Female Composers, Conductors, Performers: Musiciennes of Interwar France, 1919-1939

Contents

• List of Music Examples.
• Preface and Acknowledgements.
• List of Abbreviations.
• Part 1:The Contested Boundaries of Interwar musiciennes.
• Chapter 1: Conservative Politics and Domestic Ideals: The Social Position of musiciennes in Interwar France.
• Chapter 2:The Challenge of Professional musiciennes: The Education, Career Opportunities, and Reception of Women Musicians.
• Part 2: Women as Composers .
• Chapter 3: Early Female Winners of the Prix de Rome: Marguerite Canal and Jeanne Leleu.
• Chapter 4: In Les Six: The Case of Germaine Tailleferre.
• Chapter 5: Paul Dukas's Female Composition Students: Elsa Barraine, Yvonne Desportes, and Claude Arrieu.
• Part 3: Women as Performers .
• Chapter 6:Women Conductors and All-Woman Orchestras.
• Chapter 7: On the Concert Platform: Women as Perfomers.
• Chapter 8: Conclusion.
• Bibliography.
• Index.