Books
Directory of American Women Composers. (1970) call number: 780.1 D628 (Stack Reference)
Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music , by Jane Glover. (2005) call number: 780.92 MOZART Glover
Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, edited by Julie Anne Sadie. (1994) call number: 780.922 NORTON (Reference)
Rediscovering the Muses: Women's Musical Traditions, edited by Kimberly Marshall. (1993) call number: 780.82 R248
Unsung: a History of Women in American Music , by Christine Ammer. (1980) call number: 780.88 AMMER
Women Music Makers: an Introduction to Women Composers , by Janet Nichols. (1992) call number: 780.82 NICH
Scores
American Women Composers: Piano Music from 1865-1915. call number: 786.2044273 AMERICAN
Arias from Oratorios by Women Composers of the Eighteenth Century . call number: 783.623 ARIAS FR
Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers . call number: 783.2253 ART SONGS
Black Women Composers: a Century of Piano Music (1893-1990). call number: 786.20896 BLACK WO
Historical Anthology of Music by Women. call number: 780.820263 HIST
Music CD's
Chamber Works by Women Composers, by the Macalester Trio. (1991) Classical music. call number: F CHAMBER MACALEST Chamber
Donne Barocche: Women Composers from the Baroque Period . Classical music. call number: A CLASSIC COLL Donne
The Eternal Feminine, by Susanne Mentzer. (2001) Classical music. call number: D VOCAL MENTZER Eternal
Her Infinite Variety: Celtic Women in Music and Song. (1998) Popular world music. call number: Q CELTIC COLL Women
Lilith Fair: a Celebration of Women in Music. ( 1998) Rock music. call number: M POP COLL Lilith
R*E*S*P*E*C*T : A Century of Women in Music. (1999) Popular music. call number: OVERSZ M POP COLL Respect
Women of Note . (1997) Classical music. call number: A CLASSIC COLL Women of
TIP: Many more scores and sound recordings by female artists can be found in our collection by doing a search in the OPAC for anyone of the following famous women composers:
Amy Beach
Lili Boulenger
Fanny Mendelssohn
Meredith Monk
Clara Schumann
Hildegard von Bingen
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Similarly an author search in the OPAC for your favorite women performers such as Judy Garland, Beyoncé,
Julie Andrews, Kathleen Battle, or the artist of your choice will list recordings by those famous female performers too.
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