WORKS BY FEMALE COMPOSERS (selection made by Ester Vela)

A partial selection of links with biographies, scores and videos

www.estervela.com

Specialized publishing houses of female composers

https://furore-verlag.de/en/start/
https://www.hildegard.com
https://www.certosaverlag.de

2022 ANNIVERSARY
75th Mercè Capdevila i https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merc%C3%A8_Capdevila_i_Gaya
anniversary Gaya (1946)
80th Leonora Milà i https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Mil%C3%A0_i_Romeu
anniversary Romeu (1942)
85th Carlota Garriga i https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlota_Garriga_i_Kuijpers
anniversary Kuijpers (1937)
https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester_M%C3%A4gi
100th Ester Mägi (1922-
anniversary 2021) https://www.emic.ee/?sisu=heliloojad&action=view&id=58&lang=eng&action=view&method=teose
d
Agathe Backer- https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Backer-Gr%C3%B8ndahl%2C_Agathe
175th
Grøndahl (1847-
anniversary
1907)
2023 ANNIVERSARY
Alicia de Larrocha https://www.aliciadelarrocha.com/
100th
(1923-2009)
anniversary
Lluïsa Casagemas i https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llu%C3%AFsa_Casagemas_i_Coll
150th
Coll (1873-1942)
anniversary

REFERENCES. BOOKS

• The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Julie Anne Sadie, Rhian Samuel W.W. Norton, 1994
- 548 pages:
https://www.amazon.com/Norton-Grove-Dictionary-Women-Composers/dp/0393034879

• Los sonidos del silencio: Aproximación a la historia de la creación musical de las mujeres (ARESTA
MUJERES). Anna Bofill Levi:
https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Anna-Bofill-
Levi/dp/8494366807/ref=sr_1_14?__mk_es_US=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dc
hild=1&keywords=anna+bofill&qid=1626852618&s=books&sr=1-14

• New Historical Anthology of Music by Women. James R. Briscoe:

https://www.amazon.es/New-Historical-Anthology-Music-
Women/dp/0253216834/ref=sr_1_7?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&
dchild=1&keywords=James+R.+Briscoe&qid=1626852450&sr=8-7

• Contemporary Anthology of Music by Women. James R. Briscoe:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368659.Contemporary_Anthology_of_Music_by_Women

• Women Composers of Classical Music: 369 Biographies from 1550 into the 20th Century. Mary F.
McVicker:
https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Mary-F-
McVicker/dp/0786443979/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1626852336&refinements=p_27%3AMary+F.+M
cVicker&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Mary+F.+McVicker

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 • Spanish female composers catalogue:
- https://www.mujeresenlamusica.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Catalogo-de-Compositoras-Espanolas-
2008.pdf
- https://www.mujeresenlamusica.es/catalogos/

• Femení i singulars. Victòria Palma. Huygens Ed.:

http://www.huygens.es/esp/libro/femeni-i-singulars

• L'espai "Femení i singulars" de Catalunya Música arriba a l'esfera dels blogs:

https://femenisingulars.wordpress.com/

• Las creadoras de la historia de la música (interactive map):

https://svmusicology.com/mapa?lang=es

• 58 YouTube videos of piano concertos by female composers:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLog6XR-PrEmCaZtLKjFbvguUS352a5bit

• IMSLP female composers list (list of aprox.1200 female composers):

https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Female_people&intersect=Composers&transclude=Template:
Catintro

• WOMEN COMPOSERS by Piano Rare Scores website:

https://www.pianorarescores.com/library/piano-composers/women-composers/

• Black women composers (scores and selection of 19 black female composers – short pieces):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ct76u5dZOtP6XxZ3aVb-i2obg3lHSAin/view

• Black music matters:

https://www.earsense.org/search/?q=tag:black&qsd=1&p=1&ct=1&qsf=2

CATALAN FEMALE COMPOSERS

PhD Thesis: Les compositores catalanes del segle XIX: Un impuls creador (Maria Teresa Garrigosa Massana):
https://www.tesisenred.net/bitstream/handle/10803/670264/mtgm1de1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

