Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era.
Among the reasons for historical under-representation of women composers Citron has adduced problems of access to musical education [2] and to the male hierarchy of the musical establishment (performers, conductors, impresarios etc.); [3] condescending attitudes of male reviewers, and their association of women composers with "salon music ...
Louise Farrenc (née Jeanne-Louise Dumont; 31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. Her compositions include three symphonies, a few choral works, numerous chamber pieces and a wide variety of piano music.
For a list of women composers sorted by year of birth, see List of women composers by birth date. A. Els Aarne (1917–1995) Mary Anne à Beckett (1817 ...
Clara Josephine Schumann (German: [ˈklaːʁa ˈʃuːman]; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher.Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course of a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital by lessening the importance of purely ...
Fanny Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era who was known as Fanny Hensel after her marriage. Her compositions include a string quartet, a piano trio , a piano quartet , an orchestral overture, four cantatas , more than 125 pieces for the piano and over 250 lieder , most of ...
[4] [5] Despite their substantial contributions from the medieval period to the present day, women composers are under-represented in the commonly performed classical music repertoire, music history textbooks, and music encyclopedias. For example, in the Concise Oxford History of Music, one of the only female composers mentioned is Clara Schumann.
List of Medieval composers; List of Renaissance composers; List of Baroque composers; List of Classical-era composers; List of Romantic-era composers; List of 20th-century classical composers; List of 21st-century classical composers