Amy Beach’s European Successes Recalled by Musical America; article of 100 years ago reprinted
The noted publication Musical America recalled Amy Beach’s travels and concertizing a century ago, by reprinting an article from October 17, 1914 that interviewed the composer and gave details of her trip. Musical America offered links to a scanned version of...Happy Birthday Vivian Fine
This past Sunday (September 28) would have been Vivian Fine’s 101st birthday. Born in Chicago in 1913, Fine was a piano prodigy who went on to study with Ruth Crawford Seeger and achieve acclaim for her compositions at a young age. She composed continuously...
Hildegard’s Feast Day
Today is the Feast day of one of the best known women composers – and, typically, the only one to be included in a music history textbook – is Hildegard of Bingen. A 12th century abbess in Germany, Hildegard is remembered for being one of the first women...Remembering Nadia Boulanger
Today would be the 127th birthday of Nadia Boulanger – the foremost music educator of the 20th century. Her skill and expertise were widely sought, and her list of students is more than extensive and impressive. I highly recommend Bruno Monsaingeon’s...