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Lists of women in music cover different categories of women in music, including composers, conductors, groups, musicians and singers. They are organized by instrument, nationality, style and so on. They are organized by instrument, nationality, style and so on.
Joan Mary Last (1908–2002) Anne Lauber (born 1943) Elodie Lauten (1950–2014) Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927) Louise Geneviève de La Hye (1810–1838) Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911) Anne LeBaron (born 1953) Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791) Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863) Cynthia Cozette Lee (born 1953) Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
The reasons for women's absence are various. The musicologist Marcia Citron writing in 1990 noted that many works of musical history and anthologies of music had very few, or sometimes no, references to and examples of music written by women. [1]
[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.
It was released a second time in May 1972 after being altered and re-recorded. This improved version of the song slowly climbed the United States single charts, its airplay resisted by male deejays at radio stations, but urged forward by the demand of female listeners. The song finally hit number 1 in December 1972. [2] "I Am Woman", with its ...
This is a list of classical music composers by era. With the exception of the overview, the Modernist era has been combined with the Postmodern. Composers with a career spanning across more than one time period are colored in between their two respective eras.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... This is a list of 20th-century American women composers ordered ... This page was last edited on ...
In fact, the first music conservatory in the United States, Music Vale Seminary, was established in 1835 for the purpose of teaching women music. [10] The culture of women learning music was so strong in the 18th century that George Washington's step-granddaughter Eleanor Custis Parke and Thomas Jefferson's wife Martha Jefferson were musicians. [2]