Setareh Najfar-Nahvi, the violinist on this album, was a member of the Tehran Radio Orchestra and the Tehran Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 1983.
Composer Biography
Florence Price, an American composer with French, Indian, and African roots, was inspired by Dvořák's Symphony From the New World to draw on African-American folk melodies for her own compositions.
Album & Artwork
This album, titled "Lost Traces," aims to provide a new sonic forum for the works of female composers whose biographical evidence has largely been lost.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The composers on this album often used their music to express personal isolation and to advocate for ideals of humanity and peace.
Critical Reception
Clara Faisst, a German composer, was initially believed by some contemporaries to be a male colleague due to the "special energy and often almost masculine power" of her music.
Historical Context
Many of the Swedish composers featured on this album, such as Ika Peyron, Elfrida Andrée, and Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, were connected by the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
Composer Biography
Amy Beach, an American composer, was a child prodigy who could improvise a second voice to a melody at age two and wrote her first compositions at age four.
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