Unsung heroines: contributions of selected early twentieth-century women to American piano pedagogy.

A woman at piano has traditionally symbolized the pleasures of genteel society. (1) For the past three centuries, women have enriched the quality of home life by playing beautiful music at the piano. However, while encouraged as amateurs, men traditionally did not pursue music professionally. Nevertheless, women throughout the twentieth century played a large and important role in furthering the art of piano teaching and piano performing in America. Unfortunately, their accomplishments are not recognized in current piano pedagogy textbooks or periodical literature. Perhaps as a result, many female independent teachers today do not fully appreciate the rich legacy of their ...