This series edited by Glickman, a musician and composer, and Schleifer (music history, Temple U.) seeks to rectify the lack of scholarship on women composers from the ninth through twentieth centuries and aims to provide modern performance editions of their music, along with biographical and critical essays. Twelve volumes as a whole, this eighth volume consists of editions of instrumental music by 20 European and American composers from the nineteenth century. The essays are followed by a list of works and/or writings, a discography, a bibliography, and editorial comments. Music in this volume is by Louise Farrenc, Johanna Kinkel, Leopoldine Blahetka, Emilie Mayer, Elfrida Andreée, Agnes Zimmerman, Augusta Holmès, Luise Adolpha Le Beau, Rosalind F. Ellicott, Mathilde Kralik, Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach, Ethel Barns, Mabel Daniels, Rebecca Clarke, Florence Price, Rosalie Wertheim, Pauline Hall, Germaine Tailleferre, and Henriette Bosmans. Genres include symphonies, chamber music, sonatas, and string quartets. Contributors are musicians and scholars from Europe and North America. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This series edited by Glickman, a musician and composer, and Schleifer (music history, Temple U.) seeks to rectify the lack of scholarship on women composers from the ninth through twentieth centuries and aims to provide modern performance editions of their music, along with biographical and critical essays. Twelve volumes as a whole, this eighth v
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