There is no historical or geographical limit on what can be covered. There is no restriction on the style or genre of song or singing.
Troves of German Lieder composed by women await their first performances. Here is one composer whose songs have recently been recorded for the first time.
In the annals of songs that have been banned in the United States, no one would expect to find one of Carrie Jacobs-Bond’s songs.
Joy H. Calico confronts the musical and – in our pandemic times – the emotional implications of breathing and gasping in recent compositions, focusing on Chaya Czernowin.
Lenya’s voice, said to have combined “delicate sweetness and disdainful impassiveness,” evolved over 40 years. Stephen Hinton tracks this evolution through recordings she made of “Surabaya-Johnny.”
Stephen Hinton discusses the creative legacy of Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill, who were partners in life and in art. A significant portion of that legacy is preserved in Lenya’s iconic recordings.
Here are eight beautiful works composed by women from Ukraine, many of them conducted and performed by women.
“The Goop Directory of Juvenile Offenders Famous for Their Misdeeds” is an unlikely source of material for children’s songs. Elizabeth Merz Butterfield thought otherwise.
Music manuscripts from Italian convents preserve some of the oldest music composed by women. Musica Secreta are making a new recording of these precious works.
Philip Ross Bullock tackles our “collective ignorance” about women composers in Russia between 1860 and 1960, identifying several who succeeded as models of service and selflessness.
Three unpublished Fanny Hensel songs get their first performance since the 1820s.
