Women Performing Music
Subtitle: The Emergence of American Women As Classical Instrumentalists and Conductors
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780786409044
Subjects: Women musicians; Sociology; Music/Songbooks; Social Science; Women's Studies - General; United States; Musical Instruments - General; Instrumentalists; Instruction & Study - Conducting; Conductors (Music)
Description: "Women musicians of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries had their place: in the home. A woman who tried to move beyond parlor tunes to the public stage faced ridicule and censure. At best she might win a rare compliment: "She plays like a man."" "Despite the many obstacles, some women persevered and became touring virtuosos. This book tells the story of their hard-won success.".

"Detailed here are the lives of three especially remarkable artists: pianist Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, pianist and conductor Ethel Leginska, and conductor Antonia Brico. A concluding chapter contrasts the experience of female musicians then and now."--BOOK JACKET.