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Title: Hensel: String Quartet in E flat
Condition: New
Author: Benedict Taylor
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781009074896
ISBN: 9781009074896
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Music Dance & Theatre
Release Date: 30/11/2023
Description: The String Quartet in E flat major (1834) by Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn, is one of the most important works by a female composer written in the nineteenth century. Composed at a turning point in her life (as Hensel was not only grappling with her own creative voice but also coming to terms with her identity as a married woman, and the role her family expected of her), the quartet is significant in showing a woman composing in a genre that was then almost exclusively the domain of male artists. Benedict Taylor's illuminating book situates itself within developing scholarly discourse on the music of women composers, going beyond apologetics – or condemnation of those who hindered their development – to examine the strength and qualities of the music and how it responded to the most progressive works of the period.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Series: New Cambridge Music Handbooks
Release Year: 2023

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