Music and the southern belle : from accomplished lady to Confederate composer /

Music and the southern belle : from accomplished lady to Confederate composer /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bailey, Candace, 1963-
Imprint:	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : illustrations, music
Language:	English
Subject:	Women musicians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century. Women composers -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century. Music -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century. Music -- Social aspects. Women composers. Women musicians. Southern States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11222449

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ISBN:	9780809385577 0809385570 9780809329601 0809329603 0809329603 9780809329601 1280697709 9781280697708 9786613674661 6613674664
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Candace Bailey's exploration of the intertwining worlds of music and gender shows how young southern women pushed the boundaries of respectability to leave their unique mark on a patriarchal society. Before 1861, a strictly defined code of behavior allowed a southern woman to identify herself as a "lady" through her accomplishments in music, drawing, and writing, among other factors. Music permeated the lives of southern women, and they learned appropriate participation through instruction at home and at female training institutions. A belle's primary venue was the parlor, whe.
Other form:	Print version: Bailey, Candace, 1963- Music and the southern belle. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010
Standard no.:	9780809329601

Table of Contents:

Why did nineteenth-century southern women study music?
Women's interaction with public music
Music at home : entertainment and education
Music education in schools
The piano girl
The singer
Women's composition and publication in the antebellum period
Becoming useful
Confederate women composers.