Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

Lotta Wennäkoski's Mien (2014) for wind quintet is based on rippling, wavering, timbre changing effect of bisbigliando. The good-humoured piece has a swinging jingle, and with duration of approximatel...

The depth and charming inventiveness of Harberg's Suite can only be described as remarkable. Each movement has a degree of archaic inspiration (seen in the movement titles), newly stirred up into dram...

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...

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...

Composer's note: 'Originally a song for children about flying in ones dreams, this lyrical piece tries never to touch the ground. The work was used in the Rugby 2003 World Cup opening ceremony in a ve...

Anmerkung der Komponistin: 'Ein lyrisches Stück, das versucht, niemals den Boden zu berühren - denn ursprünglich war es ein Lied für Kinder über das Fliegen im Traum. In einer Version für großes Orche...