FEMALE BIOGRAPHY LINKS / personal websites SCORES LINKS

COMPOSER
’S NAME
Narcisa Freixas i https://publicacions.iec.cat/repository/pdf/00000281/00000097.pdf https://boileau-music.com/es/autores/freixas-narcisa
Cruells (1859-
1926) són peces
senzilles
https://297c39e8-6425-4060-a711- https://boileau-music.com/es/obras/piano-integral-cd0038
0442eee18775.filesusr.com/ugd/eb0727_7c0580c628c44221872fd1643346e
942.pdf
Margarida Orfila https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarida_Orfila_Tudur%C3%AD https://www.columnamusica.com/es/catalogo/margarida-
Tudurí (1889- orfila-obra-pianistica
1970)
Teresa Borràs i https://ca.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Borr%C3%A0s_i_Fornell https://www.clivis.cat/es/80_borras-teresa
Fornell (1923-
2010)
Mercé Torrents i http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?idComp=142
Turmo (1930-
2018)

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Carlota Garriga i https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlota_Garriga_i_Kuijpers https://www.boileau-music.com/es/autores/garriga-carlota
Kuijpers (1937)

Leonora Milà i http://www.leonoramila.com/ https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Mil%C3%A0_i_Ro

Romeu (1942) meu

Maria Rosa http://www.accompositors.com/compositores- https://www.boileau-music.com/es/autores/ribas-maria-

Ribas i Munné curriculum.php?nIdioma=es&idComp=121 rosa/ver%20obras
(1944)
Anna Bofill Levi http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?idComp=18 https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bofill_Levi
(1944)

Mercè Capdevila https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merc%C3%A8_Capdevila_i_Gaya http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-

i Gaya (1946) curriculum.php?idComp=28

Gloria http://www.gloriavillanueva.com/
Villanueva (1953)

Elisenda https://elisendafabregas.com/ca/ https://elisendafabregas.com/mirage-for-solo-piano-1997/

Fàbregas (1955) https://elisendafabregas.com/portraits-i-for-solo-piano-
2000/
https://elisendafabregas.com/hommage-a-mozart-2005/
https://elisendafabregas.com/homenatge-a-mompou-for-
piano-solo-2007/

Mª Cruz López http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?idComp=84

de Rego
Fernández (1957)
Alícia Coduras http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?idComp=40 https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Coduras_Mart%C3%
Martínez (1958) ADnez

Mariona Vila http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?idComp=180 https://www.dinsic.com/ca/autor/mariona_vila_blasco

Blasco
(1958)
Carlota Baldrís https://carlotabaldris.com/
(1960)

Sira Hernández https://www.sirahernandez.com/ http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-

Bronchud curriculum.php?nIdioma=es&idComp=1259

Montserat http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?idComp=179
Torras (1973)

Marian Márquez https://www.marianmarquez.com/

(1978)

Raquel García- https://www.raquelgarciatomas.com/ https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Garc%C3%ADa-

Tomás (1984) Tom%C3%A1s

Montserrat https://www.montserratllado.com/
Lladó Gambín
(1987)

OTHER FEMALE COMPOSERS

FEMALE
COMPOS BIOGRAPHY LINKS (wikipedia) & SCORES LINKS
ER’S VIDEOS (YouTube) (IMSLP & others)
NAME
BAROQUE

Elisabeth https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth_Jacquet_de https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Jacquet_de_La_Guerre,_Elisabeth

Jacquet de _La_Guerre
La Guerre
(1665-1729) -
FRANCE

3
Suite No. 1 in https://youtu.be/HaYWhHChWGA
D Minor for
Harpsichord

Princess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia,_Mar https://furore-verlag.de/en/women-composer/wilhelmine-von-bayreuth/

Wilhelmine gravine_of_Brandenburg-Bayreuth
of Prussia
(1709-1758) -
GERMANY
Konzert für https://youtu.be/SzXKjGLM07k
Cembalo und
Streicher

Maria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Teresa_Agnesi_Pinott https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Agnesi,_Maria_Teresa

Teresa ini
Agnesi
(1720-95) -
ITALY
Sonata for https://youtu.be/Mu7JJJ5rJWY
clavicembalo

Elisabetta de https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabetta_de_Gambarini
Gambarini
(1730-1765)
– UNITED
KINGDOM
Tambourin https://youtu.be/d-Ewj6wgJ_8

Elizabeth https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Turner,_Elizabeth
Turner
(1730-1756)
– UNITED
KINGDOM

CLASSICISM

Marianna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianna_Martines https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Martinez,_Marianne

von
Martines
(1744-1812) -
AUSTRIA
https://youtu.be/wiPkpgWsUXM https://furore-verlag.de/en/women-composer/marianna-martines/

Josephine https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josepha_Barbara_Auernham https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Aurnhammer%2C_Josephine

Aurnhamme mer
r (1758 -
1820)
https://youtu.be/wx-QqdnSjQY https://furore-verlag.de/en/women-composer/josephine-aurnhammer/

https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/search/quick?query=Josephine+Aurnhammer

