The Kapralova Society website reviews

The Kapralova Society continues to contribute to the musical dialogue through its research and promotion of women in music.
Sabrina Pena Young

Finally, the very impressive Kapralova Society’s web site is dedicated to Women Conductors. It is a most comprehensive resource. See: http://www.kapralova.org/CONDUCTORS.htm
http://www.championboards.com/blog/

Segnalo questo interessante repertorio on line dedicato alle donne compositrici, curato dalla società canadese Kapralova: http://www.kapralova.org/INTPROJECT.htm
http://www.chitarraclassica.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2518

We heard about your wonderful site from a prominent conductor. Your work is very valuable. Thank you.
Susanna Kratsch, Vienna Masterworks

I visited the website of the The Kapralova Society and I admired your work.
Lucia Ronchetti, composer

Women Composers, created by The Kapralova Society.... An excellent site which includes a database listing perhaps the less acknowledged, but equally talented female composers throughout history. Some of the best loved and timeless compositions we know of today, were actually created by women.
www.composer-world.com

I came across your society and resources and it seems you are doing wonderful work in support of women in music!
Victoria Gau, Conductor

Women composers are an often forgotten group in the music world. However, they number in the thousands from around the world, dating as far back as the 11th century. A comprehensive list of women composers can be found at http://www.kapralova.org/DATABASE.htm
Linda Neas, http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/64793.aspx

Your website is such a wonderful contribution and resource. Thank you!
Mary Molnar

Je viens de publier une courte biographie de Vítezslav Novák pour laquelle votre page http://www.kapralova.org/NOVAK.htm m'a bien aidé. Je voulais donc vous remercier pour ce travail. De plus, je me suis rendu compte que je n'avais jusqu'alors pas pensé à présenter des compositrices / musiciennes sur mon site : cette erreur sera je l'espère bientôt réparée avec Vitezslava Kapralova, Clara Schumann ou autre.
Jean-Baptiste Matthews

Read more about Kaprálová on the Kapralova Society website, the best resource, put together with love and by people who know Czech music well.
classical iconoclast blog

Women Composers, created by The Kapralova Society.... An excellent site which includes a database listing perhaps the less acknowledged, but equally talented female composers throughout history. Some of the best loved and timeless compositions we know of today, were actually created by women.
composer-world.com

This website has shown that there definitely are female conductors around, but for some reason I hadn't seen any until last friday...
A Young Person's Guide to Classical Music

Discovering new women composers is like finding hidden treasures. It would take a lifetime to read about all of these amazing women. The Kapralova Society website makes it easy to identify these composers and conductors and learn about their music. There are many of us out there searching for new and historic music.
Carolyn Broe

Often overlooked in online surveys of composers are the hundreds of women who have made a lasting contribution to the world of music. This site, part of the Women in Music project of Ontario's Kapralova Society, helps to fill in the gaps with this impressive list of female composers of both past and present. Arranged alphabetically by composer's last name, the list offers birth and death dates, where available, as well as nationality. Hypertext links provide access to additional online information when it is available.
Cosmeo: Discovery Channel's Online Homework Help Service.

kapralova.org was the inspiration for our association to build a similar database with women composers from all times and all countries.
Per-Åke Byström, Kvast

First of all I want to salute you to an excellent database! I'm currently producing a feminist art music festival in Berlin, and your database has proven a wonderful tool to experience new composers.
Emil Roijer, Specs On! - International Feminist Art Music Festival Berlin

FYI, The Kapralova Society (http://kapralova.org) has been producing quality writing on women composers and women in music since 1998
Dr. Garrett Schumann, @garrt, Aug. 27, 2014.

Congratulations on your precious work for women composers!
Carlotta Ferrari, composer

Such a fantastic resource!
Linda Ioanna Kouvaras, composer

"A unique history project in Todd Twining’s seventh grade music class challenges students to discover the 'hidden figures' of the classical music world. A chance find of the website for the Kapralova Society was the key to the project."
Mawrtian Minutes, December 2017

oh yeah! her stuff [of Kapralova] is great as is the journal the Kapralova society publishes
Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt, Dec. 4, 2017

A propos d’Ethel Smyth (et d’autres), il faut lire le Kapralova Society Journal, tout ce qu'il y a de plus gratuit: http://kapralova.org/JOURNAL.htm
@Papageno, March 8, 2018

kapralova.org - l’interessante database sull’attivita musicale di donne, cui si accede cliccando su “women in music resources” e poi scegliendo le varie voci, fornisce bibliografie, files audio, ritratti, elenchi e informazioni
In audita musica, Conservatorio Guido Cantelli di Novara

Montalvo insists that the work of female composers is not hard to find. “Not if you’re willing to search,” he said. “The Kapralova Society is an excellent resource,” he said, “with literally hundreds of female composers and conductors listed on the organization’s website, including links for further research.”
Paul Montalvo, Artistic Director, Classical Music Institute. In: Nicholas Frank, “A Sound World unto Her Own" Classical Music Institute’s Season Features Female Composers,” San Antonio Report, September 8, 2018.

The Kapralova Society Journal has provided years of insightful in-depth research on #womeninmusic, from #composers to #performers. This is a rich resource for every #musicologist, for every serious #classicalmusic lover. Be sure to read the latest.
Sabrina Pena Young @dalatindiva, Sept. 11, 2018.

Un bon moment pour parler de la Kapralova Society, qui met en avant l’œuvre de cette compositrice et propose de nombreuses ressources et bases de données autour des femmes dans la musique classique!
@ComposeHer, Dec. 10, 2018

Thanks for the support guys and your amazing work. Your website was a massive source of information for me.
The Daffodil Perspective @daffodilmusic

Omg!! I'm in the database of The #KapralovaSociety!! How cool is that?? http://kapralova.org/CONDUCTORS.htm
Eva Meitner – Conductor, Feb. 27, 2019

As it turns out, the Kapralova Society has a handy webpage on this very subject: http://kapralova.org/WOMEN.htm
Jason Heilman @jsheilma, Aug. 22, 2019.

Thank you very much for your wonderful society's work! Kapralova has been an amazing discovery for me.
Niina Ranta

Agathe Backer Grondahl. 7 page journal article about her in the Kapralova Society Journal: http://kapralova.org/journal12.PDF
Community Women’s Orchestra, @CWOrchestra, Dec. 2, 2019.

The Kapralova society a mis en ligne une base de données sur les compositrices encore plus impressionnante. http://kapralova.org/DATABASE.htm
@Plurielles 34 Dec. 17, 2019.

I just want to comment how impressive your research is and how wonderful the resources are that you have made publicly available. The wealth of information in the Journal and on the site has clearly made an enormous impact worldwide.
Irma Servatius

She [Edna Frida Pietsch] does appear, if only with her name and dates, in the comprehensive list of women composers run by the Kapralova Society. Their entire Women in Music project looks interesting.
Unsung Composers, August 2020





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