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Maria Theresia von Paradis Lost and Found

Post author:Shari Mathias
Post published:February 12, 2020
Post category:Composers Knowledge

How Maria Theresia von Paradis overcame the odds after losing her eyesight to become a musician and composer in 1700's Vienna. And how her lost works haven't stopped her from…

Rissolty, Rossolty, Crawford Seeger’s Anomaly

Post author:Shari Mathias
Post published:January 15, 2020
Post category:Composers Knowledge Music

Ruth Crawford Seeger was one of a group of American composers known as "ultramoderns" who wrote works during the 1920s and 1930s. Her distinctive style was once referred to as…

A Look At Female Classical Music Composers

Post author:Shari Mathias
Post published:March 8, 2017
Post category:Composers Knowledge

Depending on the instrument you play or your passion for classical music, you may have heard the works of one or a few female composers. Pianists, for example, may know…