Why there are so few female composers | Kerry Andrew |
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| Women who write music are still far outnumbered by their male peers. We need to address this inequality. Here's howI hate the old adage that creative work from women and men comes from a different place; you know, that lasses are writing music inspired only by the sea/Japanese court love poetry/constellations (delete as appropriate) whereas men only write forward-thrusting, rhythmic, dynamic scores. In the same way that Kathryn Bigelow can direct a movie about sweaty men blowing each other up…
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| TAG: Classical music, Comment, Culture, guardian.co.uk, Life and style, Music, Women |
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