Tag: Maria Theresia von Paradis
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Maria Theresia Paradis — Conference continues Live and Online
The Conference on Maria Theresia Paradis continues Saturday Nov. 23 — in person AND streaming at Mount Holyoke College. Titled: Reframing the Gaze: Maria Theresia Paradis, Blind Musicians, and Musical Culture Before & After Braille. Held on November 22-23, the event hosts papers and concerts, including a Schulkonzert – a reconstruction of one of Paradis’s…
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Composer of the Month: Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824)
By Elizabeth de Brito Maria Theresia von Paradis (The Blind Enchantress, as she was sometimes known) captivated Europe with her prodigious music talents. She concertized widely, composed wonderful music, and became a powerful inspiration, both in classical music and through her work educating the blind. Education Von Paradis’s father worked as court secretary for her…
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Hidden Herstory: Mozart and his female contemporaries
The music of the traditional male canon is well documented; however the roles of the female composers who had roles in the musical lives of those men has been marginalized — this is the historic process of patriarchy. For our new Hidden Herstory series we are taking in turn a famous male composer, and giving…
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Monday Link Roundup: April 18, 2022
A bit of news to start your week! Bethan Langford as Maria Theresia von Paradis in The Paradis Files. Photograph: Patrick Baldwin We are intrigued by the new opera that explores the life of the blind composer and pianist, Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824). “The Paradis Files” is receiving positive reviews, and definitively gives much…