Tag: Amanda Maier-Rontgen
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Hidden Herstory – Brahms and his female contemporaries
by Elizabeth de Brito Two Germans, a Brit and a Swede walk into a Leipzig salon – sounds like the beginning of a bad joke doesn’t it? In this month’s Hidden Herstory article we explore the work of four composers –Amanda Maier, Ethel Smyth, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, whose lives intersected in late 19th…
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Monday Link Round Up: May 10, 2021
News and music to start your week! San Francisco Classical Voice shares the news of a new series at the Marsh featuring the art songs of Black composers. Soprano Candace Johnson, pictured above, will be performing works by Adolphus Hailstork on May 22. Find out how you can tune into the livestreamed event at TheMarsh.org.…