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Tár: More #DéjàVu than #MeToo
This movie wants you to believe it has thought all thoughts, but ultimately says nothing new about classical music or abuse of power
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Leah Broad
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What's the point of International Women's Day in 2025?
I'd love it to be obsolete, but IWD feels more important than ever.
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Leah Broad
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Elon Musk, John Eliot Gardiner, and the “Great Man” Problem
What will it take to get rid of the idea that brilliance and bad behaviour need each other?
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Leah Broad
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Cataloguing Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Restoring the voice of an extraordinary, neglected composer
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Leah Broad
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Why toilets were a feminist issue
It’s the Jubilee weekend, so I had to write about thrones of some kind.
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Leah Broad
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What counts as a "smoking gun"?
How do we decide when sexism is involved with a composer being forgotten?
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Leah Broad
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Essential Music Reading
20(ish) music books everyone should read
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Leah Broad
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Diversifying Your Repertoire: Orchestra Edition
A starter guide to programming British women
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Leah Broad
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An introduction to Dora Pejačević
Six pieces to start listening to Croatian composer Pejačević
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Leah Broad
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AI and the future of music performance
AI is changing the way music is created, but at what cost?
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Leah Broad
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Everything you need to know about Ethel Smyth’s ‘Der Wald’
Smyth’s second opera now has its WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
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Leah Broad
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Smyth v. Beethoven
Should we compare these composers?
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Leah Broad
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