Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month. To celebrate, here are a few items by women composers or performers available at the Music Library:


Ammer, Christine. Unsung: A History of Women in American Music.
ML82 .A45


Block, Adrienne, and Carol Neuls-Bates, comps and eds. Women in American Music: A Bibliography of Music and Literature.
ML128 .W7 B6


Borgerding, Todd, ed. Gender, Sexuality, and Early Music.
ML3838 .G373 2002


Bowers, Jane, and Judith Tick, eds. Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950.
ML82 .W67 1985


Cohen, Aaron. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers.
REF ML105 .C7 1987 v. 1 and v. 2


Frasier, Jane. Women Composers: A Discography.
REF ML156.4 .W6 F7 1983


Fuller, Sophie. The Pandora Guide to Women Composers: Britain and the United States 1629-Present.
REF ML390 .F94 1994


Heinrich, Adel, comp. Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog.
REF ML128.O6 O73 1991


Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Susan Gritton. Lieder. CD. 2000.
Compact Disc 4221


Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn. Klavierwerke. CD. 1987.
Compact Disc 1629


LaMay, Thomasin, ed. Musical Voices of Early Modern Women: Many-Headed Melodies.
ML82 .M798 2005


MacAuslan, Janna, and Kristan Aspen, comps. Guitar Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog.
ML128 .G8 M33 1997


Meggett, Joan, comp. Keyboard Music by Women Composers: A Catalog and Bibliography.
ML128 .H35 M43



Oliveros, Pauline. Deep Listening. CD. 2007.
Compact Disc 4167


Pendle, Karin, ed. Women & Music: A History.
ML82 .W6 1991


Stern, Susan. Women Composers: A Handbook.
REF ML105 .S7


Tower, Joan. Silver Ladders; Island Prelude: For Solo Oboe and String Orchestra; Music for cello and Orchestra; Sequoia. CD. n.d.
Compact Disc 3220


Tower, Joan. Black Topaz. CD. 1995.
Compact Disc 1656


Walker-Hill, Helen. From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music.
ML390 .W16 2002


Women of Note. CD. 1997
Compact Disc 2596

Special thanks to Amy Edmonds and Music Library student employee Abby!