UID:
almahu_9949363132802882
Format:
293 p
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All black and white images
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Atlas
Edition:
First Edition
ISBN:
9780190237011
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This is the second of four volumes in a multi-authored series of analytical essays on music by women composers from Hildegard of Bingen to the twenty-first century. Volume 2 presents detailed studies of compositions written between 1900 and 1960 by Alma Mahler-Werfel, Rebecca Clarke, Ethel Smyth, Ruth Crawford (Seeger), Florence B. Price, Galina Ustvolskaya, J. M. Beyer, and Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Each chapter opens with a brief biographical sketch of the composer, followed by an in-depth analysis of a single representative composition, occasionally including other works where comparison strengthens the analytical argument. The repertoire explored by the authors includes art song, opera, choral, solo piano, chamber, and orchestral music. To enhance the volume's accessibility to readers who are not professional music theorists or musicologists, a glossary provides explanations of music-theoretical terms used in the book. The collection is designed to challenge and stimulate a wide range of readers. For academics, these thorough analytical studies can open new paths into unexplored research areas in music theory and musicology. Post-secondary instructors may be inspired by the insights offered here to include new works in graduate or upper-level undergraduate courses in early twentieth-century music or women and music. Finally, for performers, conductors, and music broadcasters, these thoughtful analyses can offer enriched understandings of this repertoire and suggest fresh, new programming possibilities to share with listeners-an endeavor of discovery for all those interested in twentieth-century music.
Note:
Includes Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents: Acknowledgments - About the Companion Website - Chapter 1.Introduction - Laurel Parsons and Brenda Ravenscroft - Part I:Music for Voice - Chapter 2.Alma Mahler-Werfel, "Licht in der Nacht" (1901) - Chapter 3.Rebecca Clarke, "Tiger, Tiger" (1933) - Chapter 4.Ethel Smyth, The Boatswain's Mate (1913-14) - Chapter 5.Ruth Crawford, "To an Angel" from Chants for Women's Chorus (1930) - Part II:Instrumental Music - Chapter 6.Florence B. Price, Piano Sonata in E minor (1932) - Chapter 7.Galina Ustvolskaya, Sonata for Violin and Piano (1952) - Chapter 8.J. M. Beyer, String Quartet No. 2 (1933-34) - Chapter 9.Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Sinfonia da Pacifica (1952-53) - Glossary - Bibliography - Index
Additional Edition:
Print Version ISBN 9780190236984
Language:
English
