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New Historical Anthology of Music by Women

  • Editor: Briscoe, James R.

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Contents

  • Foreword by Susan McClary
  • Preface
  • Further Reference
  • 1. Sappho
  • "On the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite," "The sweet melody of reed pipe and [kithara] mingled"
  • 2. Kassia
  • "Augustus, the Monarch," "The Fallen Woman"
  • 3. Hildegard von Bingen
  • "O virgo ac diadema"
  • "Kyrie"
  • "O rubor sanguinis"
  • 4. Comtessa de Dia
  • "A chantar"
  • 5. Dame Margot and Dame Maroie de Diergnau
  • "Je vous pri, dame Maroie"
  • 6. Margaret of Austria
  • "Se je souspire/Ecce iterum"
  • 7. Anne Boleyn
  • "O Deathe, rock me asleepe" [attributed]
  • 8. Maddalena Casulana
  • Madrigal VI, "Morte-Che voi?-Te chiamo"
  • 9. Francesca Caccini
  • "Maria, dolce Maria," sacred madrigal from Il Primo libro di madrigale
  • "Aria of the Shepherd" from the opera La Liberazione di Ruggiero
  • 10. Barbara Strozzi
  • Hor che Apollo, Cantata for soprano, two violins, and continuo
  • 11. Isabella Leonarda
  • Kyrie and "Crucifixus" (from the Credo) of Missa Prima, Opus 18
  • 12. Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
  • "La Flamande" and "Chaconne et son double" from Suite in D minor for harpsichord
  • Semele, cantata for voice, violin, and continuo
  • 13. Maria Margherita Grimani
  • "Sinfonia" from Pallade e Marte, opus dramaticum
  • 14. Anna Amalie
  • "Adagio" from Sonata for Flute and Continuo in F
  • 15. Marianna von Martines
  • "Allegro" from Sonata in A for piano
  • 16. Maria Theresia von Paradis
  • "Morgenlied eines armen Mannes" for voice and harpsichord
  • 17. Maria Agata Szymanowska
  • "Nocturne in B-flat" for piano
  • 18. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
  • "Schwanenlied" for voice and piano
  • 19. Clara Wieck Schumann
  • "Er ist gekommen durch Sturm und Regen," song for voice and piano
  • "Allegro Moderato" from Trio in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello
  • Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann for piano
  • 20. Louise Farrenc
  • "Allegro deciso" from Trio in E minor for flute, cello, and piano
  • 21. Pauline Viardot
  • "Die Beschwoerung," from Zwoelf Gedichte von Pushkin for voice and piano
  • 22. Amy Beach
  • "In the Twilight," for voice and piano
  • "A Hermit Thrush at Morn," for piano
  • "Scherzo" from Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
  • 23. Teresa Carreno
  • "Venise," from Italian Sketches Op.33, No.1, for piano
  • 24. Cecile Chaminade
  • "Allegro," movement I from Sonata in C minor for piano
  • 25. Dame Ethyl Smyth
  • Scene from Act I of the opera The Wreckers
  • 26. May Frances Aufderheide
  • "The Thriller!"
  • 27. Lili Boulanger
  • "Demain fera un an" from Clairieres dans le ciel
  • 28. Alma Mahler
  • "Der Erkennende" for voice and piano
  • 29. Rebecca Clarke
  • "Allegro vigoroso" movement III from Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello
  • 30. Germaine Tailleferre
  • "Modere sans lenteur" from Sonata in C-sharp minor for violin and piano
  • 31. Ruth Crawford Seeger
  • Prelude no. 2 for piano
  • String Quartet 1931, movements 3 and 4
  • "Rat Riddles" from Three Songs for Contralto, Oboe, Percussion, and Orchestral Ostinati
  • 32. Florence Price
  • "Song to the Dark Virgin," for voice and piano
  • 33. Elsa Barraine
  • Ouvrage de Dame, Theme and Variations for woodwind quintet
  • 34. Miriam Gideon
  • The Hound of Heaven, for voice, oboe, and string trio
  • 35. Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Sonata II for Piano
  • 36. Louise Talma
  • La Corona (Seven Sonnets by John Donne), for mixed chorus
  • 37. Julia Perry
  • Homunculus C.F., for percussion, harp, and piano
  • 37. Vivian Fine
  • "The Triumph of Alcestis," from the ballet Alcestis
  • 38. Jean Coulthard
  • "Sarabande," from Sonata for Cello and Piano
  • 39. Violet Archer
  • "Preamble," from Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
  • 40. Pauline Oliveros
  • "Teach Tourself to Fly," "Tumbling Song," and "Zina's Circle" from Sonic Meditations
  • 41. Thea Musgrave
  • "Monologue of Mary," from the opera Mary, Queen of Scots
  • 42. Ellen Taafe Zwilich
  • Symphony No. 1, movement 1
  • 43. Augusta Read Thomas
  • circle around the sun, Trio for piano, violin, and cello
  • General Bibliography