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Top Five Women Composers
Earlier this year, The New York Times’ chief classical critic, Anthony Tommasini embarked on a journey to name the top 10 composers in history. The only criteria was they could no longer be alive. Not...
View ArticleThe Ladies of Strauss's Operas
This Saturday at 11:30 am, we're talking about women and Strauss. Host Naomi Lewin will explore composer Richard Strauss's relationship to women through his many female opera characters, starting with...
View ArticleQuiz: Test Your Knowledge of NYC's Composer Statues
New York City's parks and squares are home to a remarkable array of statues commemorating historic composers. These, along with many others, recently drew attention when a group began a campaign to...
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Essential Women Composers
Until late in the 20th century, the history of composers in classical music has been, except for a submicroscopic fraction, the history of male composers. Women had been actively discouraged, or even...
View ArticleTrailblazers: Backstage with Double Bassist Orin O’Brien
The first thing double-bassist Orin O’Brien wants you to know is that she’s not the first woman hired by the New York Philharmonic, even though that fact generally appears in descriptions of her, and...
View Article5 Women Powerhouses You Can Find Crushing It Behind The Scenes In The...
They say it takes a village to put a work for the stage on its feet. Composers, librettists, performers, and conductors may get the loudest applause at the end of an evening, but they will also be the...
View ArticleWatch: WQXR's International Women's Day Celebration At The Greene Space
On Sunday, March 8 at 2 pm, WQXR is celebrating International Women’s Day with a concert featuring all-women composers in The Greene Space. Artists include Van Cliburn gold medalist and pianist Olga...
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Women's Equality Day: Music of the Suffragists
August 26th is Women’s Equality Day, and that date in 2020 marks exactly 100 years since the federal government added the 19th Amendment to the U.S. constitution, prohibiting voting discrimination...
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