Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: CLARA (WIECK) SCHUMANN.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WOMAN'S WORK IN MUSIC Being an Account of Her Influence on the Art, in Ancient as well as Modern Times; A Summary of Her Musical Compositions, in the Different Countries of the Civilized World; and an Estimate of Their Rank in Comparison with Those of Men By Arthur Elson _Author of "A Critical History of Opera," "Modern Composers of Europe," etc._ Illustrated L C PAGE & COMPANY BOSTON PUBLISHERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _Copyright, 1903_ By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) _All rights reserved_ Third Impression, April, 1908 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _COLONIAL PRESS_ _Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TO Mrs. Louis C. Elson TRUE TYPE OF SELF-SACRIFICING WIFE AND MOTHER IN A MUSICAL FAMILY, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY HER SON ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE Acknowledgments are due to Mr. Otto Fleishner, of the Boston Public Library, for his kindness in furnishing lists of periodical articles bearing on the subject of this book. The Author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Ancient and Mythical 11 II. Mediaeval 35 III. Wives of the Composers 61 IV. Clara and Robert Schumann 90 V. Other Musical Romances 111 VI. England 132 VII. Germany 154 VIII. France 174 IX. America 195 X. Other Countries 211 XI. Conclusion 234 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE