By Kendra Preston Leonard
American composer Louise Talma (1906-1996) used to be the 1st woman winner of 2 back-to-back Guggenheim Awards (1946, 1947), the 1st American girl to have an opera premiered in Europe (1962), the 1st woman winner of the Sibelius Award for Composition (1963), and the 1st lady composer elected to the yankee Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1974). This ebook analyses Talma’s works within the context of her lifestyles, targeting the consequences on her paintings of 2 significant alterations she made in the course of her grownup lifestyles: her conversion to Catholicism as an grownup, lower than the assistance of Nadia Boulanger, and her adoption of serial compositional thoughts. applying ways from conventional musical research, feminist and queer musicology, and women’s autobiographical thought to ascertain Talma’s physique of works, comprising a few 80 items, this can be the 1st full-length examine of this pioneering composer. Exploring Talma’s compositional language, text-setting practices, and the incorporation of autobiographical components into her works utilizing her personal letters, sketches, and rankings, in addition to a few different correct files, this booklet positions Talma’s contributions to serial and atonal tune within the usa, considers her position as a girl composer in the course of the 20th century, and evaluates the legacy of her works and occupation in American tune.
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