Preface Ladies of Italy Laura Peverara (c. 1545-1601) Vittoria Archilei (1550-1620s) Virginia Ramponi Andreini (d. 1628 or 1630) Adriana Basile (1580-c. 1640) Francesca Caccini (1587-c. 1645) Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) Anna Renzi (c. 1620-1660 or later) Marie Le Rochois (c. 1658-1728) Francesca Cuzzoni (1696-1778) Faustina Bordoni (1700-1781) Gertrude Elisabeth SchMÄling Mara (1749-1833) Anna Selina (Nancy) Storace (1765-1817) Giuditta Pasta (1797-1865) Wilhelmina Schröder-Devrient (1804-1860) Jenny Lind (1820-1887) Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) Lillian Nordica (1857-1914) Helen Mitchell (Nellie) Melba (1861-1931) Jane Bathori (1877-1970) Marian Anderson (1897-1993) Notes Bibliography Index
This volume examines the emergence of women as professional musicians in the late sixteenth century and follows the careers of selected women musicians from that time to the mid twentieth century.
Isabelle Emerson is Professor of Music, Department of Music, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Emerson offers a study of 20 classical women singers who have
excelled in a specific area and succeeded in achieving specific
goals, and whose work is significant for the art of singing and
represents a model for later generations….The singers' stories tell
much about musical life and ideals of the time, and the book
provides commentary on how women fared in the business of music,
emphasizing their ingenuity and persistence. Chapters contain time
lines of the women's lives along with bibliographies, some quite
extensive. The index is mostly limited to names and a few places
but is nonetheless quite helpful. This book is a valuable addition
to the body of literature in this field. Recommended. All academic
libraries; all levels.
*Choice*
Emerson writes lucidly and interestingly….Undoubtedly this is an
useful book for specialist music collections across library
sectors.
*Reference Reviews*
Emerson explores the lives and careers of women singers of
classical music from the late sixteenth century to the middle of
the twentieth. Presented in rough chronological order, each of 20
chapters opens with a description of an individual singer's sound,
followed by a brief biography and a summation of the artist's
significance. Coverage includes well-known divas such as Marian
Anderson and Jenny Lind as well as more obscure vocalists, such as
Lillian Nordica, whose varied repertoire included everything from
opera to singing with Gilmore's Brass Band.
*Reference & Research Book News*
Although opera divas are the primary characters, recital singers
also receive some attention in this study of selected careers from
the late sixteenth to the middle of the twentieth centuries. . . .
Each chapter includes a biographical sketch and career summary,
timeline of major events, and bibliography.
*The Beethoven Journal*
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