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Women as professional horn players in the United States, 1900-2005
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"A historical look at the emergence of women as professional horn players in the United States, beginning at 1900 and continuing through the present. Includes biographical information for women who...
"A historical look at the emergence of women as professional horn players in the United States, beginning at 1900 and continuing through the present. Includes biographical information for women who held significant jobs, and full-text interviews with twelve prominent players"--Abstract.
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- Creator
- by Eloise McKay Jenkins
- Format
- Books; Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
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- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005
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- [vi], 355 leaves ; 28 cm + abstract ([2] leaves) + 2 audiocassettes (analog) + 3 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) + 5 recital programs
- OCLC
- ocn181017427
- Materials submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (Horn performance).
- The sound recordings present a solo recital (recorded Nov. 13, 1999), concerto recital (Apr. 16, 2000), solo/chamber recital (Apr. 23, 2001), chamber recital (Feb. 28, 2004), and lecture recital (Apr. 21, 2005: "The impact of women on the repertoire: music composed for women horn players").
- Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 326-332).
- Introduction -- 1900-1920 : largely novelty appeal -- 1920-1941 : heyday of the all women's orchestras ([with biographical information on] Ellen Stone) -- 1941-1946 : World War II and the first wave (Ernestine Delcamp Barnes ; Helen Enser Hall ; Helen Kotas Hirsch ; The Solberg sisters ; Ethel Merker ; Patricia Quinn Standley ; Dorothy Kaplan Katz ; Carolyn Clarke Panasevich ; Pauny White Yancich) -- 1946-60 : the lost generation (Elizabeth Bobo ; Marjory Black ; Other significant players) -- 1960-80 : "women's lib" and screened auditions (Frøydis Ree Wekre ; Nancy Jordan Fako ; Priscilla McAfee ; Rebecca Root ; Gail Williams ; Other significant players) -- 1980-present : assimilation (Ellen Campbell ; Julie Landman ; Kristin Pedersen Thelander ; Virginia Thompson ; Michelle Stebleton ; Julia Rose ; Jennifer Montone ; Other significant players) -- Interviews with female horn players (Dorothy Kaplan Katz ; Marjory Black ; Frøydis Ree Wekre ; Priscilla McAfee ; Rebecca Root ; Gail Williams ; Ellen Campbell ; Kristin Pedersen Thelander ; Virginia Thompson ; Michelle Stebleton ; Julia Rose ; Jennifer Montone) -- Appendix A: Female horn players listed by decade -- Appendix B: Female horn players listed by orchestra -- Appendix C: Partial listing of works for female players -- Appendix D: Female horn players in major orchestras, 2004-05
Subjects
- Horn players -- United States -- History.
- Horn players -- United States -- Biography.
- Horn players -- United States -- Interviews.
- Women musicians -- United States -- History.
- Women musicians -- United States -- Biography.
- Women musicians -- United States -- Interviews.
- Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Music -- United States -- 21st century -- History and criticism.