In Her Own Words: Conversations with Composers in the United States

by Jennifer Kelly

Book Overview

This collection of new interviews with twenty-five accomplished female composers substantially advances our knowledge of the work, experiences, compositional approaches, and musical intentions of a diverse group of creative individuals. With personal anecdotes and sometimes surprising intimacy and humor, these wide-ranging conversations represent the diversity of women composing music in the United States from the mid-twentieth century into the twenty-first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080491
• ISBN13: 9780252080494
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"