Hensel: String Quartet in E flat

The String Quartet in E flat major (1834) by Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn, is one of the most important works by a female composer written in the nineteenth century. Composed at a turning point in her life (as Hensel was not only grappling with her own creative voice but also coming to terms with her identity as a married woman, and the role her family expected of her), the quartet is significant in showing a woman composing in a genre that was then almost exclusively the domain of male artists. Benedict Taylor's illuminating book situates itself within developing scholarly discourse on the music of women composers, going beyond apologetics - or condemnation of those who hindered their development - to examine the strength and qualities of the music and how it responded to the most progressive works of the period.

Author: Benedict Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/30/2023
Pages: 150
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781316513842

About the Author
Taylor, Benedict: - Benedict Taylor is Reader at the Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh. Publications include Mendelssohn, Time and Memory: The Romantic Conception of Cyclic Form (2011), The Melody of Time: Music and Temporality in the Romantic Era (2016), and Music, Subjectivity, and Schumann (2022).