Daily Classical Music Post

This March, the Daily Classical Music Post will introduce you to some of the most wonderful music ever composed—and, yes, it will all be by women composers! https://youtu.be/HzfWfYBEbrU   The French composer Augusta Holmès (1847–1903) was actually of Irish descent, although she was born in Paris; in 1871, she became a French citizen and added the accent to her last name. She wrote many songs and oratorios, usually to lyrics that she wrote herself. She also wrote the libretto to her opera La Montagne Noire . Because she was a woman, she could not study at the Paris Conservatoire, but she did take composition lessons privately with Franck. Apparently, Franck had some romantic feelings for Holmès, which he incorporated into his Piano Quintet. Holmès first published under the pseudonym Hermann Zenta. Once she began publishing her works under her own name, she achieved fame and was recognised in her lifetime as a fresh voice in the French musical world. She wrote instrumental as well as...