Illuminations: Women Composers of the Romantic Period
Join Helen Rommelaar as she explores the lives of three female composers—Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann and Alma Mahler—whose talents were almost, if not equally as formidable, as the men they supported. Faced with constant disapproval, these courageous women excelled, not only to forge the tentative beginnings of feminism in Europe, but to create some of the most glorious music. Find out who asked Freud for marital advice, the intrigue behind a lost piano sonata and hear some heart wrenching quotes from three very frustrated women!