There is no historical or geographical limit on what can be covered. There is no restriction on the style or genre of song or singing.
Creating music for Christmas creates particular challenges for composers – male or female. Here are twelve works by eleven women from five different countries.
As the 25th anniversary of her husband’s death approached, Amy Beach composed two somber songs. Megan Lyons asks why Beach never published them.
Judy Tsou discovered Amy Beach’s unpublished song “Birth.” In this post she discusses its provenance and analyzes the music and text of the song.
