Sheet Music by Women Composers for Piano: Diverse Works

Composer Barbara Heller has been challenging the artistic imagination for many years by using a limited amount of musical material in her works. An example of this approach can be seen in her work as...

This collection tells little stories on the piano, written for some very young pianists. Each title sets a musical and technical challenge. Individual pieces may be put together to tell a longer story...

A collection of 12 original piano pieces of intermediate difficulty that are easy to learn and great fun to play. This selection includes beautiful melodies and inspiring harmonies which will paint vi...

A String of Pearls is a five-movement suite for piano duet. Written in 2017 for the Darina Piano Duo, the duet is intended for pianists who particularly enjoy playing expressive and evocative music wi...

This three-volume series of piano music by women composers is a progressive compendium of educational literature with a broad repertoire from the 17th century to the present day. For each piece, the e...

Die Aufgabe, für die jungen Teilnehmer des Mendelssohn Wettbewerbs ein Klavierstück zu schreiben, war eine aufregende Herausforderung für mich. Und schon ganz am Anfang, als ich selber am Klavier Insp...

Ghostly Piano Tales is a collection of 24 imaginative solo piano pieces of very easy to medium difficulty, which are ideally suited for beginners' lessons and first auditions. The selection presents m...

For a long time the prejudice has prevailed that women cannot compose, since they allegedly lack the requisite creative talent. It is indeed true that they have been less active in the field of musica...

Le Beau war Schülerin von Clara Schumann (Klavier) und Josef Rheinberger (Komposition)

Le Beau war Schülerin von Clara Schumann (Klavier) und Josef Rheinberger (Komposition)

The composer Johanna Senfter (1879-1961) studied with Max Reger in Leipzig from 1908 to 1910 and on graduation won the Arthur Nikisch award. She valued Reger greatly and a life-long friendship ensued....

Die frühe 'Sonata' kann als Schlüsselwerk für Tatjana Komarovas internationale Bekanntheit bezeichnet werden. 1992 führte ihr Ehemann Lars Vogt sie in allen großen Städten der USA von New York bis Los...

These eight Transcendent Sketches of high pianistic standard illustrate various facets of hypertonality by alluding to different, simultaneously physiological and planetary movements ("outbursts", "sw...

These eight Transcendent Sketches of high pianistic standard illustrate various facets of hypertonality by alluding to different, simultaneously physiological and planetary movements ("outbursts", "sw...

Agathe Backer Grøndahl is primarily known as an accomplished Norwegian pianist, but her brilliant compositions have received little attention to date. The Fantasy Pieces Op. 45 comprise some of her mo...

Florence Price, celebrated as the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra, left a vast compositional legacy, much of which has received little attention to date. T...

Cadenza to Beethoven's Piano Concerto in C Minor Op.37, first movement, written by Clara Schumann and edited by Ludwig Sémerjian, taken from Cadenzas to Piano Concertos by Beethoven and Mozart for pia...

Nach dem bei Friedrich Hofmeister 1831 erschienen Erstdruck in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Robert-Schumann-Haus neu herausgegeben. 1831 erstmals bei Friedrich Hofmeister erschienen, wirken die 4 Polonaisen...

Nach dem bei Friedrich Hofmeister 1831 erschienen Erstdruck in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Robert-Schumann-Haus neu herausgegeben. Das op. 2 Clara Schumanns besteht aus einer Folge von neun unverbundenen,...

Nach dem bei Friedrich Hofmeister 1831 erschienen Erstdruck in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Robert-Schumann-Haus neu herausgegeben. Die Romance variée op. 3 waren das erste Werk, dass Clara Schumann Robert...

Nach dem bei Friedrich Hofmeister 1831 erschienen Erstdruck in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Robert-Schumann-Haus neu herausgegeben. Die Walzer knüpfen an die Capricen op. 2 an, zeigen aber mehr Sicherheit i...

Drachenlied unfolds as a sweeping, high-voltage duet that summons the fire and majesty of dragons in full flight. Written for one piano, four hands, the piece surges with propulsive rhythms, bold harm...

Southwest Winds by Andrea Moon paints a vivid musical picture of wide-open skies and desert landscapes bathed in the colors of a setting sun. Written at the intermediate level, the piece begins with a...