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19th-century composer and pianist Clara Schumann. Owing to sexism, women composers of Western classical music are disproportionately absent from the music textbooks and concert programs that constitute the patriarchical Western canon, even though many women have composed music.
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.
Burk, John N.: Clara Schumann; A Romantic Biography. Random House NYC 1940. Burstein, L. Poundie: "Their Paths, Her Ways – Comparison of Text Settings by Clara Schumann and Other Composers". In Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture, Vol. 6 (2002), pp. 11ff. Gates, Eugene. "Clara Schumann: A Composer's Wife as Composer."
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 ...
This is a list of classical music composers by era. [1] [2] [3] [4] With the exception of the overview, the Modernist era has been combined with the Postmodern ...
Romantic composers — those classical composers who wrote music in the era of Romantic Music, between about 1815 and 1910. Note: This is not to be confused with the overlapping period of Romanticism in literature and the visual arts, which centres on the early-mid 19th century. Thus, not all "Romantic" composers are associated with ...
Romantic music is a stylistic movement in Western Classical music associated with the period of the 19th century commonly referred to as the Romantic era (or Romantic period). It is closely related to the broader concept of Romanticism —the intellectual, artistic, and literary movement that became prominent in Western culture from about 1798 ...