Romance: 19th Century Women

Take a journey through musical time to the height of Romantic elegance, through the passionate works of Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Clémence Grandval, and their contemporaries. These trailblazers wouldn’t take no for an answer. They created some of history’s greatest romantic works, breaking traditional expectations of women in classical music.

• Cécile Chaminade, Arabesques No. 1 for Solo Piano

• Alice Mary Smith, Sonata in A

• Clara Schumann, Three Romances, Op. 22

• Marie Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen, Romanze

• Mel Bonis, Meditation, Op. 33

• Amy Beach, Inovcation, Op. 5

• Clémence de Grandval, Duex Piéces

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