Monday Link Round Up: December 7, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: December 7, 2020

by | Dec 7, 2020

News and music to start your week! Leah Broad writes for The Guardian about the importance in remembering all histories in the retelling of music history.  She particularly champions the life of and work of Dame Ethel Smyth, pictured above, throughout her article...
Beyond Mrs. Bach

Beyond Mrs. Bach

by | Nov 7, 2014

The classical music world has been all a-tizzy in recent days about Martin Jarvis’ work linking Anna Magdalena Bach to J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites.  The story first made headlines in 2008, and again last week now that the theory is explored in a film. The...

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

by | Mar 17, 2011

Today is the 346th birthday of Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre. Born in Paris March 17, 1665, was a child prodigy who, at the age of five, gave a harpsichord concert for King Louis XIV. She continued as a court musician until her marriage in 1684, but continued to give...