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From Convent to Concert Hall : a Guide to Women Composers

Women composers, beginning with medieval times and going through the 20th century.  

"Each chapter presents informative biographies of representative composers, precedeed by a general introduction to the period and followed by a time line that plots important musical figures and events against developments in history and politics, science and education, and arts and literature; then come bibliographies, discographies, and selective lists of works....Essential. All collections; all levels.”--Choice


Available in print: ML82 .F76 2003