Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 Society for American Music conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
SAM 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Tag: women in music
AMS/SEM/SMT 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 American Musicological Society (AMS), Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), and Society for Music Theory (SMT) joint meeting! Explore our extensive collection […]
Q&A with Lydia R. Hamessley, Author of Unlikely Angel
Lydia R. Hamessley, author of Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton, answers questions about her inspirations, Appalachian music, songwriting, and, of course, music legend Dolly Parton. Q: Why did […]
Pioneering Women in Music
Through their unique and often challenging life experiences, the women showcased in this roundup have shaped various musical genres during their time and generations to come. From performance, to music […]
Marian Wilson Kimber Awarded Sight and Sound Subvention Award
Marian Wilson Kimber’s book The Elocutionists reclaimed a forgotten performance genre. From the mid-1800s to the 1940s, elocutionists recited poetry or drama with music to entertain audiences, in particular women’s […]
Throwbacklist Thursday
George Hamilton IV departed the world two years ago today. Unrelated to the actor and tanning phenomenon of the same name, IV, as he was sometimes called, ambled out of […]