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Women's Footprints in Music

Many of us have grown up with the belief that the music geniuses throughout history are men.

A Multicultural Song

'Soledad Nórdica' is a classical art song * inspired by popular Spanish dances and records of both early flamenco mu

"Woe is me, my Alhama!" is music from the Granada of the Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen; Two Spanish Renaissance songs with a tail of early flamenco singing.

The composite title translates to 'The Absence and the Storm'. Behind this somewhat mysterious title lie two pieces of music: "L'absence," composed by Pauline Viardot-García in 1850, and "La Tempestad," composed by Poul Udbye Pock-Steen in 2020.

The other day, I pulled over at a wild roadside verge in central Spain on my way back after a few inspiring days of recordings and concerts