I love Women's History Month where we can honor the inspirational musical women who came before us! I have a great list today of not-to-miss women composers and poets in “Music Lessons for Women's History Month.” Add these to your studies during March.
Here are your Music Lessons for Women's History Month
Hymn Writers
The beautiful hymn “Blessed Assurance” was written by Fanny Crosby and Phoebe P. Knapp
Women in the Music Appreciation: Middle Ages through Classical Era course
Hildegard of Bingen is one of the earliest women composers we still have music from. See her lesson here.
Women in the Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era course
Clara Schumann was a wonderful composer and musical performer who was married to a great composer (Robert Schumann) and friends with another (Johannes Brahms). See her lesson here.
St. Lucia’s Day is celebrated on December 13th in the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It is a holiday to remember and honor the life of Santa Lucia, who is also known as Saint Lucy. See the St. Lucia's Day music lesson here.
Women in the FREE Sampler Music Appreciation course
“America the Beautiful” was written by Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Wood in the late 1800s. Bates had traveled to Colorado and the words of the poem came to her while standing at the top of Pikes Peak. The lyrics and music were joined together and published in 1910.
“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” was written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861 during the American Civil War. The arrangement you hear here of the song is one of the most popular choral arrangements, meaning it's sung by a group of singers called a choir.
“God Bless America” was written by Irving Berlin and made famous by the singer Kate Smith in 1938 on the anniversary of Armistice Day, the day that World War I ended with Germany. Armistice Day would have its name changed to Veterans Day to give a special day for remembering all veterans in 1954.
Women in the 15-Minute Music Lessons course
“In the Bleak Midwinter” Listen to his musical arrangement of the beautiful Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) poem “In the Bleak Midwinter” which became part of The English Hymnal of 1906. English poet Rossetti wrote the poem many years earlier for the magazine Scribner's Monthly.See the music lesson here.
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