The Fin de siècle period, at the end of the nineteenth century, brought significant social developments like the suffragette movement, which appeared to offer greater access for female composers to the classical music world.
Composer Biography
Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman, a Dutch composer, chose a career path that was not common for women in her time, and her creative activity diminished after her marriage.
Compositional Technique
The songs of Dutch composers Léon Orthel and Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman, and the new voice of Mathilde Wantenaar, are featured alongside more familiar names on this album.
Composer Biography
Francis Poulenc, a French composer, came from a family where music was a beloved pastime, but his father did not want him to pursue it as a professional career.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The composers on this album, including Léon Orthel, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Samuel Barber, Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman, and Mathilde Wantenaar, all found their own compositional paths without pursuing modernity as an end in itself.
Composer Biography
Samuel Barber, an American composer, was related to the successful opera singer Louise Homer, who was his aunt.
Performer Biography
Maurice Lammerts van Bueren and Tinka Pypker present a program of songs centered on the theme of finding one's own path through life.
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