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This seminar will explore the lives and works of pioneering
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women composers and playwrights. We will study the social
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context of these women's lives, the way in which they
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overcame barriers to their creativity, and the way they
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changed music and theater through their contributions.
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Study will focus on the creative works of women in western
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European theatrical and musical traditions. The seminar will
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be topic oriented; rather than studying the composers and
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playwrights in strictly chronological order, we will
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approach their work in terms of topics they addressed,
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including questions of spirituality, romantic love, and
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politics.
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