Composing disappearances – the mythical power behind the woman composer question
This article discusses the influence of a simple, erroneous idea that has contributed to maintain a traditionally patriarchal reality. Drawing from the fields of musicology, myth studies, creativity studies and feminist aesthetics, it argues that the false, yet recently common notion that there have...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Entreciencias: diálogos en la sociedad del conocimiento |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62004 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/entreciencias/article/view/62004 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | compositoras Fanny Mendelssohn Clara Schumann genio compositoras mexicanas contemporáneas. female composers genius contemporary Mexican women composers. |
| Sumario: | This article discusses the influence of a simple, erroneous idea that has contributed to maintain a traditionally patriarchal reality. Drawing from the fields of musicology, myth studies, creativity studies and feminist aesthetics, it argues that the false, yet recently common notion that there have been no female composers of classical music has interacted with the gendered myth of genius to perpetuate its misleading, but self-affirmative premises. Although the case of each female composer is unique and complex, an analysis of the lives of Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, as well as a glance at contemporary Mexican women composers, reveal how the status-quo enhancing role division implicit in the genius myth has – albeit decreasingly – channeled women into creatively subordinate roles. This, in a cyclical manner, has helped to affirm the mythical belief that the gift of musical creativity tends to be a male attribute. |
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