My new biography of Maud Powell is now available as an ebook!
WOMEN WHO DARED: Trailblazing 20th Century Musicians
Buy it in Kindle, Nook, or the enhanced PDF version
Volume 1 features Maud Powell, the first solo instrumentalist to record for RCA Victor
and
Trumpeter Edna White, the first to play a
solo trumpet recital in Carnegie Hall in 1949.
At a time when most women stayed home to raise children, these women thrilled millions with their performances.
They fought the gender bias women faced in the male-dominated early 20th Century music world. The NY Philharmonic did not hire a female until 1966! Their personal lives were tumultuous. At 35, Maud ignored her mother's disapproval and married the man she loved. Edna left her first husband to marry an opera singer.
Susan Fleet dares to uncover important stories about musical women. Read this important book to discover what women have historically accomplished in Music. -- Virginia Eskin, Concert pianist and Northeastern University artist in residence
Susan Fleet is an expert on American female musicians who deserve wider recognition in the history of jazz and classical musics, women like Maud Powell and Edna White, whose careers flourished at the turn of the 20th Century. -- Matt Morrell, "Jazz at WGBH", WGBH-FM, Boston.
Get the enhanced PDF version for only $2.99!
The PDF version has active links to dozens of additional photos,
audio and video examples! Delivered via email all over the world!
Fleet's insightful writing, filled with contextual information and accompanied by photographic and audio documentation, makes for a compelling introduction to this long-awaited series.
-- Monique Buzzarté, trombonist and Meet-the-Composer Soloist Champion
Two child prodigies
Born in 1867, Maud Powell began violin lessons at seven and later studied with some of the best violin teachers in the world. [Maud photo at right]
Born in 1892, Edna White took up the cornet at seven and played a cornet solo in Carnegie Hall in 1901 when she was eight. [Edna photo far right]
Tour the Wild West with them; see how early recordings were made; discover the shocking racism at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; see vaudeville through Edna's eyes and experience the hardships she faced during the Depression when she and her teenaged son had only hard boiled eggs to eat.
Whether you're 10 or 110, this low-priced e-book
is packed with revelations you don't want to miss!
