Women In Music

It has been written that Western Music originated in the Western world which includes Western Classical music , Western and Country , American HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jazz " \o "Jazz " Jazz , Pop music , and

Rock and Roll . Western Music was also related to old an English Scottish , and Irish folk ballad which were originally composed by the people from Western America and Western Canada as well . It is also influenced by Mexican music , particularly in the American Southwest which added to its development (Wikipedia Encyclopedia

Women 's involvement in western music

have different roles such as audience , as participant , as a sponsor and as a creator (Cyrus , 2003 According to Touliatos (1996 , during the period of early Christianity in Byzantium , Byzantine women are considered inferior to men in intellectual and spiritual aspect . With this , we can assume that women 's involvement in music is very minimal . We have known before that few numbers of women are associated with prostitution so they are forbidden to perform using musical instruments , specially the unmarried women Also in Byzantine society the result of being a single woman who cannot act freely chooses between marriage and the monastery (Touliatos 1996

As I read the life of this woman named Fanny Mendelssohn , I realized that she is a good example of a woman who has a unique talent in music but surpassed so many trials before her music became known . Fanny expresses an exceptional ability in music as a child and she loves to write music...