Hensel: String Quartet in E Flat

by Benedict Taylor

The String Quartet in E flat major (1834) by Fanny Hensel, n e Mendelssohn, is one of the most important works by a female composer written in the nineteenth century. Composed at a turning point in her life (as Hensel was not only grappling with her own creative voice but also coming to terms with her identity as a married woman, and the role her family expected of her), the quartet is significant in showing a woman composing in a genre that was then...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 131651384X
• ISBN13: 9781316513842
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"