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/9DIC7KXa3jk The Dutch composer Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952) was  the daughter of Henri Bosmans, principal cellist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the pianist Sara Benedicts, piano teacher at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Bosmans became a celebrated pianist by the 1920s, performing throughout Europe. AZ Lawrie says, “ Bosmans’ father was Roman Catholic and her mother was Jewish; this, coupled with the fact that she was as openly bisexual as someone in the early 20th century could be, meant that she faced a number of challenges throughout her career, particularly in the late 1930s and during the Second World War with the rise of Nazism. The article in Norton/Grove puts it quaintly: ‘Owing to personal circumstances and World War II, Bosmans stopped composing between 1936 and 1945.’ . . . Her partner in the 1920...