Schumann 90
V. Other Musical Romances 111
VI. England 132
VII. Germany 154
VIII. France 174
IX. America 195
X. Other Countries 211
XI. Conclusion 234

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Clara (Weick) Schumann Frontispiece
Eleanor of Aquitaine 50
Richard and Cosima Wagner 88
Marie Wieck 91
Marie Antoinette 114
Sybil Sanderson 130
Maggie Okey 144
Louisa Adolpha Lebeau 164
Adele Aus der Ohe 171
Cecile-Louise-Stephanie Chaminade 174
Augusta Mary Ann Holmes 178
Mrs. H. H. A. Beach 196
Julia Rive-King 204
Ingeborg von Bronsart 220
Teresa Carreno 232

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WOMAN'S WORK IN MUSIC

CHAPTER I.

ANCIENT AND MYTHICAL

The Church of Rome, though admitting no women to a share in performing
its services, has yet made a woman the patron saint of music. The
religions of antiquity have paid even more homage to the weaker sex in
the matter, as the multitude of musical nymphs and fostering goddesses
will show.

Of Saint Cecilia herself little is known accurately. The very apocryphal
legend states that about the year 230 a noble Roman lady of that name,
who had been converted to Christianity, was forced into an unwilling
marriage with a certain Valerian, a pagan. She succeeded in converting
her husband and his brother, but all were martyred because of their
faith. This it is stated, took place under the Prefect Almacus, but
history gives