Tag: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
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Monday Link Round Up: December 21, 2020
News and music to start your week! The Orange County Women’s Chorus, like so many ensembles this year, have found and exciting and innovative way to share their music this season. The Voice of OC has a story about how they collaborated to create a varied concert experience, including a new commission by Dale Trumbore,…
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Monday Link Round Up: August 26, 2019
News and music to start your week! We are now accepting applications for our Performance Grants! Find funding to support U.S. performances of works by women composers! Erica Jeal reviews a new recording of chamber works – specifically pieces for cello and piano – by Fanny Hensel (pictured) and Felix Mendelssohn for The Guardian. Also…
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Featured Guest blogger: Musicologists on Fanny Hensel’s songs
Dr. Penny Brandt continues her report on the 2018 joint conference of the American Musicological Society/Society for Music Theory. My favorite session at AMS/SMT this year was the Sunday morning joint session on “The Songs of Fanny Hensel” chaired by R. Larry Todd (Duke University). In this session, ten scholars gave “lightning” presentations describing their…
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Monday Link Round Up: March 19, 2018
News to start your week! The March 8 concert performed by the BBC Orchestra —Music by five forgotten women — is available online until April 7! We’d like to invite critical engagement with the music revealed by this important event! We ask readers to submit their reviews (750 to 1500 words) of the concert to…