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ix, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Sounds and Sweet Airs reveals the hidden stories of eight remarkable female composers, taking the reader on a journey from seventeenth-century Medici Florence to London in the Blitz. |
| Contents |
Notes from the silence -- Caccini -- Strozzi -- Jacquet de la Guerre -- Martines -- Hensel -- Schumann -- Boulanger -- Maconchy -- Endnote. |
| Subject |
Women composers -- Europe -- Biography.
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Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640.
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Strozzi, Barbara, 1619-1677.
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Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729.
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Martinez, Marianne, 1744-1812.
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Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847.
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Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896.
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Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918.
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Maconchy, Elizabeth, 1907-1994.
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| ISBN |
9781780748566 (hardcover) |
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1780748566 (hardcover) |
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