Feminist Aesthetics in Music (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313313202)

Is there such a thing as women's music? Do women write and listen to music differently than men do? While recognizing that the differences among women are as distinct as the differences between genders, this bold new study examines gender's influence on music. The author's unique analytical strategy shows, in its application to actual musical compositions, that there is a fluid relationship between the music and the analyst, between the text and the context, and that 20th-century music is inextricably bound to notions of gender that transcend aesthetics.

Much of the work on women's music to date has failed to deal critically with the actual compositions, settling instead for more biographical or sociological approaches. In this respect, this work fills an important void. Using many concrete examples and careful analyses of the work of such undervalued composers as Alma Mahler-Werfel, Anne Boyd, and Moya Henderson, it grounds the abstract firmly, and fascinatingly, in the practical.

Author: Sally MacArthur
ISBN-10: 0313313202
ISBN-13: 9780313313202
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2001
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.28h x 5.94w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 178
Choice 09/01/2002 pg. 110