{"product_id":"9780571366101-secondhand-quartet-how-four-women-changed-the-musical-world-magnificent-kate-mosse","title":"Quartet: How Four Women Changed The Musical World - 'Magnificent' (Kate Mosse)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition.  See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.  A description of our secondhand books is not always available.  Please contact  us if you have a question about this title.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Leah Broad\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Hardback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 480\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent.' - Kate Mosse'Riveting.' - Antonia Fraser 'Wonderful.' - Claire Tomalin 'Splendid.' - Miranda Seymour   Ethel Smyth (b.1858): Famed for her operas, this trailblazing queer Vic-torian composer was a larger-than-life socialite, intrepid traveller and committed Suffragette.   Rebecca Clarke (b.1886): This talented violist and Pre-Raphaelite beauty was one of the first women ever hired by a professional orchestra, later cele-brated for her modernist experimentation.   Dorothy Howell (b.1898): A prodigy who shot to fame at the 1919 Proms, her reputation as the 'English Strauss' never dented her modesty; on retire-ment, she tended Elgar's grave alone.   Doreen Carwithen (b.1922): One of Britain's first woman film composers who scored Elizabeth II's coronation film, her success hid a 20-year affair with her married composition tutor.   In their time, these women were celebrities. They composed some of the century's most popular music and pioneered creative careers; but today, they are ghostly presences, surviving only as muses and footnotes to male contemporaries like Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten - until now.   Leah Broad's magnificent group biography resurrects these forgotten voices, recounting lives of rebellion, heartbreak and ambition, and celebrating their musical masterpieces. Lighting up a panoramic sweep of British history over two World Wars, Quartet revolutionises the canon forever.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45719865393371,"sku":"9780571366101-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9780571366101-us-300.jpg?v=1718128553","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780571366101-secondhand-quartet-how-four-women-changed-the-musical-world-magnificent-kate-mosse","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}