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Musical Women in England, 1870-1914
Paula Gillett
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Description for Musical Women in England, 1870-1914
Paperback. Delineates the roles women played in the flourishing music world of late-Victorian and early twentieth-century England and shows how contemporary challenges to restrictive gender roles inspired them to move into new areas of musical expression in composition and performance. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Musical Women in England, 1870-1914 delineates the roles women played in the flourishing music world of late-Victorian and early twentieth-century England, and shows how contemporary challenges to restrictive gender roles inspired women to move into new areas of musical expression, both in composition and performance. The most famous women musicians were the internationally renowned stars of opera; greatly admired despite their violations of the prescribed Victorian linkage of female music-making with domesticity, the divas were often compared to the sirens of antiquity, their irresistible voices a source of moral danger to their male admirers. Their ambiguous social reception notwithstanding, the ... Read more
Musical Women in England, 1870-1914 delineates the roles women played in the flourishing music world of late-Victorian and early twentieth-century England, and shows how contemporary challenges to restrictive gender roles inspired women to move into new areas of musical expression, both in composition and performance. The most famous women musicians were the internationally renowned stars of opera; greatly admired despite their violations of the prescribed Victorian linkage of female music-making with domesticity, the divas were often compared to the sirens of antiquity, their irresistible voices a source of moral danger to their male admirers. Their ambiguous social reception notwithstanding, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349385119
SKU
V9781349385119
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99-15
About Paula Gillett
PAULA GILLETT is Professor of Humanities at San Jose State University.
Reviews for Musical Women in England, 1870-1914
'...an admirable exploration of female musicianship and its relation to women's suffrage and the literature of the late nineteenth century.' - Women's Studies 'This is a thoroughly researched account of the transformations in the role of women in English musical life.' - James Ross, English Historical Review '...thoroughly researched and thoughtful analysis of Victorian ... Read more