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Woman's Work in Music

Woman's Work in Music

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CLARA (WIECK) SCHUMANN.
CLARA (WIECK) SCHUMANN.

Woman's Work

in Music

Being an Account of Her Influence on the Art, in Ancient as well as Modern Times; A Summary of Her Musical Compositions, in the Different Countries of the Civilized World; and an Estimate of Their Rank in Comparison with Those of Men

By

Arthur Elson

Author of "A Critical History of Opera," "Modern Composers of Europe," etc.

Illustrated

L C PAGE & COMPANY

BOSTON PUBLISHERS


Copyright, 1903
By L. C. Page & Company

(INCORPORATED)


All rights reserved

Third Impression, April, 1908

COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A.


TO
Mrs. Louis C. Elson
TRUE TYPE OF
SELF-SACRIFICING WIFE AND MOTHER
IN A MUSICAL FAMILY,
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY HER SON


NOTE

Acknowledgments are due to Mr. Otto Fleishner, of the Boston Public Library, for his kindness in furnishing lists of periodical articles bearing on the subject of this book.

The Author.


Contents



CHAPTER PAGE
I. ANCIENT AND MYTHICAL 11
II. MEDIÆVAL 35
III. WIVES OF THE COMPOSERS 61
IV. CLARA AND ROBERT SCHUMANN 90
V. OTHER MUSICAL ROMANCES 111
VI. ENGLAND 132
VII. GERMANY 154
VIII. FRANCE 174
IX. AMERICA 195
X. OTHER COUNTRIES 211
XI. CONCLUSION 234

List of Illustrations



Clara (Wieck) Schumann. Frontispiece
Eleanor of Aquitaine 50
Richard and Cosima Wagner. 88
Marie Wieck 90
Marie Antoinette 114
Sybil Sanderson 130
Maggie Okey 144
Louisa Adolpha Lebeau 164
Adele Aus Der Ohe 170
Cécile-Louise-Stephanie

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