{"product_id":"female-composers-conductors-performers-musiciennes-of-interwar-france-19191939-9781138212039","title":"Female Composers Conductors Performers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon extensive archival research, interview material, and musical analysis, \u003ci\u003eFemale Composers, Conductors, Performers: Musiciennes of Interwar France, 19191939 \u003c\/i\u003epresents an innovative study of women working as professional musicians in France between the two World Wars. Hamer positions the activities, achievements, and reception of women composers, conductors, and performers against a contemporary socio-political climate that was largely hostile to female professionalism. The musical styles and techniques of Marguerite Canal, Jeanne Leleu, Germaine Tailleferre, Yvonne Desportes, Elsa Barraine, and Claude Arrieu are discussed with reference to significant works dating from the interwar period. Hamer highlights the activities of Jane Evrard and her Orchestre féminin de Paris as well as the reception of the Orchestra of the Union des Femmes Professeurs et Compositeurs de Musique, a contemporary pro-suffrage organisation that was dedicated to defending the collective intere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Music Examples. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1:The Contested Boundaries of Interwar \u003ci\u003emusiciennes. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 1: Conservative Politics and Domestic Ideals: The Social Position of \u003ci\u003emusiciennes\u003c\/i\u003e in Interwar France\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2:The Challenge of Professional \u003ci\u003emusiciennes\u003c\/i\u003e: The Education, Career Opportunities, and Reception of Women Musicians\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Women as Composers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Early Female Winners of the Prix de Rome: Marguerite Canal and Jeanne Leleu\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: In Les Six: The Case of Germaine Tailleferre\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Paul Dukas’s Female Composition Students: Elsa Barraine, Yvonne Desportes, and Claude Arrieu\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Women as Performers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6:Women Conductors and All-Woman Orchestras\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: On the Concert Platform: Women as Perfomers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Conclusion.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577809867095,"sku":"9781138212039","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138212039.jpg?v=1746096783","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/female-composers-conductors-performers-musiciennes-of-interwar-france-19191939-9781138212039","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}