life socialite, intrepid traveller and committed suffragette. Rebecca Clarke (b. 1886): The talented violist and Pre-Raphaelite beauty and one of the first women ever hired by a professional orchestra, later celebrated for her modernist experimentation. Dorothy Howell (b. 1898): A prodigy who shot to fame at the 1919 Proms, her popularity as the 'English Strauss' never dented her modesty; on retirement, she tended Elgar's grave alone. Doreen Carwithen (b. 1922): One of Britain's first women film composers -- who scored Elizabeth II's coronation film -- her success hid a twenty-year affair with her married tutor. In their day, these women 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 -- until now. Leah Broad's stunning debut group biography resurrects these forgotten voices, recounting lives of rebellion, heartbreak and ambition -- and celebrating their music. Lighting up a panoramic sweep of British history over two world wars, Quartet revolutionises the classical canon forever." --