Women opera composers
Subtitle: biographies from the 1500s to the 21st century
By: Mary F. McVicker
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780786495139; 9781476623610
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Opera; Women composers; Women librettists; Music; Bio-bibliography
Description: "The emphasis ... is on historical composers and librettists, with some material relating to the last part of the 20th century to the present ... A word about nationalities: As borders and nationalities changed, questions arose about the best designation of nationality. I used the nationalities as given in my principle sources"--Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 263) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1590-1636. Italy; title: 1637-1700. France ; Italy ; Germany; title: 1700-1800. Austria ; Denmark ; England ; France ; Germany ; Italy; title: 1800-1849. Austria ; Bohemia ; England ; France ; Germany ; Italy ; Poland ; Spain; title: 1850-1899. Australia ; Austria ; Belgium ; Canada ; Czechoslovakia ; Denmark ; England ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Hawaii ; Ireland ; Italy ; Poland ; Russia ; Scotland ; Spain ; Sweden ; United States; title: 1900-1939. Australia ; Austria ; Brazil ; Canada ; Cuba ; Czechoslovakia ; Denmark ; England ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Ireland ; Italy ; Mexico ; Netherlands ; Poland ; Pomerania ; Russia ; Spain ; United States ; USSR; title: 1940-1970. Argentina ; Ashkabad ; Australia ; Belgium ; Bulgaria ; Canada ; Cuba ; Czechoslovakia ; East Germany ; England ; Estonia ; France ; Germany ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Israel ; Italy ; Japan ; The Netherlands ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Russia ; Scotland ; South Africa ; Spain ; United States ; USSR ; Venezuela ; Wales ; Yugoslavia; title: 1970 to present. Argentina ; Australia ; Austria ; Azerbaijan ; Bulgaria ; Canada ; Costa Rica ; Denmark ; England ; France : Georgia ; Germany ; Greece ; Israel ; Italy ; Japan ; Kazakhstan ; Korea ; Mexico ; New Zealand ; Philippines ; Poland ; Romania ; Russia ; Scotland ; South Africa ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United States ; USSR; title: Children's operas; title: Librettists.