American Women Composers before 1870

Contents

• Preface to the New Edition by Ruth Solie
• Introduction
• The Tradition of Music as a Feminine Accomplishment, 1770 to 1830
• Accomplishment Becomes Middle-Class
• Music in Female Seminaries
• Humble Beginnings, 1790 to 1825
• A Woman Composer's Place is in the Parlor: New Trends in Mid-Century
• Five Mid-Nineteenth-Century Composers
• The Emergence of a Professional Ethos for Women Composers
• Appendix. Selected Compositions Published by Women in the U.S. before 1870