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women in classical music pt.3: a simple thread to introduce you to the women of classical
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This will be the last part of this thread
I hope I could introduce you briefly to each one of these queens!
Please, retweet if you wanna comment or add something!
This will be the last part of this thread
I hope I could introduce you briefly to each one of these queens!
Here's part one: https://twitter.com/tchaicoffeesky/status/1287991395844870144?s=19
Here's part two: https://twitter.com/tchaicoffeesky/status/1292694742652919811?s=19
1. Henriëtte Bosmans: Dutch pianist and composer. Daughter of two musicians. Studied piano with her mother. Bosmans became a piano teacher at 17. Later, became a huge pianist around Europe.
Would recommend: Piano Concerto (it's actually easier to find her works on YouTube!)
Would recommend: Piano Concerto (it's actually easier to find her works on YouTube!)
Not historically checked I guess but: She was bi, had a briefly marriage with a male artist and even wrote some compositions for a french singer she liked (I know this fact is super random but let's take a moment to appreciate her even more)
2. Rosy Wertheim: one of the first Dutch women composers who completed a professional music education and gained international acclaim. She was also rly involved in social causes (kinda like Ethel Smyth). Was a teacher at Amsterdam Music Lyceum.
Would recommend: Sonatine
Would recommend: Sonatine
3. Elfrida Andrée: swedish organist, composer and conductor. Was one of the first female organists to be officially appointed in Scandinavia. Elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music!
Would recommend: Organ Symphony N.2 and Piano Quartet
Would recommend: Organ Symphony N.2 and Piano Quartet
4. Laura Valborg: Swedish pianist, teacher, organist and composer. She often collaborated with her brother through performances. When she was at a conservatory, she was the only woman to enroll in the class for composition
Would recommend: Sonata in F minor and string quartet
Would recommend: Sonata in F minor and string quartet
Since Spotify is lacking on women in classical, here's the two recommend pieces on YouTube
5. Mathilda D'Orozco: She was so many things that I can't list all of them (but especially composer)! Was a singer, sometimes accompanied her singing by playing the harp. Appeared at festive entertainments/salons as a singer/ composer.
Would recommend: Romanza and Axels Monolog
Would recommend: Romanza and Axels Monolog
Again, Spotify lacking on women of classical so:
6. Emilie Meyer: German composer and pianist. Her works were on the romantic style. Was the Associate Director of the Opera Academy in Berlin. She performed a lot through Europe and was popular acclaimed.
Would recommend: Symphony 1&2 and Notturno
Would recommend: Symphony 1&2 and Notturno
7. Luise Reichardt: German composer. Learned how to write music mostly on her own. She used to conduct choirs, but, couldn't do this in public since at her time, women conducting wasn't really "acceptable"
Would recommend: Sei Canzioni di Metastasio
Would recommend: Sei Canzioni di Metastasio
8. Rosario Marciano: was a pianist, musicologist and composer. Gave her first solo concerto at 6 years, and concerto with orchestra at 9. Was among the first pianists to record on historic pianos (fortepianos)
You have no idea the lack of information about her I couldn't even find a proper picture, seriously, it's crazy and sad.. Nevertheless, here's a recording of her playing a piece from Schubert
9. Maria Corley: pianist, composer and teacher. Gave her first public performance at 8 years. Since then, she has performed as a soloist and collaborated with many ppl! Aside from that, she's also an author! (What a talented queen huh)
Would recommend: 12 Etudes
Would recommend: 12 Etudes
The playlist of the thread and the other pieces that aren't on Spotif I've already put the links above! Spotify really lacks sometimes :c so go check them on YouTube, there's way more recordings. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7M73TM7xSK6Hp5lpPpPXV7?si=QaVoql18TUWNZj3rOgTfzw
Again, I'm not a musician or musicologist so, you can feel free to correct me!
So, that's the end of this whole "series". I wouldn't imagine that y'all would be so supportive about it (the first part especially) it made me extremely happy to see y'all excited meeting the history of those queens. Thank u so much, so so so much seriously
Please, don't stop here. Continue to search for the women in classical, it's hard finding works by them but that's only because they don't get the recognition they deserve, so please, go support them. Let's show the world that classical women composers exist 
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