Marianne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianna_Auenbrugger
Auenbrugge
r (1759-
1782) -
AUSTRIA
Sonata in E- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeNGWp1jRAM https://imslp.org/wiki/Keyboard_Sonata_in_E-
flat flat_major_(Auenbrugger%2C_Marianne)

Marie Bigot https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bigot https://www.certosaverlag.de/produkt/bigot-de-morogues-marie-andante-varie-

(1786-1827) - op-2/
FRANCE
https://youtu.be/mMtFEFopTFQ Sonata Op. 1

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 ROMANTICISM

Some
virtuous
female
pianists and
composers

Hélène de https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_de_ https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Montgeroult,_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne

Montgeroult Montgeroult
(1764-1836) -
FRANCE
https://youtu.be/wLRcli15nkQ Étude n°111 - François-Frédéric Guy (114 etudes & several sonatas)

https://www.elargonauta.com/cds-y-dvds/inversions- CD recorded by Luca Chiantore

mongeroult-beethoven/88054/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itAgJAAB1WQ Hélène de Montgeroult: Etude No 35. Luca Chiantore, piano

Maria Agata https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Szymanowska https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Szymanowska,_Maria_Agata

Szymanowsk
a (1789-
1831) -
POLAND
https://youtu.be/eybbbjSkfkc Selected Works for Piano

Louise https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Farrenc https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Farrenc,_Louise

Farrenc
(1804-1875) -
FRANCE
https://youtu.be/apBgi7cOprE Air russe varié · Joanne Polk

Fanny https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Mendelssohn https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Hensel,_Fanny

Mendelssohn
-Hensel
(1805 -1847)
-
GERMANY
https://youtu.be/MxlMuaO5hng das Jahr

https://youtu.be/xLCIgyDTVg0 Piano Sonata in C minor

https://youtu.be/Ij8JoTj2J1I Easter Sonata

https://youtu.be/NOBqNuRESfc Piano Sonata in G minor

Clara Wieck https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Schumann https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Schumann,_Clara

Schumann
(1819-96) -
GERMANY
https://youtu.be/Pw4fMNMO90U Piano sonata In G minor

https://youtu.be/xhDFHqOLgeQ Complete piano works

Ingeborg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingeborg_Bronsart_von_Sch https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Bronsart%2C_Ingeborg&intersect=For

Bronsart ellendorf _piano&transclude=Template:Catintro
von
Schellendorf
(1840-1913)
– FINLAND/
GERMANY

5
Agathe https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathe_Backer- https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Backer-Gr%C3%B8ndahl%2C_Agathe
Backer- Gr%C3%B8ndahl
Grøndahl
(1847-1907)
NORWAY

Teresa https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Teresa_Carre%C3%B https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Carre%C3%B1o%2C_Teresa

Carreño 1o
(1853-1917) -
VENEZUELA
https://youtu.be/UamyGCJsm14 Ballade Op. 15

Guadalupe https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalupe_Olmedo https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Olmedo_de_la_Lama%2C_Guadalupe

Olmedo
(1853 –
1889) -
MEXICO
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/67aa/57f62fe996b45c276f
bb27bd6a45dc99cf7d.pdf
https://youtu.be/CjBB2BCGuU8

Cecilia https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/75927/cecilia-arizti-sobrino https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AVSYDvilOukybskIYTVS1wjJpsaT-

Arizti (1856 fRl?usp=sharing
- 1930) -
CUBA

Cécile https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_Chaminade https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Chaminade%2C_Cécile&intersect=Fo

Chaminade r_piano&transclude=Template:Catintro
(1857-1944) -
FRANCE
https://youtu.be/0quqRu8JSnc Selected piano works

https://youtu.be/L4IjloAwgd4 Piano sonata op. 21

Dame Ethel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Smyth https://www.breitkopf.com/work/8176

Smyth
(1858-1944)
– GREAT
BRITAIN
https://youtu.be/DYDW8NHKPmE https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Smyth,_Ethel

Laura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valborg_Aulin https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Aulin%2C_Valborg

Valborg
Aulin ( 1860-
1928) -
SWEDEN
https://youtu.be/pijL7Y8yMKU Piano Sonata in F-minor, Op.14 "Grande Sonate sérieuse" (1885)

Amy Marcy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Beach https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Beach%2C_Amy_Marcy&intersect=F

Cheney or_piano&transclude=Template:Catintro
Beach (1867-
1944) -USA
https://youtu.be/U2xTaHNWlV0 Variations on Balkan Themes Op.60

