| Descript |
vii, 472 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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text |
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still image |
| Media type |
unmediated |
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volume |
| Note. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Ethel Smyth (b.1858): Famed for her operas, this trailblazing queer Victorian composer was a larger-than-life socialite, intrepid traveller and committed Suffragette. Rebecca Clarke (b.1886): This talented violist and Pre-Raphaelite beauty was one of the first women ever hired by a professional orchestra, later celebrated for her modernist experimentation. Dorothy Howell (b.1898): A prodigy who shot to fame at the 1919 Proms, her reputation as the 'English Strauss' never dented her modesty; on retirement, she tended Elgar's grave alone. Doreen Carwithen (b.1922): One of Britain's first woman film composers who scored Elizabeth II's coronation film, her success hid a 20-year affair with her married composition tutor. In their time, these women were celebrities. They composed some of the century's most popular music and pioneered creative careers; but today, they are ghostly presences, surviving only as muses and footnotes to male contemporaries like Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten - until now. Leah Broad's magnificent group biography resurrects these forgotten voices, recounting lives of rebellion, heartbreak and ambition, and celebrating their musical masterpieces. Lighting up a panoramic sweep of British history over two World Wars, Quartet revolutionises the canon forever. |
| Subject |
Smyth, Ethel, 1858-1944.
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Clarke, Rebecca, , 1886-1979.
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Carwithen, Doreen, 1922-2003.
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Howell, Dorothy, 1898-1982.
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Clarke, Rebecca, 1886-1979.
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Women composers -- Biography.
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Women musicians -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Women musicians -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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Women in the music trade -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Women in the music trade -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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England -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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England -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780571366101 (hardcover) |
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