Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction, 2nd Edition from Routledge |
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Routledge has published Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction, 2nd Edition.
This book is the first undergraduate textbook on the history and contribution of women in a variety of musical genres and professions, ideal for students in courses in both music and women's studies. A compelling narrative, accompanied by over 50 guided listening examples, brings the world of women in music to life, examining a community of female musicians, including composers, producers, consumers, performers, technicians, mothers, and educators in art music and popular music.
The book features a wide array of pedagogical aids, including a running glossary and a comprehensive companion website with streamed audio tracks, that help to reinforce key figures and terms. This new edition includes a major revision of the Women in World Music chapter, a new chapter in Western Classical "Work" in the Enlightenment, and a revised chapter on 19th Century Romanticism: Parlor Songs to Opera. 20th Century Art Music.
Contents includes:
Part I. Telling Musical Stories: Missing Voices…
1. Reflections on Deep Listening
2. Medieval Liturgical Roots
3. Women in World Music
Part II. Restricted Domains: Gender Spheres in Art Music
4. The Renaissance and Beyond
5. Baroque Keyboard and Vocal Genres
6. Classical Era: "Work" in the Era of the Enlightenment
7. Romantic-Era Performer/Composers
Part III. Visual Images in an Aural World
8. American Popular Music: 1895-1945
9. Empowered Voices: Women of Gospel and Jazz"
10. Visual Media and the Marketing of Women
Part IV A Time of Change
11. 19th Century Romanticism: From Parlor Songs to Opera
12. Gender Integration in Twentieth-Century Instrumental Ensembles
13. Twentieth Century Art Music: Experimental Voices
Part V. No Longer "One of the Boys"
14. Instrumental to Jazz: The Forgotten Role of Women
15. Music Technology in the Hands of Women
16. A New Message: Music Marketing
For more information, visit https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138814653
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