#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 2

For the third year in a row, the Classics a Day team has chosen women composers as March's theme. And while some composers (living and dead) have received their due, there are thousands more to discover and rediscover.

I challenged myself this year to seek out women composers I had not featured in previous years. Here are my posts for the second week of #ClassicsaDay for #WomensHistoryMonth

03/09/20 Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948) - Präludium im gotischen Stil op. 28

Faisst was a pianist who concertized throughout Europe. She wrote over 100 compositions, mostly for piano, either as a solo instrument or part of a chamber ensemble.

03/10/20 Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) - Quartet for Four Violins

Bacewicz was the principal violinist of the Polish Radio Orchestra before WW II. After the war, she increasingly devoted her time to composition.

03/11/20 Miriam Hyde (1913–2005) - Happy Occasion Overture

Australian composer Miriam Hyde was also a published poet. Among her best-known works are her two piano concertos.

03/12/20 Polly Young, or Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799) - Sonata in E major for brass

English soprano Polly Young was also a keyboard virtuoso and composer. She and her husband, composer/violinist François-Hippolyte Barthélémon had a daughter Cecilia, who as also an opera singer and composer.

03/13/20 Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949) - Scherzo for string orchestra, Op. 6

Dalberg received lessons from Carl Neilsen. Although the first Danish woman to write a symphony, she's best remembered for her string quartets.