The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music since 1900 (Cambridge Companions to Music)

Cambridge University Press, 5/6/2021
EAN 9781108455787, ISBN10: 1108455786

Paperback, 356 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 2.1 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

This Companion explores women's work in music since 1900 across a broad range of musical genres and professions, including the classical tradition, popular music, and music technology. The crucial contribution of women to music education and the music industries features alongside their activity as composers and performers. The book considers the gendered nature of the musical profession, in areas including access to training, gendered criticism, sexualization, and notions of 'gender appropriate' roles or instruments. It covers a wide range of women musicians, such as Marin Alsop,  Grace Williams, Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell and Adele. Each thematic section concludes with a contribution from a practitioner in her own words, reflecting upon the impact of gender on her own career. Chapters include suggestions for further reading on each of the topics covered, providing an invaluable resource for students of Feminist Musicology, Women in Music, and Music and Gender.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Preface Laura Hamer
List of Abbreviations
Part I. The Classical Tradition
1. Women in Composition before the Second World War Sophie Fuller
2. Women in Composition During the Cold War in Music Rhiannon Mathias
3. Behind the Iron Curtain
Female Composers in the Soviet Bloc Elaine Kelly
4. Still Exceptional? Women in Composition Approaching the Twenty-First Century Astrid Kvalbein
5. On the Podium
Women Conductors Laura Hamer
6. Soloists and Divas
Evolving Opportunities, Identity, and Reception Francesca Placanica
In Her Own Words
Practitioner Contribution 1 – Elizabeth Hoffman
Part II. Women in Popular Music
7. Most of My Sheroes Don't Appear on a Stamp
Contextualising the Contributions of Women Musicians to the Progression of Jazz Tammy L. Kernodle
8. Leaders of the Pack
Girl Groups of the 1960s Jacqueline Warwick
9. Women and Rock Leah Branstetter
10. (You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman
Women in Songwriting Katherine Williams
11. The British Folk Revival
Mythology and the 'Non-Figuring' and 'Figuring' Woman Michael Brocken
12. How MTV Idols Got Us In Formation
Solo Women and their Brands Make Space for Truth Telling, Trauma, and Survival in Popular Music from 1981 to the Present Kristin J. Lieb
In Her Own Words
Practitioner Contribution 2 – Virginia Kettle
Part III. Women and Music Technology
13. Case Studies of Women in Electronic Music
The Early Pioneers Louis Niebur
14. The Star-Eaters
A 2019 Survey of Female and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals Using Electronics for Music Margaret Schedel and Flannery Cunningham
In Her Own Words
Practitioner Contribution 3 – Manuella Blackburn
Part IV. Women's Wider Work in Music
15. Women and Music Education
Pedagogues, Curricula, and Role Models Robert Legg
16. Women in the Music Industries
The Art of Juggling Clare K. Duffin
In Her Own Words
Practitioner Contribution 4 – Steph Power
Afterword
Challenges and Opportunities
Ways Forward for Women Working in Music Victoria Armstrong
Appendix
Survey Questions for Chapter 14
Select Bibliography
Index.