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Women in Classical Music: Home

This guides focuses primarily on women in Western art music. Ask a librarian for help finding resources about women in other musical genres or for other underrepresented groups.

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Contents

Repertoire: Find a Specific Work/Composer | Discover More Music

Recordings: Streaming Audio & Video | Hardcopy Recordings

Research: General Resources | Composers | Performers

Take Action: Feminize the Classroom | Explore Feminist Resources | Support an Organization

Selected Books on Women in Music

Sounds and Sweet Airs

Tells the stories of eight female composers, from Renaissance Florence to 20th-century London.

Say Can You Deny Me

Lists the locations of the printed and manuscript sources of Renaissance, baroque, classic, and some early romantic women composers.

In Her Own Words

Interviews with 25 accomplished female U.S. composers from the mid-20th century into the 21st, opening new perspectives on the prospects and possibilities of making music in a changing world.

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