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Quartet : how four women changed the musical world
Title:
Quartet : how four women changed the musical world
JLCTITLE245:
Leah Broad.
Personal Author:
Broad, Leah, 1991- author.
Publication Information:
London : Faber & Faber, 2023.
Physical Description:
vii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780571366101
Abstract:
"The lives,loves,adventures and trailblazing careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer. Leah Broad's magnificent group biography resurrects the forgotten voices,-Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Dorothy Howell and Dorren Carwithen-recounting lives of rebellion,heartbreak and ambition,and celebrating their musical masterpieces"--Publisher's description.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-417), discography (pages 419-422), and index.
Personal Subject:
Smyth, Ethel, 1858-1944.

Clarke, Rebecca, 1886-1979.

Howell, Dorothy, 1898-1982.

Carwithen, Doreen, 1922-2003.
Subject Term:
Women musicians -- England -- History -- 19th century.

Women musicians -- England -- History -- 20th century.

Women in the music trade -- England -- History -- 19th century.

Women in the music trade -- England -- History -- 20th century.
Geographic Term:
England -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.

England -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Contents:
Ethel -- Serenade -- Rebecca -- A changing world -- Dramas, romantic and operatic -- Dorothy -- Freedom -- War (I) -- Breakthrough -- The roaring twenties -- Doreen -- War (II) -- Aftermath -- Love and heartbreak -- Dusk.
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