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Schola Saint-Sauveur de la Cathédrale d’Aix-en-Provence Harp: Claire Le Fur ; Conductor:Jean-François Sénart (“Mel Bonis: Œuvres vocales religieuses”)

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Nella Martinetti (21 January 1946 – 29 July 2011).

Swiss singer-songwriter; born in Brissago, she became the first winner of the Grand Prix der Volksmusik in 1986 with the song Bella Musica, which she had composed herself. In Eurovision, Nella wrote 4 songs for Switzerland: Io senza you in 1981, placed 4th; Io così non ci sto, in 1983 placed 15th; Pas pour moi in 1986, placed 2nd and Ne partez pas sans moi which came 1st in 1988, the song was sung by the then unknown Canadian singer Celine Dion. She died in Männedorf, Switzerland, aged 65, in 2011, from pancreatic cancer.

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Classical Music — No Place For A Lady?: It wasn’t easy being a classical music composer if you were female. Long orchestral works were a waste of time since all-male orchestras wouldn’t perform them. Mostly the woman’s voice was limited to chamber music and short pieces for piano or guitar. Amy Beach (1867-1944) broke through that barrier as much as anyone else, composing several longer compositions as well as shorter works. She was also an accomplished pianist.

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A Whiff Of Success: So described composer and violist Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) of her musical career in a time when women were either ignored or not taken seriously as composers. Born in England of a German mother and a cruel American father and a resident of the US much of her adult life, she claimed both nationalities. Much of her work remains unpublished. The BBC Women’s Hour (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2004_41_wed_05.shtml) includes interviews with her.

IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT FEMALE COMPOSERS LIVE! STARRING FRANCESCA CACCINI

Francesca Caccini was born on September 18, 1587 in Florence, Italy. She was a composer of the early Baroque era who divided her time between singing, composing, teaching, writing poetry, and playing the lute. Caccini received her musical instruction early on from her father and even sang for King Henri the IV’s wedding in 1600. Later, Caccini was hired by the Medici court to work as a teacher, rehearsal coach, chamber singer, and composer of chamber and stage music. For a while, she was the court’s most highly paid musician. Although there is not much known of Caccini, she is believed to have been an efficient and productive composer. Little of her music survives, but her stage work, La liberazione di Ruggiero is considered the first opera by a female composer. Only fragments of two other works survive.

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Flemish School, A Glaring of Cats Making Music and Singing, c.1700

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Maddalena Casulana playing the lute

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I want to show the world, as much as I can in this profession of music, the vain error of men that they alone possess the gifts of intellect and artistry, and that such gifts are never given to women.

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Hello everyone! Today’s female composer is Maddalena Casulana. Born around 1540 in Casola d’Elsa (near Sienna, Italy), Maddalena’s first works date to 1566—a collection of four madrigals called “Il Desiderio”. Her first printed work, “Il primo libro di madrigali” is the first known printed and...

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Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) (Italian)

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"Trois romances op. II: I. Adante" - Clara Schumann

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Music: Viola Sonata - I. Impetuoso: Poco agitato Composer: Rebecca Clarke Year: 1919 Performers: Christine Rutledge, Ksenia Nosikova (piano)

Rebecca Clarke is, sadly, one of only two female composers (of classical Western art music) who easily comes to mind, the other being Clara Schumann. And honestly I probably wouldn’t have heard of Clarke if it weren’t for the fact that I played viola for many years. So….for the non-violists among us, may I present….REBECCA CLARKE, COMPOSITRIX EXTRAORDINAIRE!

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Prelude No. 21 in B-flat major from Twenty-Four Preludes Op. 41 Lera Auerbach (b. 1973) is an acclaimed Russian poet, pianist, and composer. She was a child prodigy, performing as a soloist as early as eight years old and even composed an opera at twelve. Although she was born in Russia, she emigrated to the United States and studied piano and composition (with Milton Babbitt) at Julliard. She is a prolific composer and her musical language is characterized by a mixture of tonal and atonal writing. Her music straddles both romanticism and modernism, and is influenced by Scriabin, Shostakovich, and Schnittke. While many of her works have not been recorded, those that have reveal her penchant for creating a decidedly grim, melancholy, and pessimistic sound world.