Hidden Herstory: Mozart and his female contemporaries

Hidden Herstory: Mozart and his female contemporaries

The music of the traditional male canon is well documented; however the roles of the female composers who had roles in the musical lives of those men has been marginalized — this is the historic process of patriarchy.  For our new Hidden Herstory series we are...
Monday Link Roundup: April 18, 2022

Monday Link Roundup: April 18, 2022

A bit of news to start your week! Bethan Langford as Maria Theresia von Paradis in The Paradis Files. Photograph: Patrick Baldwin We are intrigued by the new opera that explores the life of the blind composer and pianist, Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824).  “The...

Maria Theresia von Paradis

Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824) was an Austrian composer, famous for her blindness and her friendship with Mozart. She was the daughter of Joseph Anton Paradis, the Imperial Secretary of Commerce and Court Councilor to the Empress Maria Theresa, after whom this...