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Representing a historical cross-section of performance and training in Western music since the seventeenth century, this book brings to light the private and performance lives of five remarkable women musicians and composers.

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"A welcome contribution to the literature on women in music. Richly contextualized and engagingly written, Porter's book offers portraits of five women who lived lives full of music and whose music should enliven our concert halls more."

--Anne MacNeil, author of Music and Women of the Commedia dell'Arte in the Late Sixteenth Century
"An engaging book that draws readers into deep consideration of the complexities facing women—then and now—who forge careers in music. Highly recommended."--Choice

Five Lives in Music

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    A Paperback / softback by Cecelia Hopkins Porter

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 8 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9780252080098
      978-0252080098
      ISBN-10 0252080092
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      Composers and songwriters Music Musicians, singers, bands and groups

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Representing a historical cross-section of performance and training in Western music since the seventeenth century, this book brings to light the private and performance lives of five remarkable women musicians and composers.

      Trade Review

      "A welcome contribution to the literature on women in music. Richly contextualized and engagingly written, Porter's book offers portraits of five women who lived lives full of music and whose music should enliven our concert halls more."

      --Anne MacNeil, author of Music and Women of the Commedia dell'Arte in the Late Sixteenth Century
      "An engaging book that draws readers into deep consideration of the complexities facing women—then and now—who forge careers in music. Highly recommended."--Choice

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