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Sounds and sweet airs : the forgotten women of classical music / Anna Beer.

By: Beer, Anna R, 1964- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Oneworld, 2016Description: xi, 368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780748566 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Women composers -- History | Music | MusicDDC classification: 780.9'22 Summary: 'Sounds and Sweet Airs' reveals the hidden stories of eight remarkable composers, taking the reader on a journey from 17th-century Medici Florence to London in the Blitz. Revealing not just the lives and works of eight exceptional artists, historian Anna Beer also asks tough questions about the silencing of their legacy, which continues to this day.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Sounds and Sweet Airs' reveals the hidden stories of eight remarkable composers, taking the reader on a journey from 17th-century Medici Florence to London in the Blitz. Revealing not just the lives and works of eight exceptional artists, historian Anna Beer also asks tough questions about the silencing of their legacy, which continues to this day.

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