“Just Call Her ‘Tailleferre’”
/Even today, women composers still struggle for recognition. Michael Johnson explores the life and work of the unjustly forgotten Germaine Tailleferre.
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Even today, women composers still struggle for recognition. Michael Johnson explores the life and work of the unjustly forgotten Germaine Tailleferre.
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Read MoreSchubert's haunting song-cycle "Winterreise," composed while he was mortally ill, was a mystery to his friends upon its first hearing. He assured them they'd grow to love it, and, in his latest book, Ian Bostridge certainly has
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