TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beer,Anna R.
TI  - Sounds and sweet airs: the forgotten women of classical music 
SN  - 9781780748566
AV  - ML 82 .S686 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London, England
PB  - Oneworld Publications
KW  - Caccini, Francesca,
KW  - Strozzi, Barbara,
KW  - Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude,
KW  - Martinez, Marianne,
KW  - Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn,
KW  - Schumann, Clara,
KW  - Boulanger, Lili,
KW  - Maconchy, Elizabeth,
KW  - Women composers
KW  - Europe
KW  - Biography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Notes from the silence -- [Francesca] Caccini -- [Barbara] Strozzi -- [�Elisabeth] Jacquet de la Guerre -- [Marianna] Martines -- [Fanny Mendelssohn] Hensel -- [Clara] Schumann -- [Lili] Boulanger -- [Elizabeth] Maconchy -- Endnote
N2  - Since the birth of classical music, women who dared compose have faced a bitter struggle to be heard. In spite of this, female composers continued to create, inspire and challenge. Yet even today so much of their work languishes unheard.    Anna Beer reveals the highs and lows experienced by eight composers across the centuries, from Renaissance Florence to twentieth-century London, restoring to their rightful place exceptional women whom history has forgotten [Publisher description]
ER  -