A New Approach: The Feminist Musicology Studies of Susan McClary and Marcia J. Citron

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Women in the Circle of Political Modesty: Nobodies in Music Research among Chinese Scholars

“…A view into history should lead to a clear hint. All "gender studies" regarding the arts, including music, (Citron, 1993;Drinker 1948;McClary, 1991;Solie, 1993, Reitsma, 2014 are "pointing out", marking the 'outstanding' success of women in various musical sub-fields. I personally think that equity is only achieved, if names and gender backgrounds do not play any role in mastering a specific skill such as balancing pro and contra, looking at visionary graphs, teaching in a technically demanding field of some complexity, and writing about them through a musical mind.…”

Testigo Silencioso. El archivo musical del convento de la Merced en Cali (Colombia)

“…Por su parte Citron (1993), en su libro Gender and the Musical Canon, estudió las construcciones musicales de género y sexualidad, observando los estereotipos de género principalmente en las narrativas musicales. Estas producciones han servido de referencia en las siguientes décadas y, como cita Kimberly Reitsma (2014), muestran diversos caminos para abordar la creación, interpretación y producción musical de las mujeres a lo largo de la historia de la música, tantos años presentada con énfasis en lo masculino.…”