Pioneer Violin Virtuose in the Early Twentieth CenturyMaud Powell Marie Hall and Alma Moodie: A Gendered Re-Evaluation | Book

Tatjana Goldberg reveals the extent to which gender and socially constructed identity influenced female violinists’ ‘separate but unequal’ status in a great male-dominated virtuoso lineage by focussing on the few that stood out: the American Maud Powell (1867–1920) Australian-born Alma Moodie (1898–1943) and the British Marie Hall (1884–1956). Despite breaking down traditional gender-based patriarchal social and cultural norms becoming celebrated soloists and greatly contributing towards violin works and the early recording industry (Powell and Hall) they received little historical recognition. Goldberg provides a more complete picture of their artistic achievements and the impact they had on audiences.