Music and the southern belle
Subtitle: from accomplished lady to Confederate composer
By: Candace Bailey.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780809329601
Subjects: Women musicians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Women composers -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Music -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why did nineteenth-century southern women study music?; title: Women's interaction with public music; title: Music at home : entertainment and education; title: Music education in schools; title: The piano girl; title: The singer; title: Women's composition and publication in the antebellum period; title: Becoming useful; title: Confederate women composers.