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New Historical Anthology of Music by Women.(Book Review)
New Historical Anthology of Music by Women, edited by James R. Briscoe. Indiana University Press (601 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN 47404), 2004. 528 pp. $39. 95.
The New Historical Anthology of Music by Women is a collection of works by forty-four female composers from around 600 B.C.E. to the present day. This collection includes compositions representing a wide variety of genres, forms and instrumentation and is accompanied by a CD recording, which was not provided with my review copy. Biographical information and analysis and critical evaluation of works are provided for each composer. Although this commentary is authoritative and scholarly, it is addressed to music students, teachers and performers who may know little if anything about these composers and their works.
This anthology contains an excellent selection of repertoire, ranging from better-known and more celebrated works by women composers (such as movements from Clara Wieck Schumann's Trio in G Minor for Piano, Violin and Cello and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Pulitzer Prize-winning Symphony No. 1) to more obscure works by largely unknown composers. It spotlights repertoire that certainly deserves more recognition. One of my favorite such pieces in this anthology is the lovely Nocturne in B-flat for piano by Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789-1831). Its singing melodies, rocking accompaniments and romantic harmonies advance the composition of nocturnes from Field to ...
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