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The Cambridge companion to women in music since 1900 / edited by Laura Hamer.

Contributor(s): Hamer, Laura [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Cambridge companions to music: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021Description: xxx, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108455787 (paperback).Subject(s): Women musicians | Women composers | Women in the music trade | Music by women composersDDC classification: 780.82
Contents:
Part I. The Classical Tradition. Women in composition before the Second World War / Sophie Fuller ; Women in composition during the Cold War in Mmusic / Rhiannon Mathias ; Behind the Iron Curtain: female composers in the Soviet Bloc / Elaine Kelly ; Still exceptional? Women in composition approaching the twenty-first century / Astrid Kvalbein ; On the podium: women conductors / Laura Hamer ; Soloists and divas: evolving opportunities, identity, and reception / Francesca Placanica ; In her own words: practitioner contribution 1 / Elizabeth Hoffman -- Part II. Women in popular music. Most of my sheroes don't appear on a stamp: contextualising the contributions of women musicians to the progression of jazz / Tammy L. Kernodle ; Leaders of the pack: girl groups of the 1960s / Jacqueline Warwick ; Women and rock / Leah Branstetter ; (You make me feel like) a natural woman: women in songwriting / Katherine Williams ; The British folk revival: mythology and the 'non-figuring' and 'figuring' woman / Michael Brocken ; How MTV idols got us in formation: solo women and their brands make space for truth telling, trauma, and survival in popular music from 1981 to the present / Kristin J. Lieb ; In her own words: Practitioner contribution 2 / Virginia Kettle -- Part III. Women and music technology. Case studies of women in electronic music: the early pioneers / Louis Niebur ; The Star-Eaters: a 2019 survey of female and gender non-conforming individuals using electronics for music / Margaret Schedel and Flannery Cunningham ; In her own words: practitioner contribution 3 / Manuella Blackburn -- Part IV. Women's wider work in music. Women and music education: pedagogues, curricula, and role models / Robert Legg ; Women in the music industries: the art of juggling / Clare K. Duffin ; In her own words: practitioner contribution 4: from polymath to portfolio career - reclaiming 'Renaissance woman' / Steph Power -- Afterword. Challenges and opportunities: ways forward for women working in music / Victoria Armstrong.
Summary: "At the start of the twentieth century throughout much of the United States and Europe, fuelled by the enduring image of the 'new woman', 'femme nouvelle', and 'neuer Frau', there were wide-spread media discussions about women's roles in society and culture - what these roles were and what they should be. The debates took place as more and more women of all classes and nationalities, refusing any longer to accept subservient, domestic positions, were moving into many different areas of public life with increasing confidence, independence, and determination"-- Provided by publisher
Holdings
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General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 780.82 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00197712
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This Companion explores women's work in music since 1900 across a broad range of musical genres and professions, including the classical tradition, popular music, and music technology. The crucial contribution of women to music education and the music industries features alongside their activity as composers and performers. The book considers the gendered nature of the musical profession, in areas including access to training, gendered criticism, sexualization, and notions of 'gender appropriate' roles or instruments. It covers a wide range of women musicians, such as Marin Alsop, Grace Williams, Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell and Adele. Each thematic section concludes with a contribution from a practitioner in her own words, reflecting upon the impact of gender on her own career. Chapters include suggestions for further reading on each of the topics covered, providing an invaluable resource for students of Feminist Musicology, Women in Music, and Music and Gender.

Bibliography: (pages 296-307) and index.

Part I. The Classical Tradition. Women in composition before the Second World War / Sophie Fuller ; Women in composition during the Cold War in Mmusic / Rhiannon Mathias ; Behind the Iron Curtain: female composers in the Soviet Bloc / Elaine Kelly ; Still exceptional? Women in composition approaching the twenty-first century / Astrid Kvalbein ; On the podium: women conductors / Laura Hamer ; Soloists and divas: evolving opportunities, identity, and reception / Francesca Placanica ; In her own words: practitioner contribution 1 / Elizabeth Hoffman -- Part II. Women in popular music. Most of my sheroes don't appear on a stamp: contextualising the contributions of women musicians to the progression of jazz / Tammy L. Kernodle ; Leaders of the pack: girl groups of the 1960s / Jacqueline Warwick ; Women and rock / Leah Branstetter ; (You make me feel like) a natural woman: women in songwriting / Katherine Williams ; The British folk revival: mythology and the 'non-figuring' and 'figuring' woman / Michael Brocken ; How MTV idols got us in formation: solo women and their brands make space for truth telling, trauma, and survival in popular music from 1981 to the present / Kristin J. Lieb ; In her own words: Practitioner contribution 2 / Virginia Kettle -- Part III. Women and music technology. Case studies of women in electronic music: the early pioneers / Louis Niebur ; The Star-Eaters: a 2019 survey of female and gender non-conforming individuals using electronics for music / Margaret Schedel and Flannery Cunningham ; In her own words: practitioner contribution 3 / Manuella Blackburn -- Part IV. Women's wider work in music. Women and music education: pedagogues, curricula, and role models / Robert Legg ; Women in the music industries: the art of juggling / Clare K. Duffin ; In her own words: practitioner contribution 4: from polymath to portfolio career - reclaiming 'Renaissance woman' / Steph Power -- Afterword. Challenges and opportunities: ways forward for women working in music / Victoria Armstrong.

"At the start of the twentieth century throughout much of the United States and Europe, fuelled by the enduring image of the 'new woman', 'femme nouvelle', and 'neuer Frau', there were wide-spread media discussions about women's roles in society and culture - what these roles were and what they should be. The debates took place as more and more women of all classes and nationalities, refusing any longer to accept subservient, domestic positions, were moving into many different areas of public life with increasing confidence, independence, and determination"-- Provided by publisher

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Covering a range of topics, this collection should appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. The 16 essays are organized into four parts, addressing, respectively, classical composers, conductors, and performers; popular musicians (jazz, rock, girl groups, MTV stars, songwriters, British folk, singer-songwriters); music technology; and "wider work" (music education, "portfolio careers"). Each part concludes with an engaging autobiographical essay. Most of the contributors are from the UK, which informs a welcome focus to British musicians who deserve to be better known in the US. Essays by Rhiannon Mathias and Elaine Kelly offer brief but well-written portraits of composers working during mid-century, in Western nations and the Soviet bloc. Most essays in part 2 focus on image, lyrics, and narrative rather than on musical style or sound. However, Tammy Kernodle's contribution about the contributions of women (primarily Black) to jazz history is informative and articulate, revealing her scope and depth of knowledge by mixing notable trends with supporting details. Coauthors Margaret Schedel and Flannery Cunningham successfully integrate interview material around modes of creation or technological approaches to create an understanding of electronic music in the early 21st century. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. --J. Michele Edwards, emerita, Macalester College