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Ashland Symphony Orchestra highlights historical female composer in Saturday’s show

Not only was Marianne Martine the first woman documented to have written a symphony, but because of this, in eighteenth century Vienna, she stood alongside Mozart as the first female admission to the Academy of Bologna. In 1770, her portrait was painted, a commemoration of her achievements, but unfortunately an all too rare acknowledgement to […]

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