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Book SynopsisThis book explores the work of three significant American composers of the twentieth century: Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer and Miriam Gideon. It offers information on their lives and music and skilfully interweaves history and musical analysis in ways that both the specialist and the more general reader will find compelling.
Trade Review"This important and provocative study should suggest new paths for feminist analysis." CHOICE Nov 2001
"...Hisama's general project and specific interpretations effectively illustrate new ways of mapping the influence of gender on musical structure... stimulating and original perspective..." Elizabeth Crist, Notes
Table of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; List of examples; Foreword Ian Bent; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Note about technical terms; 1. Cultural analysis and post-tonal music; 2. The question of climax in Ruth Crawford's String Quartet, third movement; 3. Inscribing identities in Crawford's String Quartet, fourth movement; 4. The politics of contour in Crawford's 'Chinaman, Laundryman'; 5. Gender, sexuality, and performance in Marion Bauer's Toccata; 6. Musical sublimation in Bauer's 'Chromaticon'; 7. 'A Woman's Way of Responding to the World': Miriam Gideon's 'Night is My Sister'; 8. Feminist agency in Gideon's 'Esther'; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
