The EssayClassical Music's Unsung HeroinesEpisodes Episode guide

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1. Betty Freeman

   5/5Helen Wallace on Betty Freeman, perhaps the greatest patron of modern classical music.
2. Mary Gladstone

   4/5Discussing Mary Gladstone, daughter of William, who brought music to Downing Street.
3. Leopoldine Wittgenstein

   3/5Bethany Bell on the life of Leopoldine Wittgenstein, host of a Viennese musical salon.
4. Lady Maud Warrender

   2/5Kate Kennedy tells the story of Lady Maud Warrender, an aristocrat and patron of music.
5. Nadezhda von Meck

   1/5Vanora Bennett on Tchaikovsky's generous benefactor, who refused to ever meet the composer