by Liane Curtis | Sep 16, 2022
By Elizabeth de Brito Camille Saint-Saëns may enjoy a revered status amongst French classical composers, partly due to his various popular works and for his work in founding the Société Nationale de Musique (SNM). But are you familiar with the numerous important women...
by Liane Curtis | Sep 8, 2022
By Elizabeth de Brito Young-ja Lee’s impact upon Korean classical music is enormous, with a life full of firsts: the first female composer of Western classical music in Korea; the first female composer to study abroad; one of the first (if not the first) female...
by Liane Curtis | Sep 5, 2022
She was born Amy Marcy Cheney on this day in Henniker, NH. In celebration we are giving away copies of our critical edition of Mvt. II — Alla siciliana — from her Symphony op. 32, “Gaelic” — please fill out this form to receive your PDF...
by Liane Curtis | Aug 31, 2022
By Liane Curtis To honor Alma Mahler on her birthday (she was born Alma Maria Schindler on 31 August 1879 in Vienna), I thought I would highlight some of her music, but also note the issue that 17 songs are all that survive of her compositional output, and consider...
by Liane Curtis | Aug 19, 2022
By Elizabeth de Brito Benjamin Britten may be a great composer, widely considered the fourth ‘B’ after Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. But are you aware of these four extraordinary British composers with whom he associated? Dame Elizabeth Maconchy, Grace Williams, Imogen...