Quartet: How Four Women Challenged the Musical World by Broad, Leah

Paperback / softback. New. <p><b>*SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2023*</b><br /><br /><b>The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer.</b><br /><br /><b>'Fabulous.' </b><i>Sunday Times </i>'<b>A rare gift.' </b><i>Financial Times </i><b>'Passionate ...</b></p>

Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Faber & Faber | 2024 | Mass Market Paperback | 480 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer. 'Fabulous.' Sunday Times 'A rare gift.' Financial Times 'Passionate ... Vivid ... Timely.' Telegraph 'Readable and inspiring.' Guardian 'Compelling ... Ambitious ... Poignant.' Spectator 'Magnificent.' Kate Mosse 'Riveting.' Antonia Fraser 'A breath of fresh air.' Kate Molleson 'Fascinating.' Alexandra Harris 'Wonderful.' Claire Tomalin 'Splendid.' Miranda Seymour 'Remarkable.' Fiona Maddocks 'Pioneering.' Andrew Motion 'Brilliant' Helen Pankhurst Ethel Smyth (b.1858): Famed for her operas, this trailblazing queer Victorian composer was a larger-than-life socialite, intrepid traveller and committed Suffragette. Rebecca Clarke (b.1886): This talented violist and Pre-Raphaelite beauty was one of the first… Read More