Unsung Heroines: Danielle de Niese on the Lost World of Female Composers

Year: 2018

Actors: Danielle de Niese

Danielle de Niese explores the lives and works of five female composers - from the Middle Ages to the late 20th century - who were famous in their lifetimes, but whose work was then forgotten. Western classical music has traditionally been seen as a procession of male geniuses, but the truth is that women have always composed. Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Caccini, C...

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