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Media Reviews
"Detailed and comprehensive documentation make this text a model of empirical scholarship . . . . Ammer draws a richly detailed portrait of American women's participation in instrumental art music."
— Elizabeth Keathley, Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, Volume 8, Nos. 1/2
2002
"Ammer provides an encyclopaedic amount of information concerning women and music . . . A refreshing book which gives what can only be described as a rightful view of the world of music from the other side."
— Jonathan Scott, MusicTeachers.co.uk
"Ammer has done an extrodinary job of researching and including many significant women musicians in each area. . . . A spell-binding and thought-provoking book full of interesting statistics on the role of women in many aspects of music."
— Dorothy Freeman, Swarthmore College Bulletin
"Ammer's new material heaps plenty of fact—and no end of superbly sketched biographical anecdote—on the personal lives, trials, tribulations and successes of her subjects. . . . At $19.95 it's the bargain of the year in academic publishing. "
— Dana De Zoysa, www.januarymagazine.com
, March 13, 2002
"The first edition became the definitive book in the field, which this second edition has considerably revised and expanded."
— Dana De Zoysa, januarymagazine.com
"Readers and researchers alike will find much information unavailable elsewhere, thanks to Ammer’s diligent research into both the more notable as well as the truly “unsung” in this important field.
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Deserves a place in the library of every music school as well as on the bookshelves of all those interested in American musical history, whether female or male.
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— Barbara Owen , The American Organist
"This excellent reworking of an indispensable title is highly recommended."
— Library Journal
, February 15, 2001
"This study offers a long-term perspective on the inadequate recognition women receive and the comparatively small number of them hired to serve on music faculties and in symphony orchestras."
— Reference & Research
"[Ammer] has left no one out and has written earnestly about all . . . One can peruse almost any chapter or portion thereof with profit."
— Allen Hughes, Chamber Music
"This book collects more information on more American women in music than any other resource and is particularly impresssive in its coverage of conductors and living composers."
— Karin Pendle, American Reference Books Annual
2001
"Offers a great deal of information on a great many musicians. It is a key source for anyone interested in women in American music, and earns a place on the bookshelf next to these other studies. Furthermore, its clear, direct writing style will appeal to students as well as scholars, and it could well serve as a textbook for courses on American music and women in music. "
— Marica J. Citron, Music and Letters, 83, Number 3
2002
Customer Reviews
 
Terrific | January 30, 2003
Reviewer: S. F. from Poughkeepsie, NY
Terrific and valuable information that is well presented. The format is accessible.
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