The life and music of Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884), a woman composer of the Victorian era : a critical assessment of her achievement /

At a time when women were thought to succeed only in composing drawing-room songs or light-weight piano pieces, Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) wrote by far the greatest number of larger-scale art works of any British woman composer in the nineteenth century. She was most probably the first woman to ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graham-Jones, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Smith, Alice Mary, > 1839-1884 > Criticism and interpretation.
1800-1899
Women composers > England > 19th century > Biography.
Compositrices > Angleterre > 19e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
Women composers
England
Biography
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Woman and the craft of composition : Britain 1850-1885
  • Alice Mary Smith : life and reception
  • Chamber and orchestral music 1 : 1861-1867
  • Interlude 1 : operetta and masque
  • Chamber and orchestral music 2 : 1869-1879
  • Interlude 2 : anthems, piano pieces and songs
  • The last choral works : 1879-1884
  • Postlude : the forerunner in the race.

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