In celebration of International Women's Day last March 8, the virtuosic duo of pianist Dina Duisen and violinist Deniz Sensoy performed Amy Beach's "Romance Op. 23."
From Teresa Carreno to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, this blog post features composers who experienced barriers to music education within their lifetimes, leading to their exclusion from the historical canon.
African-American composers have often drawn on ethnic melodic themes, harmonies, rhythms, and instrumentation for their work, drawing from classic forms such as blues, ragtime, and spirituals. But not all, as we shall see later on.