Category Archives: Research

These assignments can be completed to earn research credits.

Answers to the “woman composer question” [research]

Critics like George Upton who thought that women could not write great music were faced by a number of counterexamples: women who could and did compose well. Find at least three examples of women composers active at any time before Upton wrote his essay in 1880.

In the “Composers” thread on Blackboard, give a brief bio of each composer and include links to reliable sources about her life and work (books, scholarly articles, etc.) and, if possible, recordings of her music.

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