Title:
Women opera composers : biographies from the 1500s to the 21st century / Mary F. McVicker.
Author:
McVicker, Mary Frech, author.
Publication Information:
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Call Number:
ML82 .M4 2016
Abstract:
"The history of women opera is a grand story. Singers and patrons, of course, but also women were composers and librettists from opera's beginnings in Renaissance Italy. This book focuses on the women, from the 16th century to today, who have had successful careers in opera, many of them well known in their time"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780786495139
Physical Description:
vii, 274 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
1590-1636. Italy -- 1637-1700. France ; Italy ; Germany -- 1700-1800. Austria ; Denmark ; England ; France ; Germany ; Italy
1800-1849. Austria ; Bohemia ; England ; France ; Germany ; Italy ; Poland ; Spain
1850-1899. Australia ; Austria ; Belgium ; Canada ; Czechoslovakia ; Denmark ; England ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Hawaii ; Ireland ; Italy ; Poland ; Russia ; Scotland ; Spain ; Sweden ; United States
1900-1939. Australia ; Austria ; Brazil ; Canada ; Cuba ; Czechoslovakia ; Denmark ; England ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Ireland ; Italy ; Mexico ; Netherlands ; Poland ; Pomerania ; Russia ; Spain ; United States ; USSR
1940-1970. Argentina ; Ashkabad ; Australia ; Belgium ; Bulgaria ; Canada ; Cuba ; Czechoslovakia ; East Germany ; England ; Estonia ; France ; Germany ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Israel ; Italy ; Japan ; The Netherlands ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Russia ; Scotland ; South Africa ; Spain ; United States ; USSR ; Venezuela ; Wales ; Yugoslavia
1970 to present. Argentina ; Australia ; Austria ; Azerbaijan ; Bulgaria ; Canada ; Costa Rica ; Denmark ; England ; France : Georgia ; Germany ; Greece ; Israel ; Italy ; Japan ; Kazakhstan ; Korea ; Mexico ; New Zealand ; Philippines ; Poland ; Romania ; Russia ; Scotland ; South Africa ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United States ; USSR
Children's operas -- Librettists.
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