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Title: Woman's Work in Music

Author: Arthur Elson

Release Date: February 12, 2007 [EBook #20571]

Language: English

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WOMAN'S WORK IN MUSIC

Being an Account of Her Influence on the Art, in Ancient as well as
Modern Times; A Summary of Her Musical Compositions, in the Different
Countries of the Civilized World; and an Estimate of Their Rank in
Comparison with Those of Men

By
Arthur Elson

_Author of "A Critical History of Opera,"
"Modern Composers of Europe," etc._

Illustrated

L C PAGE & COMPANY
BOSTON PUBLISHERS

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_Copyright, 1903_
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

Third Impression, April, 1908

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_COLONIAL PRESS_
_Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co._
_Boston, U. S. A._

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TO
Mrs. Louis C. Elson
TRUE TYPE OF
SELF-SACRIFICING WIFE AND MOTHER
IN A MUSICAL FAMILY,
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY HER SON

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NOTE

Acknowledgments are due to Mr. Otto Fleishner, of the Boston Public
Library, for his kindness in furnishing lists of periodical articles
bearing on the subject of this book.

The Author.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Ancient and Mythical 11
II. Mediaeval 35
III. Wives of the Composers 61
IV. Clara and Robert