{"product_id":"love-of-the-sirens-on-composers-compulsions-and-creations-paperback","title":"Love of the Sirens: On Composers, Compulsions, and Creations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdith Zack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHave you ever heard about women creators?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor centuries we heard nothing about women creators.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e History has perpetuated male poets, writers, composers and painters, as well as conductors, philosophers, critics and historians who have documented the history of the world.\u003cbr\u003e Women, on the other hand, were something of an adornment. They were considered to be the fairer, weaker, and inferior sex, an object to be written about, painted, and talked about. In the collective consciousness women were associated with salons and morning visits, needlepoint and flower arranging, as well as playing the piano.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWere women not intellectuals?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid they not possess even a spark of talent?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid they not create?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid they not perceive their art as their vocation?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd if they did, how did they cope with the patriarchal society that sanctified only the works of men?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Love of the Sirens attempts to answer these questions through the stories of Hildegard von Bingen, Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Florence Price, and fifteen other women composers. Over a period spanning 800 years, from the twelfth century to the present day, all of them created but were absented from the bookshelves of history and their voice was unheard.\u003cbr\u003e Each chapter reveals the composer's life story against the backdrop of the period in which she lived, the home she grew up in, her personal relationships, her loves and disillusionments, and her daily struggle along the road to recognition as an independent professional.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58181549588561,"sku":"9781512388633","price":15.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/EtVlSaD0i69781512388633.webp?v=1757292916","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/love-of-the-sirens-on-composers-compulsions-and-creations-paperback","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}