FB
Philosophy & Social Sciences

Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler

Share
Who

Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

“She plays like a man” was a near-refrain in critiques of Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, a brilliant pianist who emerged in the young, male-dominated American concert world of the 1880s.

When

16 July 1863

Biography

Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — “She plays like a man” was a near-refrain in critiques of Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, a brilliant pianist who emerged in the young, male-dominated American concert world of the 1880s.

How & why

“She plays like a man” was a near-refrain in critiques of Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, a brilliant pianist who emerged in the young, male-dominated American concert world of the 1880s. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Diana Hallman, and the entry is linked below.

Sources & external links

Verify and go deeper with these external references.

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Diana Hallman

Contributions & Sources

“She plays like a man” was a near-refrain in critiques of Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, a brilliant pianist who emerged in the young, male-dominated American concert world of the 1880s.

1863

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Diana Hallman