She Wrote the Songs Abdel Aziz Gharmoul Ramgolall’s world begins to fall

Ramgolall’s world begins to fall apart

Anita O’Day

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She Wrote the Songs Abdel Aziz Gharmoul Ramgolall’s world begins to fallParlour songs were the pop hits of the Victorian era and some of the biggest hit makers of the day were women. Barred from positions in universities, cathedrals and orchestras, this intimate, home based musical genre was their only outlet. Sadly, their extraordinary contribution has largely been forgotten, overlooked by historians and marginalised in the timeline of music. Now, however, singer Patricia Hammond is putting the record or, rather, the