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How many classical composers can you name that aren't men?Cultural historian and visiting fellow at Oxford University Anna Beer has written a new book, Sounds and Sweet Airs, about classical music's forgotten women. She's been speaking to Weekend's Julian Worricker about why these women are not household names - but first, hear the music composed by some of those women - Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi and Fanny Hensel:
(Picture: Fanny Hensel, German pianist and composer, 1847. Credit: Alamy).