More Information About Women Composers and Their Music

To find more keyboard repertory by women composers, consult:

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire by Maurice Hinson: 1st edition, 1973, Indiana U. Press, ISBN 0–253–32700–8; 2nd edition, Indiana U. Press, call # ML 128 P3 H5 1987; 3rd edition due out in February, 2001. Ask your librarian, order from your favorite local bookstore, or order online.


For more information about women composers, consult this reference:

The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, ISBN 0–393–03487–9, 1995, McMillan Press Limited. Edited by Julie Anne Sadie & Rhian Samuel.

Check your local library for this book, or order online.

Another excellent reference book you may find in your library is:

The International Encyclopedia of Women Composers in Two Volumes, 2nd Edition by Aaron I. Cohen.

More keyboard music by women composers:

Women composers: Music through the ages, edited by Martha Furman Schleifer and Sylvia Glickman:

– Vol 3, Composers Born 1700 to 1799: Keyboard Music, published by GK Hall, 1998, ISBN 0-7838-1612-X

– Vol 6, Composers Born 1800-1899 : Keyboard Music, published by GK Hall, 2000, ISBN 0-7838-8192-4

These volumes are very expensive, but worth it if you can afford it! Or, ask your local librarian (if they don't have it, ask to get it by interlibrary loan), or order online.

OTHER RESOURCES FOR FINDING MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS:

• International Alliance for Women in Music

• Ars Femina

• Leonarda Productions

• Sheet Music Plus (search for women composers)

• Hildegard Publishing Company

• Vivace Press

• Women Composers Early Music & Ragtime MIDI Soundfiles

• The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM)

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