| ISBN |
1409439453 (hbk.) |
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9781409439455 (hbk.) |
| Description |
229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
Preface; Introduction; Contexts: the lives of women composers; Women and chamber music; The society of women musicians; The other side of London's musical society: Adela Maddison, Ethel Smyth and Morfydd Owen; The early 20th-century phantasy; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Laura Seddon argues that the Cobbett competitions, instigated by Walter Willson Cobbett in 1905, and the formation of the Society of Women Musicians in 1911, contributed to the explosion of instrumental music written by women in this period and highlighted women's place in British musical society in the years leading up to and during the First World War. Seddon investigates the relationship between Cobbett, the Society of Women Musicians and women composers themselves. The book's six case studies - of Adela Maddison (1866-1929), Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), Morfydd Owen (1891-1918), Ethel Barns (1880-1948), Alice Verne-Bredt (1868-1958) and Susan Spain-Dunk (1880-1962) - offer valuable insight into the women's musical education and compositional careers. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index. |
| Subject |
Music by women composers -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Chamber music -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Women composers -- Great Britain.
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