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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.
[citation needed] The professional status of women composers was influenced by their family and marital status. Women who came from musical families and had the support of their husband and their father could make a name for themselves. A prominent historic example is Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, a French composer born in 1665. Her ...
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 ...
[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.
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 ...
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 ...
This is a list of 20th-century American women composers ordered alphabetically by surname. A. Mildred ...
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 ...