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1	Women & Music: A History more books like this by Karin Pendle (Editor) add to wishlist This updated, expanded, and reorganised edition of "Women & Music" features even more women composers, performers, and patrons, even more musical contexts, and an expanded view of women in music outside Europe and North America. A popular university textbook, "Women & Music" is enlightening for scholars, a good source of programming ideas for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.47! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Women in Music: An Anthology of Source Readings from the Middle Ages to the Present more books like this by Carol Neuls-Bates (Editor) add to wishlist This classic anthology combines source readings with interpretive essays and personal portraits to illuminate the rich yet neglected history of women in music. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.26! \| first editions
3	Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music more books like this by Judith Tick add to wishlist Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) is frequently considered the most significant American female composer in this century. Joining Aaron Copland and Henry Cowell as a key member of the 1920s musical avant-garde, she went on to study with modernist theorist and future husband Charles Seeger, writing her masterpiece, String Quartet 1931, not long ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $3.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Vision: The Life and Music of Hildegard Von Bingen (Book + CD) more books like this by Jane Bobko (Editor), Of Bingen Hildegard, Barbara Newman (Photographer) add to wishlist This is the story of the 12th-century nun: a visionary, mystic and author of liturgical songs and prophecies, illustrated by illuminations inspired by her visions, and together with a full-length compact disc of her music. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
5	I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters and Their Craft more books like this by Lashonda Katrice Barnett (Editor) add to wishlist In this often fascinating, nostalgic, and thoroughly moving collection of 20 interviews, author LaShonda Katrice Barnett offers a rare glimpse into the careers of the world's prominent black women performing singers and songwriters. Marking an unprecedented exploration of the musical styles and careers of twenty black women performing songwriters ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	New Historical Anthology of Music by Women: Companion Compact Discs more books like this by Dr. James R Briscoe (Editor) add to wishlist This attractive 3-CD set compiles the music of women composers through the centuries. It includes works by Amy Beach, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Barbara Strozzi, and Clara Schumann. This impressive collection of original and remastered recordings by major artists is invaluable for the teacher, student, and interested listener. see all copies from $32.00! new only from $47.15! \| SVS
7	From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music more books like this by Helen Walker-Hill add to wishlist Surveys the history and scope of concert music by African-American women, including instrumental, choral, and chamber works, as well as symphonies and operas. African-American women composers remain largely unknown despite their important musical contributions. Active in the United States since the mid-nineteenth century, several gained national ... see all copies from $8.40! new only from $19.75! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Fine & Dandy: The Life and Work of Kay Swift more books like this by Vicki Ohl add to wishlist Kay Swift (1897-1993) was one of the few women composers active on Broadway in the first half of the twentieth century. Best known as George Gershwin's assistant, musical adviser, and intimate friend, Swift was in fact an accomplished musician herself, a pianist and composer whose Fine and Dandy (1930) was the first complete Broadway musical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
9	Grace notes more books like this by Bernard MacLaverty add to wishlist A young Irish composer becomes pregnant, flees her disastrous marriage, and finds that the demands of single motherhood threaten her career. Nominated for the Booker Prize in 1997. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams more books like this by Tammy L Kernodle add to wishlist Pianist, composer, and arranger, Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981), was one of the most significant and influential artists in the history of jazz. A versatile musical genius who experimented with and mastered most of the emerging styles in jazz's evolution, Williams wrote and arranged for such greats as Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.76! \| first editions
11	New Historical Anthology of Music by Women more books like this by Dr. James R Briscoe (Editor), Susan McClary (Foreword by) add to wishlist "New Historical Anthology of Music by Women" updates the extremely popular collection with 55 compositions by 46 women composers from the ancient Greeks to the present. Each work is introduced by an informative essay by a specialist in the field, with recommendations for further reading, listening, and performing. Historical scores have been ... see all copies from $42.81! new only from $47.91! \| SVS
