I am not sure about this but I think it has something to do with gender
stereotyping of musical instruments.
Women succeed as pianists, violinists, cellists, not to mention singers but
not until fairly recently perhaps as lutenists. Not to mention tuba
players.
As far as composing goes, you can't compose in a vacuum (flask!). In the
16th and 17th centuries a professonal career as a musician wasn't an option
for most women. They couldn't become Maestri di capellae (if that's the
correct plural) or anything similar. You do have to have the opportunity
to hear what you compose played and to experiment which you can't do at
home.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
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To: "David Tayler" <[email protected]>; "Monica Hall"
<[email protected]>
Cc: "Lutelist" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:39 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Imbalance
I remember my mother, who majored in music before she quit Cardinal Stritch
College back in the 1940s to get married (mistake?), that a famous composer
(forgot the name) was asked why there were no superfamous women composers.
His answer went something like this---men pursue music. Woman ARE music.
An alternative explanation is that women are too busy cooking, cleaning,
quilting, trying on or ordering shoes, shopping for foodstuffs,
refurbishing themselves (while men won't even take a bath), instructing
the kids, the list is endless. All men do is indulge in idiotic ball
sports, sit in front of the tube with the remote control, and fool around
with lutes. (grin)
Mark Seifert MD
---- Monica Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
It is indeed a sad story. I suspect this is also the case in the
classical
guitar world which may have a knock on effect. It's still a man's
world.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Tayler" <[email protected]>
To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:06 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Imbalance
> It is a sad story.
> d
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> At 12:54 AM 9/10/2009, you wrote:
>> Of the last 100 individuals to post to this list, 95 were men. Is
>> this
>> representative of the wider lute world? Any ideas why?
>>
>> Peter
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