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.
The dramatic monologue “The Enchantress” was one of several works by Ljubica Marić celebrated in art and music at an event curated by pianist Jasmina Raković.
Here are eight beautiful works composed by women from Ukraine, many of them conducted and performed by women.
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.
My efforts as a volunteer working with music for a group of mild Alzheimer’s patients led me, unexpectedly, to recover musical memories of my own.
The upcoming premiere by Red Vespa of Lisa Neher’s composition, Upon a Broken World, acknowledges what we have endured these past few years.
Chen Yi’s special affection for the voice of mezzo soprano shaped her composition Bright Moonlight (2001), composed in the dim light of a trans-Pacific flight.
During WWI, no song was more beloved of Allied troops, no song was more ingrained in the popular cultures of the U.S. and U.K.
Dawson founded the National Negro Opera Company, and brought this all-Black company to perform at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, even before Marian Anderson sang there.
“My friend, Maja Strozzi, perhaps the most beautiful voice of both hemispheres.” Thomas Mann (Doctor Faustus, chapter 37)
Two members of the WSF Team explore the context and power of Liza Lehmann’s “Evensong.”
