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This biography admirably fills that gap, fully examining the connections between Beach's life and work in light of social currents and dominant ideologies. Adri
I Came a Stranger
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Hilda Satt Polacheck's family emigrated from Poland to Chicago in 1892, bringing their old-world Jewish traditions with them into the Industrial Age. Throughout
Louise Talma
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American composer Louise Talma (1906-1996) was the first female winner of two back-to-back Guggenheim Awards (1946, 1947), the first American woman to have an o
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The first book in twenty-five years to survey the life and music of America's pioneering female composer of concert works.
The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music since 1900
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An overview of women's work in classical and popular music since 1900 as performers, composers, educators and music technologists.