Media — Forgotten Female* Composers

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📣 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐍! 𝐊𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 🌇 🎶

Berlin war und ist Wirkungsstätte vieler bemerkenswerter Frauen – besonders in der Musik. Mit Werken von Berliner Komponistinnen der Vergangenheit und G

📣 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐓 - 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✍️🎶

An evening where music and image meet in real time to illuminate the voices of forgotten female composers. Remarkable works for piano trio will

𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐓𝐄 💬

This poem about Emilie Mayer was written by Clarissa von Ranke and is part of her posthumous work “Stars of My Life”, a private collection of poems which talk about family members and “celebrities”,

It is common knowledge how star composers like Mozart and Beethoven showed almost super human musical abilities long before reaching adulthood. But no one ever talks about 𝔼𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣 (1812-1883) who was also a child prodigy – alr

𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓 ✨

𝔼𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣 (1812-1883) made history by her success as a composer, and was registered as one in the city’s books. She was buried in the Holy Trinity Cemetery in Berlin where you can still visit her grave.

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Amy Beach, Pastorale op.90 n.1 for Flute, Cello & Piano (1921)

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Amy Beach, Caprice. "Water Sprites" op.90 n.2 for Flute, Cello & Piano (1921)

Amy Beach, Springtime op.124 for Mezzo-soprano & Piano

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Judith Weir, Le Village from Nuits D'Afrique for Soprano, Flute, Cello & Piano (2015)