Women in Jazz (or not) - a Conversation

In the UK edition of the online magazine, The Conversation, there's an article which asks, "Why is there so little space for women in jazz music?"  The author is Cat Hope, from Monash University.  Read the article here...

• The Conversation: Academic Rigour, Journalistic Flair (homepage)

Women in Music: Martinez conducts Ethel Smyth's Opera

We have a new CD in stock - Ethel Smyth's, The Boatswain's Mate.  

The first complete recording is released by Retrospect Opera, and Cuban conductor Odaline de la Martinez conducts the Lontano Ensemble.  

Smyth lived from 1858-1944.  The opera is a comedy in one act and two parts.  As well as a modern recording, there are also excerpts recorded in 1916, and additionally, the overture to The Wreckers, recorded in 1930 and conducted by Ethel Smyth herself.

Don't underestimate the power of those early 20th century ladies! 


*Boatswain is pronounced, and sometimes spelled, Bosun. We made sure you could find it either way in the Whittaker Library Catalogue. Here.

Women and Music: Rebecca Clarke arrives (Bibliolore posting)

Have you come across Rebecca Clarke?  The Bibliolore blog's latest posting is about this significant early 20th century composer.  Female composers have never really attracted as much attention as the men, so applause to Bibliolore for highlighting Ms Clarke:-

"When Rebecca Clarke studied composition at the Royal College of Music she was Charles Villiers Stanford’s only female student ..."  Read more here.

Bibliolore blog is the creation of RILM - the people who index music literature abstracts.  

• Staff and students of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland can access RILM through our electronic resources pages, here.  
• Visit the Bibliolore blog, here (homepage).
• Rebecca Clarke in the Whittaker Library Catalogue 

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