Jane M. Bowers
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Jane M. Bowers | |
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| Born | September 17, 1936 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Died | June 28, 2022 (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College University of California, Berkeley Royal Conservatory of The Hague |
| Occupations | Flautist, musicologist and feminist |
| Employer(s) | Oakland Symphony University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eastman School of Music University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians |
| Organization(s) | Early Music Now International Alliance for Women in Music American Musicological Society |
| Notable work | Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950 (1986) |
Jane Meredith Bowers (September 17, 1936 – June 28, 2022) was an American flautist, musicologist, educator and feminist. She is most known for editing Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950 (1986) and for her contributions to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Bowers was born on September 17, 1936, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.[1][2] As a child, Bowers began learning piano aged 4 and played the piano and flute during her elementary, middle school, and high school education.[3]
Bowers studied Bachelor of Music at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts (1958), a Master of Music History at the University of California, Berkeley (1962), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Music History at the University of California, Berkeley (1971).[2] She studied Baroque Flute with Dutch flautist and conductor Frans Brüggen at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands (1965 to 1966)[3] and was mentored by Austrian-American feminist historian Gerda Lerner.[4]
