Unsung Heroines: Danielle de Niese on the Lost World of Female Composers (BBC Four 2018 UK)(ENG/SUB ENG)

Unsung Heroines: Danielle de Niese on the Lost World of Female Composers Network: BBC Four, BBC iPlayer (UK) Release Date: June 18, 2018 (United Kingdom) 59 min | Arts Culture Documentary | TV Movie (2018) (ENG/SUB ENG) About: Danielle de Niese explores the lives and works of five female composers - from the Middle Ages to the late 20th century - who were famous in their lifetimes, but whose work was then forgotten. Western classical music has traditionally been seen as a procession of male geniuses, but the truth is that women have always composed. Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Clara Schumann, Florence Price and Elizabeth Maconchy - all these women battled to fulfill their ambitions and overcome the obstacles that society placed in their way. They then disappeared into obscurity, and only some have found recognition again