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Sounding feminine : women's voices in British musical culture, 1780-1850 /

"This book examines the uses and meanings of women's voices in British society and musical culture between 1780 and 1850. As previous scholars have argued, during these decades patriarchal power increasingly came to rest upon a particular understanding of the essentially different nature o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennerley, David, 1988- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Series:New cultural history of music.
Subjects:
Women singers > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women singers > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Music > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Music > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Singers > Great Britain > History.
Femininity in music.
Chanteuses > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Chanteuses > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Musique > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Musique > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Chanteurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Women.
HISTORY.
History & Criticism.
MUSIC.
Theory.
Instruction & Study.
Genres & Styles.
Femininity in music
Music > Social aspects
Singers
Women singers
Great Britain
1700-1899
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Sounding Feminine
  • Instructing women's voices in conduct literature
  • Encountering women's voices in letters, diaries, and life-writing
  • Criticising women's voices in the musical press
  • Dorothea Solly's musical world : Class, religion, and the cultivation of the female voice
  • The lives and voices of professional female singers : three vignettes
  • Epilogue. Voicing a new femininity.