Selection of Piano Music by Women Composers
This is a purely personal selection, with an indication of sources and further publications
ELISABETH-CLAUDE JACQUET DE LA GUERRE (c1664-1729)
Rondeau* & Gigue from Suite in G minor
Pieces de Clavecin: Heugel, Le Pupitre LP66
MARIANNA MARTINES (1744-1812)
Sonata in A major, 1st movement*
Three Sontas for Keyboard, ed. Shirley Bean. Hildegard 09203 (1994)
MARIE-EMANUELLE BAYON (1746-1825)
Sonata in F major (Op 1 No 1) 1st movement
Six Sonates pour le Clavecin (3 with violin obbligato), Op 1 (composed before 1770)
in Le Brun / Bayon, Keyboard Sonatas. Da Capo Press Women Composers Series No 23 (1990)
MARIA SZYMANOWSKA (1789-1831)
Nocturne in Bb major*
Music for Piano, ed. Sylvia Glickman. Hildegard 09005 (1991)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL (1805-1847)
Melodie (Op 42 No 2)*
Selected Piano Works: Henle Urtext Edition 392
Vier Romische Klavierstucke (1840) Breitkopf EB 8164
CLARA SCHUMANN (1819-1896)
Romanze in A minor, Op 21 No 1
Selected Piano Works (Op 5, 6, 10, 11, 20, 21, -) Henle Urtext Edition 393
Romantic Piano Music (incl Op 3, 11, 14, 15, 21/1, posth) Willy Muller, Suddeutscher Musikverlag 2624
AGATHE BACKER-GRONDAHL (1847-1907)
Serenade, Op 15/1
Piano Music (Op 11/2 & 6, 15, 19, 20/1&3, 32/3, 36, 39, 45, 47/2, 55/10, 59/3, 61/1&2) ed Charles Slater. Da Capo Press Women Composeers Series No 9 (1982)
CECILE CHAMINADE (1857-1944)
Sonata in C minor (Op 21)
Three Piano Works (Op 21, 28, 35) Da Capo Press, Women Composers Series No 2 (1979)
Automne - Etude de Concert
AMY BEACH (1867-1944)
Dreaming (Op 15 No 3)
Piano Music (Op 4, 6, 15, 28, 60, 81, 87, 107, 108, 116, 128) ed Sylvia Glickman. Da Capo Press Women Composers Series No 10 (1982)
The Life and Music of Amy Beach (incl Op 25/4-6, 28/2, 36/2-3, 47, 54/1-2, 645/2, 119/1&3) Creative Keyboard Publications MB94705
LILI BOULANGER (1893-1918)
D'um Vieux Jardin*
Trois Morceaux pour Piano (1914) Schirmer
ELISABETH LUTYENS (1906-1983)
Bagatelle, Op 49 No 1*
Five Bagatelles for Piano, Op 49 (1963) Schott 10893
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ (1909-1969)
Groteski No 1
Trzy Groteski (1935) Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, PWM Edition 9899
MADELEINE DRING (1923-1977)
Brown Study
Colour Suite (5 rhythmic studies for piano) (1963) Josef Weinberger
BARBARA HELLER (b 1936)
Toccatina
Zwei Klavierstucke (Toccatine; Tonkette) Furore Edition 101
SUSANNE ERDING (b 1953)
Chillan*
No 3 from Klaviersuite (1982)
Pieces marked * are included in the collection: Female Composers: 22 Piano Pieces from the 18th -20th century. Schott