Florence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Price https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ct76u5dZOtP6XxZ3aVb-

Beatrice i2obg3lHSAin/view?usp=drivesdk

6
Price (1887-
1953) - USA
https://youtu.be/Vf4x6s2APdY Fantasie Negre

XX CENTURY

Germaine https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Tailleferre https://www.musicshopeurope.com/search?q=Germaine+Tailleferre+piano&Subst

Tailleferre oreId=
(1892-1983) -
FRANCE
https://youtu.be/2yT7NNvcA0I Chamber Music and Piano Music

Zara Levina https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_L%C3%A9vina https://zaralevinacomposer.wixsite.com/music/downloads

(1906-76) -
UKRAINE
(URSS)
https://youtu.be/5LOng5XcyFE 3 Klavierstücke - no. 1, Wiegenlied

https://youtu.be/Ae9h4XmDOVg Sonata no. 1

https://youtu.be/f9MXpEe7BsE Sonata no. 2 (1st movement)

Grażyna https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C5%BCyna_Bacewicz https://polishmusic.usc.edu/research/composers/grazyna-bacewicz/

Bacewicz
(1909-69) -
POLAND
https://youtu.be/IztsesrI548 https://pwm.com.pl/en/kompozytorzy_i_autorzy/4782/grazyna-
bacewicz/utwory.html

Gisela https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisela_Hern%C3%A1 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11HM5CjPOi7yMCjIRCfmd9sQeLWpewS

Hernándedz ndez Xp?usp=sharing
(1912-1971) -
CUBA

Vítězslava https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADt%C4%9Bzslava https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Kapr%C3%A1lov%C3%A1,_V%C3%ADt%C4

Kaprálová _Kapr%C3%A1lov%C3%A1 %9Bzslava
(1915-1940)
– CZECH
REPUBLIC
https://youtu.be/EbvM-D8TJBw Sonata Appassionata

https://www.zbozi.cz/vyrobek/kapralova-vitezslava-sonata-appassionata-op-6-
noty/

Olga de https://www.ecured.cu/Olga_de_Blanck https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f6_zXFi42gPOGB8HIgdLvREDPJdmSkn

Blanck I?usp=sharing
(1916-1998) -
CUBA

Gayane https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayane_Chebotaryan https://www.pianorarescores.com/archive/gayane-chebotaryan-piano-sheet-music/

Chebotaryan
(1918-98) -
ARMENIA
https://youtu.be/FVt8eG6HzqM 6 preludes

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Galina https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Ustv%C3%B3lskaia https://www.pianorarescores.com/archive/galina-ustvolskaya-piano-sonatas-
Ivànovna scores/
Ustvólskaia
(1919-2006) -
RUSSIA
https://youtu.be/C7n90yv6fto Galina Ustvolskaya - Sonata no. 6

Ester Mägi https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester_M%C3%A4gi https://www.emic.ee/?sisu=heliloojad&action=view&id=58&lang=eng&action=vi

(1922-2021) - ew&method=teosed
ESTONIA
Piano sonata (1949)

https://youtu.be/bLIA0Nyy-VY Ester Mägi - Pictures of the Sea. Kadri-Ann Sumera, piano

https://youtu.be/Iv1iRhpQdbc Ester Mägi Lapimaa Joiud / Lapland Joiks - Peep Lassmann (piano)

Sofía https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Gubaidulina https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Sofia-Gubaidulina-Piano-Sonata/4019

Gubaidulina
(1931) -
RUSSIA
https://youtu.be/0li78BsGcYA Piano sonata

Marta https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Ptaszy%C5%84ska https://pwm.com.pl/en/kompozytorzy_i_autorzy/5151/marta-

Ptaszyńska ptaszynska/utwory.html
(1943) -
POLAND
https://pwm.com.pl/en/kompozytorzy_i_autorzy/5151/mart
a-ptaszynska/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz4iaF-VNcs

Teresa https://teresacatalan.com/?lang=en
Catalán
(1951) -
SPAIN
https://youtu.be/mNsgWepjZQI

Consuelo https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consuelo_D%C3%ADez_Fer https://www.melomanodigital.com/consuelo-diez-piano-works-and-two-songs/

Díez n%C3%A1ndez
Fernández
(1958) -
SPAIN

Katia https://tchemberdji.com/?lang=en https://tchemberdji.com/werkverzeichnis/#klaviermusik

Tchemberdji
(1960) -
RUSSIA
https://youtu.be/q8p6Ag5fQu4

Mercedes https://mercedeszavala.blogspot.com/p/biografia.html
Zavala
(1963) -
SPAIN