Biographies and Writings of Women Composers
The Songs of Fanny Hensel by Call Number: ML410.H482 S66 2021ISBN: 9780190919566Publication Date: 2021
The Heart of a Woman : the life and music of Florence B. Price by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780252043239Publication Date: 2020-06-22
The Diaries, 1898-1902 by Call Number: DB844.M2137 A3 2000ISBN: 0801436540Publication Date: 1998-11-19- Ruth Crawford Seeger: Memoirs, memories, music byCall Number: ML410.S4515 G4 1986ISBN: 0810819171Publication Date: 1986-11-01
A Rebecca Clarke Reader by Call Number: ML410.C599 R4 2004ISBN: 025334395XPublication Date: 2004-04-01
Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian by Call Number: ML410.B365 B65 1998ISBN: 0195074084Publication Date: 1998-12-17
Web resources
- Boulanger Initiative DatabaseThis database provides access to thousands of works by women and gender-marginalized composers.Over 8,000 works by more than 1,200 composers, available for free.
- Groundbreaking female composer’s lost madrigals to be heard for first time in 400 yearsNews article from the Guardian from March 5, 2022 about a recent discovery of madrigals by Maddalena Casulana, the first woman composer to publish her own music.
- WAM! Women in Art MusicThe purpose of this resource is "to promote and amplify new research on women’s participation in art music throughout history and across cultures."
- Women in MusicSponsored by the Donne Foundation in the UK, offers extensive resources on women in music, including The Big List of over 5,000 women composers.
- Bonfils-Stanton Post-1945 Women Composers IndexFrom their website: "an open-source searchable index created for the purpose of increasing the visibility, access, and serendipitous discovery of chamber works written after 1945 by women composers."
- Ars Femina ArchiveArchives of the Ars Femina Ensemble, which was formed in 1985 in Louisville Kentucky. The mission of the ensemble was to celebrate women's artistry in music through performance and educational outreach. The archives lists tons of resources and several digitized scores.
Collections of Essays on Women Composers
Women Composers: the lost tradition found by Call Number: ML390 .J37 1994ISBN: 1558610731Publication Date: 1993-11-01
Five Lives in Music by Call Number: ML82.P675 L5 2012ISBN: 9780252037016Publication Date: 2012-08-20
Violin Music by Women Composers by Call Number: ML128.W7 J63 1989ISBN: 0313266522Publication Date: 1989-11-06
Women of Influence in Contemporary Music by Call Number: ML82 .W63 2011ISBN: 9780810877429Publication Date: 2010-12-23Includes a chapter on Jennifer Higdon.
Curtis-related women in music
The Nightingale's Sonata : the musical odyssey of Lea Luboshutz by Call Number: ML418.L83 N54 2019ISBN: 9781643130675Publication Date: 2019
Rosalyn Tureck : a life with Bach by Call Number: ML417.T87 A3 2019ISBN: 9781576473207Publication Date: 2019
