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  • Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Secular & Sacred Music to 1900

    Edited by Laurel Parsons, Brenda Ravenscroft ...
    Through musical analysis of compositions written between the mid-twelfth to late nineteenth centuries, this volume celebrates the achievements of eight composers, all women: Hildegard of Bingen, Maddalena Casulana, Barbara Strozzi, Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Marianne Martines, Josephine Lang, Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach. Written by outstanding music theorists and musicologists ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Concert Music, 1900–1960

    Edited by Laurel Parsons, Brenda Ravenscroft ...
    Through musical analysis of compositions written in the first half of the twentieth century, Analytic Essays on Music by Women Composers: Concert Music, 1900-1960 celebrates the achievements of eight composers: Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879-1964), Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979), Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), Ruth Crawford (1901-53), Florence B. Price (1887-1953), Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006), J. M. Beyer ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Concert Music, 1960-2000

    Edited by Laurel Parsons, Brenda Ravenscroft ...
    Over the past 30 years, musicologists have produced a remarkable new body of research literature focusing on the lives and careers of women composers in their socio-historical contexts. But detailed analysis and discussion of the works created by these composers are still extremely rare. This is particularly true in the domain of music theory, where scholarly work continues to focus almost ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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    Mastering the Works of Great Composers

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt

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