Hensel: String Quartet in E flat by Benedict Taylor
The String Quartet in E flat major (1834) by Fanny Hensel, n e Mendelssohn, is one of the most important works by a female composer written in the nineteenth century. Composed at a turning point in her life (as Hensel was not only grappling with her own creative voice but also coming to terms with her identity as a married woman, and the role her family expected of her), the quartet is significant in showing a woman composing in a genre that was then almost exclusively the domain of male artists. Benedict Taylor's illuminating book situates itself within developing scholarly discourse on the music of women composers, going beyond apologetics - or condemnation of those who hindered their development - to examine the strength and qualities of the music and how it responded to the most progressive works of the period.-
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Benedict Taylor is Reader at the Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh. Publications include Mendelssohn, Time and Memory: The Romantic Conception of Cyclic Form (2011), The Melody of Time: Music and Temporality in the Romantic Era (2016), and Music, Subjectivity, and Schumann (2022).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781316513842 |
| ISBN 10 | 131651384X |
| Title | Hensel: String Quartet in E flat |
| Author | Benedict Taylor |
| Series | New Cambridge Music Handbooks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2023-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 150 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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