A Great Desire: Autobiography in Louise Talma’s Three Madrigals

American composer Louise Talma’s compositions are highly autobiographical, concerning, among other subjects, her conversion to Catholicism (Hound of Heaven , 1938), her frustration with teaching and the limited career choices available to women of her day (The Alcestiad, 1961), milestone events in...

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Main Author: Kendra Preston Leonard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2011-09-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5209