Foreword
The International Encyclopedia of Women Composers as published in 1981, was the brainchild of a retired town-planner, Aaron I. Cohen. It was a ‘labour of love
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Cohen is the first and only person whose international curiosity and love of music led, without fanfare or publicity of any kind, to a crusade around the world to find all the women composers, living or dead, formerly known or unknown. He succeeded in locating some 6000 over 70 countries. He amassed a...