Tag: Germaine Tailleferre
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Monday Link Round Up: August 30, 2021
New and music to start your week! A new set of albums have been released, remastering the recordings of contralto Marian Anderson, pictured above. This groundbreaking performer had a tremendous talent, and overcame daunting obstacles in order to perform in history-making events. NPR shares photos, history, and a sneak peek of the album, released August…
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We Hold On To Women’s Music History By A Thin, Fraying Thread
By Mary Purpura Previously we posted Mary Purpura’s moving account of the work of The Women’s Philharmonic. Today we continue her consideration of the obstacles that remain to bringing women’s compositions into the mainstream. These essays are drawn from Mary’s 2016 M.A. Thesis The Women’s Philharmonic: Its History and Legacy I began to fully grasp…
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Germaine Tailleferre: The Effects of Critics and Historians on her Reception
Distinguished Guest Blogger Timothy Diovanni joins us again with a sequel to his previous article about Germaine Tailleferre, Malicious Men: The Harmful Effects of Tailleferre’s Father and Husbands on her Life and Career. Imagine yourself in Paris in late May of 1923. You stand in front of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, an ornate hall…
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Featured Guest Blogger: Germaine Tailleferre’s Malicious Men
We are happy to welcome guest blogger Timothy Diovanni! An undergraduate student in musicology at Columbia University, he is also a clarinetist. He writes extensively about New York City’s music scene as a columnist at The Columbia Lion and he has his own blog, howeyehearit.wordpress.com. His fascinating essay on Germaine Tailleferre brings us rich insights…