{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-women-composers-paperback-softback-9781108733519","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Women Composers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108733519","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Women Composers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExploring a diverse, distinguished repertoire, and transcending the rhetoric of neglect, this book transforms understanding of women composers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Head (Edited by), Susan Wollenberg (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108733519, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 16.8 x 2 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Beautifully curated, sumptuously documented, and well organized, 'The Cambridge Companion to Women Composers' should stand proudly and enduringly in every musician's library.' Claire Fontijn, Notes: the Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMoving beyond narratives of female suppression, and exploring the critical potential of a diverse, distinguished repertoire, this Companion transforms received understanding of women composers. Organised thematically, and ranging beyond elite, Western genres, it explores the work of diverse female composers from medieval to modern times, besides the familiar headline names. The book's prologue traces the development of scholarship on women composers over the past five decades and the category of 'woman composer' itself. The chapters that follow reveal scenes of flourishing creativity, technical innovation, and (often fleeting) recognition, challenging long-held notions around invisibility and neglect and dismissing clichés about women composers and their work.  Leading scholars trace shifting ideas about composers and compositional processes, contributing to a wider understanding of how composers have functioned in history and making this volume essential reading for all students of musical history. In an epilogue, three contemporary composers reflect on their careers and identities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of music examples\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: studies in women composers – the first fifty years Matthew Head and Susan Wollenberg\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Themes in Studying Women Composers: 1. Historical women composers and the transience of female musical fame Paula Higgins\u003cbr\u003e 2. In search of a feminist analysis Susan Wollenberg\u003cbr\u003e 3. Composing women's history: beyond suppression and separate spheres Matthew Head\u003cbr\u003e 4. Progress and professionalism Sophie Fuller\u003cbr\u003e 5. Women composers and feminism Leah Broad\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Highlighting Women Composers Before 1750: 6. Medieval women in composition and musical production Margot Fassler\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sixteenth-century women composers, beyond borders Laurie Stras\u003cbr\u003e 8. Women and composition, c. 1600–1750 Rebecca Cypess\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Women Composers c. 1750–1880: Forms of Musical Culture: 9. Did women have a classical style? Matthew Head and Susan Wollenberg\u003cbr\u003e 10. Women, song, and subjectivity in the nineteenth century Anja Bunzel and Stephen Rodgers\u003cbr\u003e 11. Women, pianos, and virtuosity in the nineteenth century Joe Davies and Alexander Stefaniak\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Women Composers c. 1880–2000: New Waves: 12. First-wave feminism and professional status Sophie Fuller\u003cbr\u003e 13. Women composers, experimentalism and technology, 1945–1980 Louise Gray\u003cbr\u003e 14. Vibrations: women in sound art, 1980–2000 Gascia Ouzounian\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: composers' voices Nicola Lefanu, Roxanna Panufnik and Shirley J. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Music%20%5BAV%5D%22\"\u003eAV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173726482712,"sku":"9781108733519","price":22.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108733519i.jpg?v=1781168481","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-women-composers-paperback-softback-9781108733519","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}