Louise Farrenc: Nonet for Winds and Strings, 9781009415477
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Rediscovering a brilliant composer: Farrenc’s Nonet, Parisian musical life.
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Louise Farrenc: Nonet for Winds and Strings

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    180 pages

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    31 October 2025

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Summary

Louise Farrenc’s Nonet: A Rediscovered Masterpiece

As a virtuoso pianist and the first woman professor at the Paris Conservatoire, Louise Farrenc defied expectations while composing captivating symphonic and chamber music. This handbook introduces readers to Farrenc and her fellow professional women musicians in nineteenth-century Paris.

Her acclaimed Nonet (1849) showcases playful dialogue within the ensemble, virtuosic display, and a masterful blend of traditional and inno…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781009415477
ISBN-10:1009415476
Series:New Cambridge Music Handbooks
Author:Marie Sumner Lott
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:180
Release Date:31 October 2025
Weight:0g
About The Author

Marie Sumner Lott

Marie Sumner Lott is Associate Professor in the School of Music at Georgia State University. She is the author of The Social Worlds of Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music (2015), which was awarded the AMS 75 PAYS publication subvention from the American Musicological Society, and over a dozen articles and book chapters on nineteenth-century chamber music.

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