Ensemble Fur Neue Musik, Zurich

Ensemble Fur Neue Musik, Zurich: Women Composers I

by Raul d'Gama Rose
July 31, 2011

Even in the liberal societies of the Western world, women have rarely been recognized for their contributions to the arts in the same manner as men. Music has been a particularly difficult field for them to break into, despite some having rather sublime talent. From Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann to Lili Boulanger and her sister, the great Nadia Boulanger, their courage and talent has been celebrated in circles no larger than small coteries of cognoscenti. The celebrated elder Madame ...