{"product_id":"leah-broad-quartet-2024-paperback","title":"Leah Broad: Quartet [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING AWARD*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2023*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fabulous.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA rare gift.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Passionate ... Vivid ... Timely.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Readable and inspiring.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling ... Ambitious ... Poignant.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magnificent.' \u003c\/b\u003eKate Mosse \u003cb\u003e'Riveting.' \u003c\/b\u003eAntonia Fraser \u003cb\u003e'A breath of fresh air.' \u003c\/b\u003eKate Molleson \u003cb\u003e'Fascinating.' \u003c\/b\u003eAlexandra Harris \u003cb\u003e'Wonderful.' \u003c\/b\u003eClaire Tomalin \u003cb\u003e'Splendid.' \u003c\/b\u003eMiranda Seymour \u003cb\u003e'Remarkable.' \u003c\/b\u003eFiona Maddocks \u003cb\u003e'Pioneering.' \u003c\/b\u003eAndrew Motion '\u003cb\u003eBrilliant' \u003c\/b\u003eHelen Pankhurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEthel Smyth (b.1858): \u003c\/b\u003eFamed for her operas, this trailblazing queer Victorian composer was a larger-than-life socialite, intrepid traveller and committed Suffragette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Clarke (b.1886): \u003c\/b\u003eThis talented violist and Pre-Raphaelite beauty was one of the first women ever hired by a professional orchestra, later celebrated for her modernist experimentation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDorothy Howell (b.1898): \u003c\/b\u003eA prodigy who shot to fame at the 1919 Proms, her reputation as the 'English Strauss' never dented her modesty; on retirement, she tended Elgar's grave alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoreen Carwithen (b.1922): \u003c\/b\u003eOne of Britain's first woman film composers who scored Elizabeth II's coronation film, her success hid a 20-year affair with her married composition tutor\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their time, these women were celebrities. They composed some of the century's most popular music and pioneered creative careers; but today, they are ghostly presences, surviving only as muses and footnotes to male contemporaries like Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten - until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeah Broad's magnificent group biography resurrects these forgotten voices, recounting lives of rebellion, heartbreak and ambition, and celebrating their musical masterpieces. Lighting up a panoramic sweep of British history over two World Wars, \u003ci\u003eQuartet\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionises the canon forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broad, Leah","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48149440069971,"sku":"9780571366118","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/broad-leah-leah-broad-quartet-2024-paperback-9780571366118-55952873947475.jpg?v=1727039649","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/leah-broad-quartet-2024-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}