Tag: Clara Schumann

  • Hidden Herstory – Brahms and his female contemporaries

    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…

  • Elizabeth Recommends: Piano Concertos

    Elizabeth Recommends: Piano Concertos

    by Elizabeth de Brito This month on Elizabeth Recommends, discover 200 years of phenomenal piano concertos. From 19th century Germany to 21st century Mexico, enjoy my selection of the finest piano concertos you need to hear. As always I’ve included links to recordings, Youtube videos and scores so you can listen and program these great,…

  • Monday Link Round Up: May 24, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up: May 24, 2021

    News and music to start your week! Read about the beautiful collaboration that is occurring in the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou.  Japanese composer Keiko Fujiie and a Burkinabè griot (traditional story-teller and musician) Maboudou Sanou (pictured above) are working together to develop an opera based on a novel by Moyi Mborangon.  The BBC has the…

  • Monday Link Round Up: April 12, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up: April 12, 2021

    News and music to start your week! Read about the Sister Cities Girlchoir and their work with composer Erin Busch, pictured above, to educate and inspire.  Busch, who is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, is dedicated to the education of women composers, which is evidenced in part by her Young Women Composers…