12 view cover	Solo: Women Singer-Songwriters in Their Own Words more books like this by Marc Woodworth (Editor), Hanson Woodworth, Emma Dogdge Hanson add to wishlist A book of text and photography that chronicles the lives of some of the major female singer-songwriters of the 1990s. The success of the "Lilith Fair" tour in the summer of 1997, which was organized by the Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan and devoted solely to female performers, proved that women have become a formidable presence on the touring ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Desperate Measures: The Life and Music of Antonia Padoani Bembo more books like this by Claire Fontijn add to wishlist One of the most fascinating figures of seventeenth-century music, composer and singer Antonia Padoani Bembo (c.1640 - c.1720) was active in both Venice and Paris. Her work provides a unique cross-cultural window into the rich musical cultures of these cities, yet owing to her clandestine existence in France, for almost three centuries Bembo's life ... see all copies from $7.66! new only from $7.66! \| first editions
14 view cover	Josephine Lang: Her Life and Songs more books like this by Harald Krebs, Sharon Krebs add to wishlist Josephine Lang (1815-80) was one of the most gifted, respected, prolific, and widely published song composers of the nineteenth century, yet her life and works have remained virtually unknown. Now, this carefully researched, compelling, and poignant study recognizes the composer for her remarkable accomplishments. Based on years of study of ... see all copies from $4.44! new only from $9.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Girls! Girls! Girls!: Critical Essays on Women and Music more books like this by Dr. Sarah Cooper add to wishlist In recent years, much attention has been lavished on the New Women of rap and rock. From rap stars such as Queen Latifah to bands such as Velocity Girls, popular music has been aggressively redefined by a new generation of women, with a startling range of musical styles. Yet, women's role in contemporary music, and in music history, extends far ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| SVS
16 view cover	Unsung: A History of Women in American Music more books like this by Christine Ammer add to wishlist When the first edition of Unsung was published in 1980, Booklist called it "a publishing event", and The Boston Globe declared that "Unsung is a book that relies on research more than rhetoric and, as such, gives long overdue recognition to the role of women in the development of American music". Unsung became the classic text in the field; this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.56! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Woman Composers more books like this by Julie Anne Sadie (Editor), Rhian Samuel (Editor) add to wishlist Throughout history women have been composing music, but their achievements have usually gone unrecognized. see all copies from $7.70! new only from $26.25! \| first editions
18 view cover	Gender and the Musical Canon more books like this by Professor Marcia J Citron add to wishlist A classic in gender studies in music, Marcia J. Citron's comprehensive, balanced work lays a broad foundation for the study of women composers and their music. Drawing on a diverse body of feminist and interdisciplinary theory, Citron shows how the western art canon is not intellectually pure but the result of a complex mixture of attitudes, ... see all copies from $2.36! new only from $26.50! \| first editions
19 view cover	Historical Anthology of Music by Women more books like this by Dr. James R Briscoe (Editor) add to wishlist ..". will enlighten students of music history and serve as a source of programming ideas for performers." -- Library Journal ..". a significant contribution to the literature about, and the music of, women composers." -- American Music Teacher see all copies from $6.50! new only from $27.40! \| first editions
20 view cover	Women Writing Opera: Creativity and Controversy in the Age of the French Revolution more books like this by Jacqueline Letzter, Robert Adelson add to wishlist In the age of the French Revolution, opera was the locus of cabals, intrigues and violent journalist investive. Yet it was also a period when women composers and librettists gained access to concert halls as never before. This history explains what made this possible. At the same time it aims to demonstrate how the Revolution fostered many dreams ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $6.50!
21 view cover	From Convent to Concert Hall: A Guide to Women Composers more books like this by Larry M Forness, Sylvia Glickman (Editor), Martha Furman Schleifer (Editor) add to wishlist In the world of musical composition, men have long overshadowed women. But as the prominence of women composers increases, so does interest in their lives and works. This substantive biographical reference book geared toward the student or non-specialist features information on nearly 200 composers of the Western music tradition from the 9th ... see all copies from $10.03! new only from $73.00! \| SVS
22	Secret Life of Eva Hath more books like this by Janice Weber add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
23	Voices Found more books like this by Episcopal Church add to wishlist see all copies from $8.63! new only from $10.63! \| SVS
24	Lovesong more books like this by Gwen Davis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25 view cover	Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States: Crossing the Line more books like this by Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner add to wishlist Featuring analytical discussions or descriptions of about 150 different pieces of electro acoustic music by women composers in the United States, this book is the most definitive attempt to date to discuss the achievements of women as composers of experimental and avant-garde music from the 1930s to the present day. Using a wealth of primary ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $60.00!

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