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Summary:

"At the start of the twentieth century throughout much of the United States and Europe, fuelled by the enduring image of the 'new woman', 'femme nouvelle', and 'neuer Frau', there were wide-spread media discussions about women's roles in society and culture - what these roles were and what they should be. The debates took place as more and more women of all classes and nationalities, refusing any longer to accept subservient, domestic positions, were moving into many different areas of public life with increasing confidence, independence, and determination"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Women in Composition before the Second World War / Sophie Fuller
• Women in Composition during the Cold War in Music / Rhiannon Mathias
• Behind the Iron Curtain : Female Composers in the Soviet Bloc / Elaine Kelly
• Still Exceptional? Women in Composition approaching the Twenty-First Century / Astrid Kvalbein
• On the Podium : Women Conductors / Laura Hamer
• Soloists and Divas : Evolving Opportunities, Identity, and Reception / Francesca Placanica
• In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 1 / Elizabeth Hoffman
• Most of My Sheroes Don't Appear on a Stamp : Contextualising the Contributions of Women Musicians to the Progression of Jazz / Tammy L. Kernodle
• Leaders of the Pack : Girl Groups of the 1960s / Jacqueline Warwick
• Women and Rock / Leah Branstetter
• (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman : Women in Songwriting / Katherine Williams
• The British Folk Revival : Mythology and the 'Non-figuring' and 'Figuring' Woman / Michael Brocken
• How MTV Idols Got Us in Formation : Solo Women and Their Brands Make Space for Truth Telling, Trauma, and Survival in Popular Music from 1981 to the Present / Kristin J. Lieb
• In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 2 / Virginia Kettle
• Case Studies of Women in Electronic Music : The Early Pioneers / Louis Niebur
• The Star-Eaters : A 2019 Survey of Female and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals using Electronics for Music / Margaret Schedel and Flannery Cunningham
• In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 3 / Manuella Blackburn
• Women and Music Education : Pedagogues, Curricula, and Role Models / Robert Legg
• Women in the Music Industries: The Art of Juggling / Clare K. Duffin
• In Her Own Words : Practitioner Contribution 4: from polymath to portfolio career

• reclaiming 'Renaissance Woman' / Steph Power
• Challenges and Opportunities : Ways Forward for Women Working in Music / Victoria Armstrong.

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Contributors:

Hamer, Laura , editor, author

Fuller, Sophie , author

Kelly, Elaine , author

Kvalbein, Astrid, 1971- , author

Placanica, Francesca , author

Hoffman, Elizabeth, 1961- , author

Kernodle, Tammy L., 1969- , author

Warwick, Jacqueline C., 1969- , author

Branstetter, Leah , author

Williams, Katherine (Musicologist) , author

Brocken, Michael , author

Lieb, Kristin , author

Kettle, Virginia , author

Niebur, Louis, 1971- , author

Schedel, Margaret , author

Cunningham, Flannery , author

Blackburn, Manuella , author

Legg, Robert (Robert John) , author

Duffin, Claire K. , author

Power, Steph, 1965- , author

Armstrong, Victoria (Musicologist) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English text.

Related Series:

Cambridge companions to music (Complete)

Subjects:

Women musicians

Women composers

Women in the music trade

Music by women composers — 20th century — History and criticism

Music by women composers — 21st century — History and criticism

1900-2099

Music by women composers

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index: pages 296-325

Physical Description:

xxx, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

ML82 .C33 2021

ISBNs:

9781108470285 (hardback)
1108470289

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2020056954

OCLC Numbers:

1228219291