Feminist advocacy through the liturgy: A liturgical organ concerto
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2025-03-03
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Throughout history there have been many successful women composers. Unfortunately, historically, women have been left out of the music history narrative, which is taught to music students in conservatories and music colleges throughout the Western world. I attempted to help construct a new, more inclusive narrative which incorporates many of these accomplished women through composing an organ concerto. I composed a liturgical organ concerto inspired by music by women composers throughout history. The concerto is for solo organ and string orchestra and is 30 minutes, with six movements. Each movement is based on a different text of the Ordinary of the Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei). Each movement was inspired by a different woman composer from a different historical musical period, who was a pioneer or advocated for women: Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), Maddalena Casulana (1544-1590), Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704), Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731-1765), Clara Schumann (1819-1896), and Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (1921-1968).
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