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Tradition And Innovation: The Lives And Music Of Women Composers, Shannon K. Kane
Tradition And Innovation: The Lives And Music Of Women Composers, Shannon K. Kane
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My Capstone Project, entitled “Tradition and Innovation: The Lives and Music of Women Composers,” is a combination of a creative project and written thesis that explores the struggles that women faced as members of society and composers throughout history. The written portion details the expectations set for women by society and how these expectations had a role in their personal lives and their music. I explore stereotypes and societal values that women lived regularly, including the expectation of women to never perform for a public audience, to obey their fathers and husbands and therefore only receive training with their permission, …