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The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer. n n nFabulous. Sunday Times A rare gift. Financial Times Passionate ... Vivid ... Timely. Telegraph Readable and inspiring. Guardian Compelling ... Ambitious ... Poignant. Spectator Magnificent. Kate Mosse Riveting. Antonia Fraser A breath of fresh air. Kate Molleson Fascinating. Alexandra Harris Wonderful. Claire Tomalin Splendid. Miranda Seymour Remarkable. Fiona Maddocks Pioneering. Andrew Motion Brilliant Helen Pankhurst n n nEthel Smyth (b.1858): Famed for her operas, this trailblazing queer Victorian composer was a larger-than-life socialite, intrepid traveller and committed Suffragette. n nRebecca Clarke (b.1886): This talented violist and Pre-Raphaelite beauty was one of the first women ever hired by a professional orchestra, later celebrated for her modernist experimentation. n nDorothy Howell (b.1898): A prodigy who shot to fame at the 1919 Proms, her reputation as the English Strauss never dented her modesty; on retirement, she tended Elgars grave alone. n nDoreen Carwithen (b.1922): One of Britains first woman film composers who scored Elizabeth IIs coronation film, her success hid a 20-year affair with her married composition tutor. n nIn their time, these women were celebrities. n nThey composed some of the centurys most popular music and pioneered creative careers; but today, they are ghostly presences, surviving only as muses and footnotes to male contemporaries like Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten - until now. n nLeah Broads magnificent group biography resurrects these forgotten voices, recounting lives of rebellion, heartbreak and ambition, and celebrating their musical masterpieces. Lighting up a panoramic sweep of British history over two World Wars, Quartet revolutionises the canon forever.n
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Brand: Leah Broad
