Monday Link Round Up: November 9, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: November 9, 2020

Some news and music to start your week! The Handel and Haydn Society of Boston featured a concert yesterday of works by women composers in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.  The Boston Music Intelligencer wrote about what the audience could expect,...
Monday Link Round Up: April 20, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: April 20, 2020

News and music to start your week! The Digital Festival of Women in Music ( German version, Feminale der Musik) continues TODAY (April 20) with live interviews about Ethel Smyth (with Marleen Hoffmann) and Rebecca Clarke (with WPA President Liane Curtis, in English 🙂 ...
Monday Link Round Up: December 23, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: December 23, 2019

News and music to start your week! Musicologist Bonnie Gordon has a wonderful piece in The New York Times about the life and work of Barbara Strozzi, who turns 400 this year.  Strozzi, pictured above, was a renowned singer and prolific composer during the 17th...
Monday Link Round Up: October 7, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: October 7, 2019

News and music to start your week! Music Specialist Susan Clermont, at the Library of Congress, wrote a post for the LOC blog “In the Muse” to celebrate the life and work of Barabara Strozzi, pictured above.  The Baroque era composer and singer published...
Honoring Fathers

Honoring Fathers

It can be hard to look past the stories of those composers who faced obstacles in their art at the hands of their own parents.  There are some famous stories – from Germaine Tailleferre, who changed her name to break ties with her father, and Ethel Smyth, who...