{"product_id":"9780571366101","title":"Quartet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fabulous.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA rare gift.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Passionate ... Vivid ... Timely.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Readable and inspiring.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling ... Ambitious ... Poignant.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magnificent.' \u003c\/b\u003eKate Mosse \u003cb\u003e'Riveting.' \u003c\/b\u003eAntonia Fraser \u003cb\u003e'A breath of fresh air.' \u003c\/b\u003eKate Molleson \u003cb\u003e'Fascinating.' \u003c\/b\u003eAlexandra Harris \u003cb\u003e'Wonderful.' \u003c\/b\u003eClaire Tomalin \u003cb\u003e'Splendid.' \u003c\/b\u003eMiranda Seymour \u003cb\u003e'Remarkable.' \u003c\/b\u003eFiona Maddocks \u003cb\u003e'Pioneering.' \u003c\/b\u003eAndrew Motion '\u003cb\u003eBrilliant' \u003c\/b\u003eHelen Pankhurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEthel Smyth (b.1858): \u003c\/b\u003eFamed for her operas, this trailblazing queer Victorian composer was a larger-than-life socialite, intrepid traveller and committed Suffragette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Clarke (b.1886): \u003c\/b\u003eThis talented violist and Pre-Raphaelite beauty was one of the first women ever hired by a professional orchestra, later celebrated for her modernist experimentation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDorothy Howell (b.1898): \u003c\/b\u003eA prodigy who shot to fame at the 1919 Proms, her reputation as the 'English Strauss' never dented her modesty; on retirement, she tended Elgar's grave alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoreen Carwithen (b.1922): \u003c\/b\u003eOne of Britain's first woman film composers who scored Elizabeth II's coronation film, her success hid a 20-year affair with her married composition tutor\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their time, these women were celebrities. They composed some of the century's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeah Broad's 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, \u003ci\u003eQuartet\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionises the canon forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leah Broad","offers":[{"title":"Faber \u0026amp; Faber |  Hardback  |  2023-09-05","offer_id":44230056116479,"sku":"9780571366101","price":44.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d7222582-3dd6-4be3-bb9b-ea1c75143f9d.jpg?v=1692995311","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780571366101","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}