ABSTRACT
As in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, musical families of the early to mid-nineteenth century still generated a cohort of well-educated and wellknown musicians, and many women from these families received formal music instruction that rivaled that of their male siblings. But while men could aspire to careers in music, women’s music education was a preparation for expected roles in the home as entertainer, musical centerpiece, and, if wealth allowed, promoter of the arts.
