Today is the 199th birthday of German composer Josephine Lang—born March 14, 1815 and died December 2, 1880. Born in to a musical family (with a violinist for a father and an opera singer for a mother), she was encouraged from the beginning and received great...
Welsh-born Hilary Tann is a contemporary composer currently living and teaching in New York State. She writes for large and small ensembles and her work is most often characterized as lyrical, with Tann drawing inspiration from the natural world, especially that of...
American-born Vivian Fine (1913-2000) was a child prodigy on piano and began composing at age thirteen. She worked consistently as composer for almost seventy years and was a student of Ruth Crawford Seeger, who saw her as a protegée. She was only sixteen when she...
Marion Bauer (1882-1955) was born in Washington state the youngest of seven children to working class immigrant parents. But even though resources were limited, the Bauers supported their daughter’s musical aptitude. Though she studied extensively, including...
Today is International Women’s Day! And to celebrate, today’s post is about two sisters who made an international impression during their lives, and after. Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) and Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) were French natives, and sisters who...
