The 21st Century seems to be the time for the re-discovery of women composers. Obscurity could result from many factors. Some careers were frustrated by societal conventions, as with Amy Beach. Sometimes race was the issue, as with Florence Price. In the case of Ruth Gipps, it seemed to have been something not uncommon with […]
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British Tone Poems, Vol. 1 – Luminous English Idylls
I’ll start with the bottom line. If you love the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederic Delius, and Gerald Finzi and want more of the same, buy this disc. The works may not be familiar, but they’ll take you to that same idyllic English countryside as “The First Cuckoo of Spring” or “Egdon Heath.” This […]