Title Transforming women's education : liberal arts and music in female seminaries / Jewel A. Smith

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource Series Music in American life Music in American life. Contents Introduction -- Philosophies of women's education in the United States -- Beyond an accomplishment: A philosophy of music education -- The dawn of a new era in women's education -- Seminary structure: A comparison -- Curricula: Academic and ornamental -- Music education for a young lady -- Instrumental music at the seminaries -- Singing ladies: Vocal repertoire at the seminaries -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Female seminaries in nineteenth-century America offered middle-class women the rare privilege of training in music and the liberal arts. A music background in particular provided the foundation for a teaching career, one of the few paths open to women. Jewel A. Smith opens the doors of four female seminaries, revealing a milieu where rigorous training focused on music as an artistic pursuit rather than a social skill. Drawing on previously untapped archives, Smith charts women's musical experiences and training as well as the curricula and instruction available to them, the repertoire they mastered, and the philosophies undergirding their education. She also examines the complex tensions between the ideals of a young democracy and a deeply gendered system of education and professional advancement. An in-depth study of female seminaries as major institutions of learning, Transforming Women's Education illuminates how musical training added to women's lives and how their artistic acumen contributed to American society Analysis Education Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index Notes Description based on print version record SUBJECT Litchfield Female Academy (Conn.) fast Moravian Young Ladies' Seminary fast Mount Holyoke Female Seminary fast Music Vale Seminary (Salem, Conn.) fast Troy Female Seminary fast Subject Music in female seminaries -- United States -- History Female seminaries -- United States -- History Music -- Instruction and study -- United States -- History Women -- Education (Secondary) -- United States -- History EDUCATION -- Higher. EDUCATION -- General. EDUCATION / General Women -- Education (Secondary) Music -- Instruction and study Music in female seminaries Female seminaries Music -- Social aspects Piano music Theology -- Study and teaching United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019718327 ISBN 9780252051074 0252051076 9780252053238 0252053230

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