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It can be bought via my Substack: leahbroad.substack.com/p/my-next-bo... via Faber: www.faber.co.uk/product/9780... via Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/unsu... via Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Unsung-Stori... or wherever else you get your books1

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Introducing Unsung: Trailblazing Women Musicians of the Second World War

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...when they were working in systems designed to shut them out. If that sounds like your thing (or the thing of someone you know, it would make a great present...) then please do pop in a pre-order: every purchase makes such a difference! And I look forward to sharing these stories next Feb ❤️

Violinist Alma Rosé Ballerina Tatiana Vecheslova Composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor British pianist Myra Hess German pianist Elly Ney Dancer, singer & intelligence agent Josephine Baker Jazz band the International Sweethearts of Rhythm Together they show how women wielded power through music, even...

MY NEXT BOOK IS COMING OUT!!! Unsung: Trailblazing Women Musicians of the Second World War is available to pre-order *now* It is, I hope, a cultural history of the Second World War you haven't heard before. It's told through 7 different stories: leahbroad.substack.com/p/my-next-bo...

MY NEXT BOOK IS COMING OUT AAAAAAAAAAAH

Introducing Unsung: Trailblazing Women Musicians of the Second World War

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We'll take the music apart and put it back together again in under an hour as you'll hear the insights and perspectives of our musicians, conductor Vasily Petrenko and presenter @leahbroad.bsky.social. [2/2] ⚡ rpo.co.uk/revealed

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Mozart Revealed - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Get under the skin of Mozart’s last symphony

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Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Five incredible women from music history you should know

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David @davidweuste.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Fun to see this profile of my friend Mari from @leahbroad.bsky.social!

magazine lead page image for Choir and Organ feature on Mari Valverde

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That's really helpful - thank you!

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So absurd. Not once have I been to a performance by a 30-something pianist and thought "they're getting to the point where I will personally find their physical appearance so unattractive that I won't be able to listen to what they're playing." What on earth 😂

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Oh thanks for flagging! Will make sure to change for future posts

Thanks so much for the ref!

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And, indeed, when he performed in the UK, women DID perform his music, including Rebecca Clarke! Hurrah

Yes please! Always love a good reference...

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Friedlind Riedel @friedlind.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yeah, it's wild! I think perhaps the idea that women simply didn't write good music is just remarkably persistent, or something?

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This is so good! And so terrifying.

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Simon Johnson🇺🇦 @simonrjohnson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I get so sick of being told that there has been no gender-based prejudice against women musicians. So here are some genuine reviews written about women, between 1893 & 2021, with a couple words/letters changed to make them about men.

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Ruth Gipps, Jane Grey Fantasy for Viola & Strings (1941-2) This is just wonderful stuff, a bit like a more mellow and soulful version of Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending. HT @leahbroad.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/1odDiH...

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Gipps: Jane Grey, Op. 15 - Single by Ruth Gipps | Spotify

Ruth Gipps · single · 2026 · 1 songs

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

One of the things I am immensely proud of is that a composer most people had never heard of is now played roughly every other day on the digital radio platforms in the UK alone, let alone internationally.

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Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just got to the Royal Albert Hall to do the radio interval for tonight's prom! Tune in to BBC Radio 3 at 6pm tonight to hear Alexandra Dariescu give the Proms premiere of Nadia Boulanger's Fantasie Variée with the Hallé, and Rachmaninoff & Ravel

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And if you know of a historical composer's work that deserves new recording and research, let me know!!

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I hope you'll enjoy listening to our recordings, and reading about the composers we record! You can read more via my Substack...: leahbroad.substack.com/p/announcing...

Announcing: Unheard Heritage

A new recording initiative, and a sneak peek at a world premiere recording out next month

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Carwithen: Concerto for Piano and Strings: III. Moderato e decis

And I am OVER THE MOON that our next recording will be out next month with the WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING OF ELIZABETH MACONCHY'S 'LIFE STORY' FOR STRINGS ❤️ with a new interpretation of the Carwithen Piano Concerto, played by Alexandra Dariescu. You can hear the third mvt here: orcd.co/jpykdlx

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Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works - Album by Avril Coleridge-Taylor | Spotify

- And the first album ever dedicated to the music of Avril Coleridge-Taylor, including the world premiere recordings of her Piano Concerto, To April, To the Hills, Valse Caprice, Comet Prelude, and In Memoriams open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...

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Avril Coleridge-Taylor · album · 2025 · 12 songs

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Smyth: Der Wald - Album by Ethel Smyth | Spotify

So far we've done: - the world premiere recording of Ethel Smyth's second opera Der Wald: open.spotify.com/album/6DDAf5...

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Ethel Smyth · album · 2023 · 11 songs

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It's a collaboration between me, Dr Samantha Ege, @jkaconductor.bsky.social & Resonus. Together we research unrecorded rep, collaborate with performers to create high quality recordings, work with writers to bring the composers’ stories to life, and work to publish unpublished pieces we record.

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The Revd Dr Sara Batts-Neale @sarabn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

For women's music to stay in the repertoire, we don't just need recordings. We also need score publication, composer info & advocacy. So I'm delighted to announce the launch of UNHEARD HERITAGE, a recording initiative marrying research & performance leahbroad.substack.com/p/announcing...

if a work can't be heard, performers won't play it, so we desperately need good recordings of women's compositions if they're going to enter the repertoire.

So this month I am really delighted to announce the launch of my recordings initiative, Unheard Heritage, which is dedicated to bringing forgotten works out of archives and bringing them to life in world-class recordings.

Because women have always been composers. No matter how difficult it was, no matter how trying the circumstances, historical women fought to make their voices heard. We only have to listen.

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@leahbroad.bsky.social I have just finished listening to Quartet, so jumping on to say thank you for such a fascinating and frustrating listen.

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Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Oh, thank you both for listening and for letting me know!! Yes it was frustrating to research sometimes too 😂

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AllisonRussellQuotes @arqandtheclouds.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🧵 the extraordinary Ethel Smyth b.1858 💥 Trailblazing pioneer 1️⃣ First 🇬🇧 woman to write opera 🗳️ Composed anthem for women’s suffrage ♥️ Emmeline Pankhurst ♥️ ♥️ Virgina Woolf ♥️ 📕 Celebrated author One of four groundbreaking women composers in @leahbroad.bsky.social wonderful 📕 Quartet See Alt-text

Ethel conducting the Metropolitan Police band in London 1930, 20 years after she wrote March of the Women in 1910 and a year after women had first voted

Ethel supports Emmeline Pankhurst, after she is re-arrested when weak from repeated hunger strikes. Ethel and Emmeline had a close and deep relationship.

Celebrated author Virgina Woolf and Ethel Smyth together

Ethel loved dogs. Each of her dogs was named Pam I, II etc until their passing

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Simon Johnson🇺🇦 @simonrjohnson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Recommend subscribing to @leahbroad.bsky.social 's Slow Listening substack. Just listened to Imogen Holst's Mass in A minor while soaking in the bathtub of a NYC hotel, 10/10 experience, would recommend. leahbroad.substack.com/p/slow-liste...