{"product_id":"9781786070678-sounds-and-sweet-airs","title":"Sounds and Sweet Airs","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Forgotten Women of Classical Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe hidden history of the women who dared to write music in a man’s world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe hidden history of the women who dared to write music in a man’s world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Lucid, engaging and exuberant. [\u003cem\u003eSounds and Sweet Airs\u003c\/em\u003e] is terrifically enjoyable and accessible, and leaves one hankering for a second volume.’ \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrancesca Caccini. Barbara Strozzi. Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Marianna Martines. Fanny Hensel. Clara Schumann. Lili Boulanger. Elizabeth Maconchy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the birth of classical music, women who dared compose have faced a bitter struggle to be heard. In spite of this, female composers continued to create, inspire and challenge. Yet even today so much of their work languishes unheard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnna Beer reveals the highs and lows experienced by eight composers across the centuries, from Renaissance Florence to twentieth-century London, restoring to their rightful place exceptional women whom history has forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31618424406113,"sku":"9781786070678","price":11.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27322557.jpg?v=1721671165","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781786070678-sounds-and-sweet-airs","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}