Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Why did nineteenth-century southern women study music? -- Women's interaction with public music -- Music at home : entertainment and education -- Music education in schools -- The piano girl -- The singer -- Women's composition and publication in the antebellum period -- Becoming useful -- Confederate women composers
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Candace Bailey's exploration of the intertwining worlds of music and gender shows how young southern women pushed the boundaries of respectability to leave their unique mark on a patriarchal society. --from publisher description
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Music-- Social aspects-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century
Women composers-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century
Women musicians-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century