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Author Bailey, Candace, 1963-

Title Music and the southern belle : from accomplished lady to Confederate composer / Candace Bailey
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : illustrations, music
Contents 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
Summary 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. Before 1861, a strictly defined code of behavior allowed a southern woman to identify herself as a "lady" through her accomplishments in music, drawing, and writing, among other factors. Music permeated the lives of southern women, and they learned appropriate participation through instruction at home and at female training institutions. A belle's primary venue was the parlor, whe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Women musicians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Women composers -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Music -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
Music -- Social aspects
Women composers
Women musicians
Southern States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009027632
ISBN 9780809385577
0809385570
0809329603
9780809329601
1280697709
9781280697708
9786613674661
6613674664