Women's Writes: A History of Women Composers

So many of the composers we usually learn about in school are men -- but that's only telling half the story of who writes the music we love. *** Featured music: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, Incidental Music, No. 9 Wedding March (Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa) Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quarter in E-Flat Major: IV. Allegro molto vivace (Quatuor Ebene) Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Chicago Symphony) Ethel Smythe: The March of Women (Chorus and Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle) Duke Ellington: Cottontail Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington: Cottontail Pete Seeger: Freight Train Elizabeth Cotten: Freight Train The Chicks: March, March Beyonce: Brown Skin Girl Annie Lennox & Aretha Franklin: Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves *** Donate to support this and future seasons of The Music Box.