“Two siblings, both considered child prodigies, dazzled audiences across Europe together in the 18th century, leaving a trail of positive reviews in their wake,” writes Ashifa Kassam in Thursday’s (8/19) Guardian (U.K.) “While Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart went on to be celebrated as one of the world’s greatest composers, the accomplishments of his sister—Maria Anna—were quickly forgotten after she was forced to halt her career…. However, a new tool is seeking to cast a spotlight on female composers throughout the ages, pushing back against the sexism, stigmatization and societal norms that have long rendered them invisible. ‘We’ve never given them the place they deserve in history,’ said Sakira Ventura, the creator of an interactive map that features more than 500 female composers from across the globe…. The 28-year-old music teacher from Valencia [Spain] came up with the idea after realizing that during her years of academic studies of music, she had rarely heard of women who had composed classical music…. After more than a year and hundreds of hours of work, the site documents 530 composers…. Ventura is working her way through a list of another 500 names to add.” The map is located at https://svmusicology.com/mapa/.
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