Female Composers

In recent years, musical institutions have begun to reexamine and challenge their habits of programming historically white male-dominated repertoire in the interest of achieving greater diversity and inclusion. These efforts, however, are hindered by a lack of resources for disc…

The concert etude emerged as a specific genre in the nineteenth century, combining the original intention of solving technical problems with the purpose of expressing inventive musical ideas. Throughout the nineteenth century and earlier, the field of music composition was domin…

This study is among the first to explore South Korean female composers’ recent achievements in the choral music community, along with the legacy of the male-dominated environment that has impeded the acknowledgement of female musicians. Choral music was introduced to South Korea…