Women Creators in Music

Harvard FAS

The course focuses on the contributions of female and non-binary musicians who have composed, improvised, or collaboratively created music primarily in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. We will listen closely to their music, asking questions such as: what were the historical, institutional, cultural and educational factors that supported or hindered their work? How do they define their gender identities, gender roles, and sexual orientation, and to what extent do they relate these to their…