New Historical Anthology of Music by Women

<p>In this new edition of Historical Anthology of Music by Women Briscoe offers an indispensable resource for our own moment. . . . He has commissioned new biographical and critical essays by leading musicologists such as Thomas J. Mathiesen Elizabeth Aubrey Suzanne Cusick Ellen Rosand and Mark Everist thus making the most recent interpretations of these women and their music easily available for the classroom. --from the Foreword by Susan McClary<br /><br />New Historical Anthology of Music by Women updates the extremely popular collection with 55 compositions by 46 women composers from the ancient Greeks to the present. Each work is introduced by an informative essay by a specialist in the field with recommendations for further reading listening and performing. Historical scores have been transcribed into modern notation for ease of use and the works represent a wide variety of genres including solo songs chamber music piano music and orchestral scores. Composers include Sappho Hildegard of Bingen Barbara Strozzi Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel. The anthology includes a foreword by Susan McClary the leading scholar on women's music. New Historical Anthology of Music by Women is supplemented by an expanded 3-CD set featuring newly commissioned recordings.<br /><br />Contributors: Elizabeth Aubrey Laura Barceló-Lastra Melissa Blakesly Adrienne Fried Block Marcia J. Citron Suzanne Cusick David Gordon Duke Susan Erickson Mark Everist Jill Munroe Fankhauser Annegret Fauser Nancy Fierro Susan M. Filler Barbara Garvey Jackson Bryony Jones Michael Klaper Carolyn Lindeman Roberta Lindsey Thomas J. Mathiesen Hidemi Matsushita Susan McClary Sharon Mirchandani Craig B. Parker Karin Pendle Barbara A. Petersen Martin Picker Janet Pollack Caroline Potter Nancy B. Reich Ellen Rosand Judith Rosen and Diane Touliatos-Milesis.</p>