Overview
- Features creative processes of eminent contemporary women composers, in their own words
- Composers hail from a range of ethnic and geographic backgrounds and career stages
- Presents activist interventions, including feminist, First Nations and non-heteronormative accounts
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Activist Musical Projects and Cross-Cultural Collaborations
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Philosophical and Phenomenological Dimensions of Musical Time
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About this book
This edited volume presents 27 original essays by living composers from all around the globe, reflecting on the creation of their music. Coterminous to the recent worldwide resurgence in feminist focus, the distinctive feature of this collection is the “snapshots” of creative processes and conceptualizing on the part of women who write music, writing in the present day, from prominent early-career composers to major figures, from a range of ethnic backgrounds in the contemporary music field.
The chapters step into the juncture point at which feminism finds itself: as binary conceptions of gender are being dissolved, with critiques of the attendant gender-based historical generalizations of composers, and with the growing awareness of the rightful place of First Nations' cultural voices, the contributors explore what, actually, is being composed by women, and what they think about their world. The needs that this book serves are acutely felt: despite recent social gains, and sector initiatives and programs encouraging and presenting the work of women who compose music, their works are yet to receive commensurate exposure with that of their male counterparts. In its multi-pronged, direct response to this dire situation, this vibrant volume highlights established as well as emerging women composers on the international stage; reveals myriad issues around feminism, as broadly conceived; and gives insights, from the composers' own voices, on the inner workings of their composition process.The volume thus presents a contemporary moment in time across the generations and within developments in musical composition. With its unique insights, this book is essential for academics and practitioners interested in the illuminations of the current working landscape for creative women.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Linda Kouvaras is a professor at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Natalie Williams’ most recent academic posting was as Interim Dean at the School of Music, Art and Theatre, North Park University, Chicago, United States of America.
Maria Grenfell is an associate professor at the School of Creative Arts and Media at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Composer, Herself
Book Subtitle: Contemporary Snapshots of the Creative Process
Editors: Linda Kouvaras, Natalie Williams, Maria Grenfell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23922-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23921-2Published: 01 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23924-3Due: 01 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-23922-9Published: 30 November 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 423
Number of Illustrations: 100 b/w illustrations
Topics: Music, Cultural Studies, Social Philosophy, Media and Communication, Postcolonial Philosophy