Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon

by Ellie M. Hisama

Book Overview

This book explores the work of three significant American women composers of the twentieth century: Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer and Miriam Gideon. It offers a unique approach to a rich body of music that deserves theoretical scrutiny and provides information on both the lives and music of these fascinating women, skilfully interweaving history and musical analysis in ways that both the specialist and the more general reader will find compelling. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521028434
• ISBN13: 9780521028431
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"