Biedermeier doll’s houses
After Napoleon’s fall, a single sentiment dominated the European political landscape: ‘no more revolution!’. A conservative tide began to rise; the middle classes revelled in their modest comforts, whilst women—officially declared by law to be the property of their husbands, brothers or fathers—withdrew into their Biedermeier salons, where many found solace and an outlet through music. Some managed to weave a cultural web around themselves there and create a platform for their own music. But there was another way: the German Emilie Mayer proved that, as a deliberately unmarried composer, she could indeed follow her own path. It earned her the nickname ‘the female Beethoven’. Why was she forgotten shortly after her death? In this lecture, musicologist Saskia Törnqvist sets out to find the answer.
Biedermeier doll’s houses
- Sun. 4 October, 11:00 – 12:00
- Dorpshuis
- Doors open: 10:45
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Regular: € 15,00Islander: € 12,00up to 35 years: € 12,00Wheelchair: € 15,00
