Beyond Biography: Seventh International Congress on Women in Music Utrecht, The Netherlands 29 May-2 June 1991. Music and Gender Conference King's College, London 5-7 July 1991

Abstract

With three major conferences in a period of six weeks, the summer of 1991 marked another watershed for feminist musicology. The activity began in Holland, continued in Minneapolis, and concluded in London. While the quality and sophistication of the Minneapolis conference would be hard to equal, the gatherings in Utrecht and London each had something special to offer. For Holland and England, each conference represented more than a coming together of scholars in a given field. It served as a sign of legitimation of women and music within that country: that there is a rich history of women in music, that it is being investigated by respected scholars around the world, and that women as musical subjects have a strong voice that warrants recognition. In some respects, each country now stands at a point where the US stood some ten years ago, when the first major conference on women and music took place (First National Congress on Women in Music, New York, 1981). Expectedly that gathering emphasized recovery of lost figures, and work on women represented a new area within musicology as a whole. It d Biography: Seventh International re s on Women in Music