Pioneer Violin Virtuose in the Early Twentieth Century: Maud Powell, Marie Hall, and Alma Moodie: A

Tanja 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. Goldberg provides a more complete picture of their artistic achievements and the impact they had on audiences.