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Emily E. Hogstad

IMG_0159 reduceEmily E. Hogstad is the author of the blog Song of the Lark. She has appeared on or in MinnPost, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio, National Public Radio, WQXR, Performance Today, and The New York Times to offer thoughts on topics as diverse as the Minnesota Orchestra’s historic 2015 trip to Cuba, what it means to be a music nerd, and social media activism in the orchestra world. Her great passion is researching the history of women in music, especially the great forgotten female violinists of the past. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a violin, a viola, a laptop named after Lili Boulanger, and two rescue cats, Gwendolyn and Genevieve.

Contributed Posts
Feb 5, 2025 What Happened to Felix Mendelssohn’s Children?
Feb 2, 2025 Seven of Leonard Bernstein’s Lovers
Jan 29, 2025 Maria Anna Haydn: The Real Story of Haydn’s Hated Wife
Jan 22, 2025 15 Pieces of Classical Music About Animals
Jan 18, 2025 Life of Chopin: The Controversial Chopin Biography by Liszt
Jan 15, 2025 What Happened to Antonín Dvořák’s Children?: Their Tragic Stories
Jan 12, 2025 Six Women In Brahms’s Life
Jan 8, 2025 Seven Works Dedicated to Robert Schumann
Dec 21, 2024 Ten Most-Asked Questions About Leonard Bernstein
Dec 11, 2024 Augusta Holmès: A Composer Who Wrote Music Bigger Than Life