1804–60, German Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient was born into ‘show business’. Her father was Friedrich Schröder (1744–1816), the first German Don Giovanni in Mozart’s opera of that name, and her mother was the ‘Mrs Siddons of Germany’, the actress Sophie Bürger (1781–1868). Wilhelmine was a child actress and ballet dancer before making her debut at the Kärnterthortheater in Vienna as Pamina ...
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, women throughout Europe and the US were entering the music profession as instrumentalists, singers, teachers, journalists, musicologists, administrators and composers of all genres of music, from song to symphony. One of the most significant advances was the appearance of the female violinist. There had been isolated instances ...
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