Chapter Het baton-plafond
It remains very exceptional when highly gifted women musicians are crowned maestra, conductor of a symphony orchestra. There are various explanations for this deprivation. Contextualised in historical and statistical data, this article zooms in on what I refer to as the 'baton barrier'. No...
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2023
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| Summary: | It remains very exceptional when highly gifted women musicians are crowned maestra, conductor of a symphony orchestra. There are various explanations for this deprivation. Contextualised in historical and statistical data, this article zooms in on what I refer to as the 'baton barrier'. Not so much of an invisible boundary as has become known as the glass ceiling, preventing women their upward mobility, for ages, this musical barrier has been in our face: literally, the image, the portrayal of the traditionally masculine orchestral director. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (9 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9789048560110_wennekes 9789048560110 9789048560127 |
| Access: | Open Access |