The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
WOMEN COMPOSERS FEW;
WOMEN IHSP|RERS MANY

a. the roster Of famous composers
md xpusieiRnn Yet on that sos0snt
he n not said that women have play
IA no pagt Ia that f~id. Fer tx bio
x@apnsea OF the great musicians be
rpiiea, Il win be discovered that IL
was dae 80 the influence or woman
hr a number az women that some OF
the greatest composers reached i AN
TAKE. for example, the lie OF Han~
All. The son az barber who was
asaf &c the natural genius Of hiE SON.
II was left TO hts mother 10 support
hIn IN HIS wishes and inspire nina IN
hls work. That she did not fail him
il evineed By the tribute pato her py
one Of Eanders bographers who SAFE
that Handel was the fonaess nope
Of n mother 70 whose tender soiiei-
tpde he owed the training when
throuuh all the trials of Yicissitades
az A more than ordinarily eventfut
life, kept him honest and just ano
true. and secured him the respect OF
prtnsFs and the affection OF AT VINO
were act blinded by jealousy 70 me
eplendcr Of his genius ana tue usp'H
OF his moral worth"
Apart from his mother, there were
too other women 10 Nhom Hhn0eA
was everlasti6Eiv indebted. one Was
.he rIartrsss sophie ChSrlcttes OF
Ysrsnoen bUrR, 80 whose home Handel
was cent as child 10 receive fur tnet
training and help 81 the STUDY OF fnu
aid Thls woman. percelvins the
rbtls.s urusua1 ability. took deep
sntn~esr IN hfru snd udsd htm over
fnnt period of life whe the artist
IA most arnensble 90 the unsympa-
fh4tt~ attitude cf the world
vhe ether cf tAe two mentioned was
Queen Caroline ~ EnElapd. ia whose
hona Handel WAS engaged - music
.3rstruc4or Apart from th@ }scl 'H9t
she roopstary returns made him we're
800 ~ her ha also given the credit
az fostering ard encouraging mis- gen
Ems az a time when the noFnlaritH
+ ~ yr,t~sraI artists was confined soiely
80 thoss Of italian birth,
=, tina life Of Beethoven we again
-~ns a case In point II was mol, no"
aver. until This artist grew deaf that
one hears OF his associations ana
s%rtendahips with ths women VINO N
eptrad him 20 his greatest EFFORTS,
chief among theeo was frau Won
i1sreun ing, a woman Of rare perception
and kean sympathy. Appreciative OF
-he misery Of Beethoyer's own home
rife. aud deeply conscious or his sor-
row. his disa appointments ana grtefs
she was 10 him "A quiet haven or an'
ae,~xtanains and restfu,ness. To her
II se said. he poured out all the love
ne a son 60 "a devoted mother ~
ona time she was the only woman
who meant anything 20 him. put at
cha years brought him fame ana non
ssr- s%y~re were others who inspired MIN
- great heights OF music expression
The r1nat prominent among these, per
Naus In the Countess Guiletta Guic'
-arsi q woman % raro beauty. me
sn4eflect aud noble character whom
Feetno Gwen loved with Gil his soul
vTshat she loved the strange musician
Az we'll known. but her title was
BARRIER 10 their marriage II was u
Ns~ that Beethoven dedicated MI
ssN5ornltFht Sonata" and Il Is said o.
Aer that she .~ehone respondent In hl'
music"
There were other women oesldei
these two One can almoet trace thel'
coming and going ia the hfe OF In
,~,,ry, n9ser b., the sedicst tons to sorn'
or his com positions. There was IN
psroness bort hea Won Ertmann Y
whom ne dedicated his Opera loI
xhere was Hettina Won Arnun wh'
xnaae close the bonds between hin
and Goethe and about whom Beetho
ven said. Heavens. II l could nav
1gvea with YOU as he (Goethe) did
h should have produced lar greate
Thsngs. A musician tR also poet
he, TOO, can fee! himself franspoFte'
apto a brighter world By pair OF m,
ayes where loft!cr spirits sport VIII
him and impose heavy tasks upoi
him
Thcxe are but two instances Il
Ayvoof of the fact or woDau's .powe
En music The life or Bach Is an
ssstrer. All the world knows HOY
sr~ea3 help his TWO wives were L
Eirn And In the same category on
snus4 not forget George ssand and he
gr4uenee on Chopin and de Musset,