Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

Dorothea Hofmann composed five works for organ and other instruments. They are inspired by paintings by Lucas Cranach. All works were premiered by Marius Popp under the common title „Wunderkamme “ in...

Curupira ist der Beschützer des brasilianischen Waldes und seiner wilden Tiere und Pflanzen, gemeinsam mit Anhangá, dem weißen Hirschmit seinen Feueraugen: die Namen stammen aus der Sprache der Tupí,...

The present Sonata for Piano and Cello was published in 1873 and is one of the three sonatas for this ensemble that were published during Mayer‘s lifetime. The sonata is dedicated to Helfride Plüddema...

Nach dem Tod ihres Kompositionslehrers Carl Loewe (1796-1869) arbeitete Emilie Mayer an neuen Kompositionen und widmete einige Werke den Mitgliedern des Loewe Vereins (einer zu Ehren des verstorbenen...

Dieses Werk entstand ursprünglich in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Shoalhaven Jugendorchester, Australien. Vivienne Olive war im September 2004 in Bundanon, New South Wales "Composer in Residence". Es beschr...

Graffiti brings color and variety to the grey of a city. The 9 pieces in this volume are just as colorful and varied, promoting cellistic skills from the neck to the thumb position and capturing diffe...

Curtain up for Henriëtte Bosmans! The Sonata for cello and piano written in 1919 by the Dutch composer and pianist is a real discovery: exuberant and singing music in a late Romantic style. Both instr...

The composer Emilie Mayer succeeded in doing what only a few female musicians of the 19th century were able to do: turn their skills into a profession and find recognition in the process. She dedicate...

Ganz anders als der majestätische Schwan von Camille Saint-Saens kommt dieser Beitrag zur musikalischen Ornithologie daher! Das wilde Huhn, das es hier zu bändigen gilt, wartet mit zahlreichen neuen J...

The labyrinth compositions are not impressions that were created by a mood evoked while looking at them. Rather, they are a way of reading the way through the labyrinths, which is how the labyrinth vo...

Chen Yi's THREE BAGATELLES FROM CHINA WEST is a suite of Chinese folk songs. Originally written for flute and piano, many soloists and ensembles have requested transcriptions of these pieces for their...

Timofeyeva’s Yiddishkeit, a transliteration of the Yiddish word for "Jewishness", was composed in 2008. Theearlier version of Yiddishkeit (for cello and 7-string guitar) was recorded by the Timofeyev...

Immerse yourself in the enchanting soundscape of "Moon Flowers," an evocative work for cello and piano, published by the renowned PWM Edition. The poetic title is masterfully reflected in rich tonal c...

Discover the expressive power of the solo cello with "Cadenza", published by the prestigious PWM Edition. This captivating work provides cellists with a brilliant showcase to fully display their techn...

Am Beginn steht ein mysteriöses, Fragen stellendes Präludium, in dem die wichtigsten Bezugspunkte der gesamten Sonate vorgestellt werden. Nach einem dramatischen Allegro moderato folgt ein Satz, der e...

With "Much Loved", published by the renowned St. Rose Music Publishing, musicians and audiences are treated to a deeply moving work for cello and piano. The piece beautifully captures intimate, melodi...

Cool Beans is an eclectic mix of 21 character duets composed by Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell. The pieces draw on a wide range of moods, styles and playing techniques, and young string players will enj...

The variations on the children's song "Ein Männlein steht im Walde" (A little man stands in the forest) have a relatively long history of origin. I wrote the first version back in 2003 for a trio that...