Meet the F. Mendelssohn While not as well-known as her younger brother, Felix Mendelssohn (Feb. 3, 1809 - Nov. 4, 1847), 19th century...

Lucia Dlugoszewski was an American Musical Innovator and Inventor, Composer, Poet, Choreographer, and Performer.

Barbara Strozzi was the most prolific composer of secular songs of her time.

The First Modern Western Abstract Artist The first Western Abstract artist may not be who many of us think it is. When art lovers talk...

Ruth Crawford Seeger: Modernist Composer, Music Educator, Ethnomusicologist, and Mother Before we get into our Mother's Day themed post,...

Five Contemporary "Great Women" in the Arts Arts history, especially in the West, has often been regarded as favoring male artists and...

This week, we celebrate mothers of all kinds on Mother's Day. This year Mother's Day happened to fall on May 10, which is also the date...