Title: Music and the southern belle : from accomplished lady to Confederate composer /
Authors: Bailey, Candace, 1963-
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Women musicians Southern States History; Women composers Southern States History; Music Social aspects Southern States History
Abstract: Candace Bailey's exploration of the intertwining worlds of music and gender shows how young southern women pushed the boundaries of respectability to leave their unique mark on a patriarchal society. --from publisher description
Contents: Why did nineteenth-century southern women study music? -- Women's interaction with public music -- Music at home : entertainment and education -- Music education in schools -- The piano girl -- The singer -- Women's composition and publication in the antebellum period -- Becoming useful -- Confederate women composers.