The Musical Woman
An International Perspective Volume III: 1986-1990
Published on 14. August 1991
Book
Hardback
848 pages
978-0-313-23589-4 (ISBN)
Description
Emphasizing group dynamics, The Musical Woman series charts the accomplishments of women in the field of music in almost every capacity. Moving beyond the exception, articles highlight the group presence of musical women. The series equally commits itself to highlighting creative individuals, surveying particular music specialties, and to providing an up-to-date profile of women's ever changing progress in this field. Covering the period from 1986 to 1990, Volume III includes an expanded Gazette and 19 new, thought-provoking essays. Sizable attention is given to women's international contributions in music: several essays are centered in Finland, the USSR, Canada, and Australia. Volume III also covers issues linking music with sociology, history, feminist theory, and world music.
The expanded Gazette is encompassed in Part I of this volume. Part II includes the 19 original essays. Several summarize women's contributions as composers on the podium, within the recording and film industries, and in other capacities. One essay provides a current checklist of women in music organizations. Two genre surveys and an essay on women music scholars in Russian and Soviet history present readers with significant research. Critical appraisals are given of three women of achievement. For the first time in this series, two essays discuss the science of music--women musicologists and music librarians. Another essay presents the novel concept of a middle school curriculum concentrating on music by women composers. An essential article to this series is an analytic survey of how women have fared in music competitions over a 22-year period. This volume concludes with an essay documenting women musicians, across several generations, within notable musical families.
The expanded Gazette is encompassed in Part I of this volume. Part II includes the 19 original essays. Several summarize women's contributions as composers on the podium, within the recording and film industries, and in other capacities. One essay provides a current checklist of women in music organizations. Two genre surveys and an essay on women music scholars in Russian and Soviet history present readers with significant research. Critical appraisals are given of three women of achievement. For the first time in this series, two essays discuss the science of music--women musicologists and music librarians. Another essay presents the novel concept of a middle school curriculum concentrating on music by women composers. An essential article to this series is an analytic survey of how women have fared in music competitions over a 22-year period. This volume concludes with an essay documenting women musicians, across several generations, within notable musical families.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-313-23589-4 (9780313235894)
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Persons
JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT is Professor of Composition at the University of Minnesota School of Music, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She created The Musical Woman: An International Perspective series and also edited the two previous volumes.
JANE GOTTLIEB is the head librarian at the Juilliard School.
JOANNE POLK is a pianist and faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music.
MICHAEL J. ROGAN is a musicologist and music reference librarian at the Boston Public Library.
JANE GOTTLIEB is the head librarian at the Juilliard School.
JOANNE POLK is a pianist and faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music.
MICHAEL J. ROGAN is a musicologist and music reference librarian at the Boston Public Library.
Content
Introduction Gazette Performances; Festivals; Prizes and Awards; Commissions; Publications; Addresses of Selected Publishers, Agents, and Distributors; Discography; Addresses of Selected Record Companies and Distributors; Films and Videos; New Books and Dissertations; Conductors; Recent Deaths Essays The Music Profession--Overview and Individual Outlooks Women Conductors: Credibility in a Male-Dominated Profession by Kay Lawson Joan Dornemann, Opera's Master Coach by Bridget Paolucci Women's Contributions to Music Scholarship by Carolyn Rabson Women's Performance in Music Competitions, 1967-1988 by Sylvia Glickman The Music Business Creating a Musical Career: Reality and Illusion by Mimi Zannino Women in the Classical Recording Industry by Barbara Jepson Women Film and Television Composers in the United States by Leslie H. Andersen Critical Appraisals Peggy Glanville-Hicks: A Voice from the Inner World by Deborah Hayes Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Emerging from the Mythos by Scott Duncan National Surveys Finnish Women Composers by Eero Richmond Women Music Scholars in the Soviet Union by Ellon D. Carpenter Genre Surveys Harp Music by Women Composers of the United States and Canada by Lucile H. Jennings Women's Contributions to the Brass Repertoire: A List of Works by Monique BuzzarTE Organizations and Conferences Women in Music Organizations: A Preliminary Checklist by Jane Gottlieb "The Most Potent Force" in American Music: The Role of Women's Music Clubs in American Concert Life by Linda Whitesitt Music Education Women Composers in School Music Curricula, Grades 5-8: A Feminist Perspective by Roberta Lamb Women Composers as Professors of Composition by Emma Lou Diemer Special Topics Distaff Dynasties by Joanne Polk Gender, Power and Music by Ellen Koskoff Index