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Six Lesser-Known Female Composers of the 19th Century
Women make up over 50% of the world's population. Why should the celebration of women's history be confined to just one month? Building on last month's article introducing you to five contemporary female composers, we have a guest blog from John Frayne Classical Music Fellow Julia Escobar. For her doctoral project, Escobar is transcribing works for piccolo by ten female composers—some of them well known, like Florence Price and Lili Boulanger, others less so. Here, Escobar introduces us to six lesser-known female composers of the 19th century.