Maria Hester Park: Composer, Teacher, and Performer [Hardcover]

This book is an important contribution to the study of women in classical music, specifically focusing on the life and works of Maria Hester Park. It fills a significant gap in the literature surrounding women composers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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1. Beloved by All Who Had the Advantage of Knowing Her

1.1 Harmonies of Life: Marriage, Music, and Cultural Influence

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2. Performing and Teaching in the Heart of Londons Cultural Life

2.1 Londons Concert Life

2.2 Public Concert Performances

2.3 Teaching the Nobility and Female Musical Training

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3. Composing for the Keyboard and the Cultivation of Female Accomplishments

3.1 Maria Hester Parks Compositions

3.2 The Keyboard Instrument

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4.? Publishing with Subscription

4.1 The Subscription Method

4.2 The Subscription of Parks Works

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5. The Glees

5.1 The English Glee

5.2 Parks Glees

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6. The Concerto for the Pianoforte or Harpsichord

6.1 The Keyboard Concerto

6.2 Parks Concerto

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7. Solo Keyboard Sonatas Opp. 2, 4, and 7

7.1 The Sonata

7.2 Sonatas Op. 2

7.3 Sonatas Op. 4

7.4 Sonata Op. 7

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8. The Waltz, Divertimentos Op. 8, and Sonata Op. 12

8.1 The Waltz

8.2 Six Easy Divertimentos for the Harp and Pianoforte, Op. 8