The first flowering -- at the organ -- The "lady violinists" and other string players -- Seated at the keyboard -- The first "lady composers" -- Apartheid -- the all-women's orchestras -- American composers in European idioms -- Grass roots -- composers in American idioms -- Opera composers and conductors -- Contemporary and postmodern idioms -- after 1950 -- Electronic music, mixed media, film, performance art -- Today's orchestras, conductors, and instrumentalists -- Teaching music -- Angels and advocates -- Appendix: Women musicians in thirteen major U.S. orchestras.
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