Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

Dream Trio was actually inspired by the concept of unique thoughts developing during sleep. The trio's two movements portray these changing fantasies to the delight of both performers and listeners.

for trumpet and vibraphone

Confluences is a three-movement work for clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano which was composed for the New York Continuum Ensemble in 2001. In the short first movement, a two-note motif wanders t...

Composed in 1964 for a performance in Bennington (Vermont, USA) and revised in 2003, Concert Piece for 4 is virtuoso and delightful to play. The highlight of the work is the third movement, a passacag...

Die ungewöhnliche Besetzung mit Flöte (auch Piccolo- und Altflöte), Violoncello und Schlagwerk (2 Spieler mit Xylophon, Metallophonen, Crotales, Glockenspiel, Woodblocks, Drums und Temple Block) entsp...

Ursula Mamlok was born in Berlin in 1923, but was forced to emigrate via Ecuador to New York in 1939 because of her Jewish descent. In 2006 she returned to the city where she was born.Sintra is a 'typ...

Composed in 1964 for a performance in Bennington (Vermont, USA) and revised in 2003, Concert Piece for 4 is virtuoso and delightful to play. The highlight of the work is the third movement, a passacag...

Ursula Mamlok was born in Berlin in 1923, but was forced to emigrate via Ecuador to New York in 1939 because of her Jewish descent. In 2006 she returned to the city where she was born.Fünf Phantasiest...

Ursula Mamlok was born in Berlin in 1923, but was forced to emigrate via Ecuador to New York in 1939 because of her Jewish descent. In 2006 she returned to the city where she was born.In about three m...

Note by the composer: "In my youth I was a great Schumann fan, works such as Carnaval, Kreisleriana or also Papillions were (and still are!) among my favourite pieces. One of the things that fascinate...

Note by the composer: "In my youth I was a great Schumann fan, works such as Carnaval, Kreisleriana or also Papillions were (and still are!) among my favourite pieces. One of the things that fascinate...

Die beiden Teile des luftigen, im typisch aphoristisch-präzisen Spätstil Mamloks gehaltenen Werkes dauern zusammen gerade einmal fünf Minuten, aber in dieser Zeit passiert einiges. Es beginnt mit dem...

Ihr Oboenkonzert beschäftigte Ursula Mamlok über den Zeitraum mehrerer Jahrzehnte hin immer wieder. Die erste Fassung mit Orchester schrieb sie zwischen 1974 und 1976, uraufgeführt wurde sie erst 2013...

Eliza Aria by Elena Kats-Chernin has become a worldwide success. Composed for the fairy-tale ballet Wild Swans choreographed by Maryl Tankard in 2003, it has become internationally known as theme melo...

To mark the 100th birthday of Ursula Mamlok (1923 - 2016), Boosey & Hawkes Bote & Bock, in collaboration with the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Foundation, is publishing a series of works from the composer...

To mark the 100th birthday of Ursula Mamlok (1923 - 2016), Boosey & Hawkes Bote & Bock, in collaboration with the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Foundation, is publishing a series of works from the composer...

The composer wrote her trio for the Haydn celebrations in Eisenstadt in 2009. Inspired by the information that Haydn had wanted the slow movement of his 'Funeral Symphony' No. 44 for his funeral, Kats...

Composer's note: 'In 2000 I wrote a piece called Sand Waltz for the Canberra Wind Players. In the middle of it I wrote a four-chord progression. When I started working on the ballet Wild Swans (2003)...

Note by the composer: In my youth I was a great Schumann fan, works such as Carnaval, Kreisleriana or also Papillions were (and still are!) among my favourite pieces. One of the things that fascinated...

The rhapsodic, almost ten-minute piece draws its charm from changing metres and various dramatic climaxes within an overall darkly overcast mood. The 'ballad' of the title develops, after a melancholy...

The rhapsodic piece of almost ten minutes draws its charm from changing metres and various dramatic climaxes within an overall dark, overcast mood. The Ballade (ballad) of the title develops, after a...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...