Title: Women of note :
Authors: Appleby, Rosalind.
Date: 2012
Publisher: Fremantle Press,
Physical description: 184 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC class: M
Abstract: Music journalist Rosalind Appleby takes a fresh look at Australia's history and makes some startling discoveries about the contribution of women to Australian classical music. Women of Note puts together the missing pieces of history with well-researched snapshots of twenty-one women composers spanning the twentieth century to present day.
Contents: The trail blazers, 1900-1950 -- Margaret Sutherland -- Peggy Glanville-Hicks -- Miriam Hyde and Dulcie Holland -- The feminist era, 1950-1980 -- Mary Mageau and Betty Beath -- Helen Gifford -- Ann Carr-Boyd -- Moya Henderson -- Anne Boyd -- Becky Llewellyn -- Third Wave, 1980-2010 -- Ros Bandt -- Elena Kats-Chernin -- Liza Lim -- Mary Finsterer -- Sarah Hopkins -- Cathie Travers and Cat Hope -- Camilla Hannan and Gail Priest -- Emerging voices, 2000 onwards.