Women writing music in late eighteenth-century England

Description:

"Combining new musicology trends, formal musical analysis, and literary feminist recovery work, Leslie Ritchie examines rare poetic, didactic, fictional, and musical texts written by women in late eighteenth-century Britain. She finds instances of and resistance to contemporary perceptions of music as a form of social control in works by Maria Barthelemon, Harriett Abrams, Mary Worgan, Susanna Rowson, Hannah Cowley, and Amelia Opie, among others. Whether crafting works consonant with societal ideals of charitable, natural, and national order, or re-imagining their participation in these musical aids to social harmony, women contributed significantly to the formation of British cultural identity. Ritchie's interdisciplinary book will interest scholars working in a range of fields, including gender studies, musicology, eighteenth-century British literature, and cultural studies."--Jacket.

subjects: History,  History and criticism,  Music,  Music by women composers,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Music,  Women musicians,  Women composers,  Composers, great britain,  Musiciennes,  Histoire,  Musique,  Aspect social,  Musique de compositrices,  Histoire et critique,  Gesellschaft,  Musikerin,  Komponistin,  Musik,  Kvinnliga tonsättare,  Kvinnliga musiker

Places: England

Times: 18th century