- Jessica Duchen, Guardian: Why the Male Domination of Classical Music Might Be Coming to an End
- Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Guardian: Women Composers: Genius is gender-blind, and so should we be
- Conductorland has a whole lot of links to great music composed by women
2 comments:
Dear Lisa,
Thanks for this post.
I am all in favor of the "Male Domination Of Classical Music" coming to an end, and the sooner the better.
But I can't be as sanguine about it as some of the writers that you kindly provided links to.
I look at it this way - what is the total percentage of women on this planet? I don't know exactly, but let's figure it's pretty close to 50%.
So until musical posts (and I'm talking ALL musical posts: Conductors, orchestra players, teachers at music schools, arts administrative staffs, etc. etc.) are filled 50% with women, and until season schedules of ALL classical music groups offer 50% compositions by women, I'm afraid the male domination will continue.
Heck, at this point I'd settle for 40%!
Oh, it is going to take a long time. I agree with you; they are too optimistic.
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