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Musical Women in England, 1870-1914 : "Encroaching on All Man's Privileges"
Musical Women in England 18701914 Encroaching on All Man's Privileges Author:Paula Gillett Musical Women in England, 1870-1914 delineates the roles women played in the flourishing music world of late-Victorian and early twentieth-century England and shows how contemporary challenges to restrictive gender roles inspired them to move into new areas of musical expression, both in composition and performance. Their ambiguous social... more » reception notwithstanding, the extraordinary ability and striking self-confidence of these women inspired fiction-writers to feature musician heroines and motivated unprecedented numbers of girls and women to pursue advanced musical study.« less