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Desperate Measures: The Life and Music of Antonia Padoani Bembo.(Book review)
Desperate Measures: The Life and Music of Antonia Padoani Bembo. By Claire Anne Fontijn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. [xx, 372 p. ISBN-10: 0195135385; ISBN-13: 9780195135381. $45.] Illustrations, maps, music examples, bibliographical references, index, compact disc.
Comprehensive, erudite, detailed, fascinating, and, yes, screenplay. These are the words that come to mind as one reads Claire Fontijn's account of Antonia Bembo's life and works (ca. 1640-ca. 1720) in Desperate Measures: The Life and Music of Antonia Padoani Bembo. Few could argue that Bembo was one of the most gifted and determined of all Western European female composers. Hers was a life ...
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