Foreword by Susan McClary

Preface

Further Reference

1. Sappho

"On the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite," "The sweet melody of reed pipe and [kithara] mingled"

2. Kassia

"Augustus, the Monarch," "The Fallen Woman"

3. Hildegard von Bingen

"O virgo ac diadema"

"Kyrie"

"O rubor sanguinis"

4. Comtessa de Dia

"A chantar"

5. Dame Margot and Dame Maroie de Diergnau

"Je vous pri, dame Maroie"

6. Margaret of Austria

"Se je souspire/Ecce iterum"

7. Anne Boleyn

"O Deathe, rock me asleepe" [attributed]

8. Maddalena Casulana

Madrigal VI, "Morte-Che vôi?-Te chiamo"

9. Francesca Caccini

"Maria, dolce Maria," sacred madrigal from Il Primo libro di madrigale

"Aria of the Shepherd" from the opera La Liberazione di Ruggiero

10. Barbara Strozzi

Hor che Apollo, Cantata for soprano, two violins, and continuo

11. Isabella Leonarda

Kyrie and "Crucifixus" (from the Credo) of Missa Prima, Opus 18

12. Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre

"La Flamande" and "Chaconne et son double" from Suite in D minor for harpsichord

Semelé, cantata for voice, violin, and continuo

13. Maria Margherita Grimani

"Sinfonia" from Pallade e Marte, opus dramaticum

14. Anna Amalie

"Adagio" from Sonata for Flute and Continuo in F

15. Marianna von Martines

"Allegro" from Sonata in A for piano

16. Maria Theresia von Paradis

"Morgenlied eines armen Mannes" for voice and harpsichord

17. Maria Agata Szymanowska

"Nocturne in B-flat" for piano

18. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

"Schwanenlied" for voice and piano

19. Clara Wieck Schumann

"Er ist gekommen durch Sturm und Regen," song for voice and piano

"Allegro Moderato" from Trio in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello

Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann for piano

20. Louise Farrenc

"Allegro deciso" from Trio in E minor for flute, cello, and piano

21. Pauline Viardot

"Die Beschwörung," from Zwölf Gedichte von Pushkin for voice and piano

22. Amy Beach

"In the Twilight," for voice and piano

"A Hermit Thrush at Morn," for piano

"Scherzo" from Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

23. Teresa Carreño

"Venise," from Italian Sketches Op.33, No.1, for piano

24. Cécile Chaminade

"Allegro," movement I from Sonata in C minor for piano

25. Dame Ethyl Smyth

Scene from Act I of the opera The Wreckers

26. May Frances Aufderheide

"The Thriller!"

27. Lili Boulanger

"Demain fera un an" from Clairières dans le ciel

28. Alma Mahler

"Der Erkennende" for voice and piano

29. Rebecca Clarke

"Allegro vigoroso" movement III from Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello

30. Germaine Tailleferre

"Modéré sans lenteur" from Sonata in C-sharp minor for violin and piano

31. Ruth Crawford Seeger

Prelude no. 2 for piano

String Quartet 1931, movements 3 and 4

"Rat Riddles" from Three Songs for Contralto, Oboe, Percussion, and Orchestral Ostinati

32. Florence Price

"Song to the Dark Virgin," for voice and piano

33. Elsa Barraine

Ouvrage de Dame, Theme and Variations for woodwind quintet

34. Miriam Gideon

The Hound of Heaven, for voice, oboe, and string trio

35. Grazyna Bacewicz

Sonata II for Piano

36. Louise Talma

La Corona (Seven Sonnets by John Donne), for mixed chorus

37. Julia Perry

Homunculus C.F., for percussion, harp, and piano

37. Vivian Fine

"The Triumph of Alcestis," from the ballet Alcestis

38. Jean Coulthard

"Sarabande," from Sonata for Cello and Piano

39. Violet Archer

"Preamble," from Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano

40. Pauline Oliveros

"Teach Tourself to Fly," "Tumbling Song," and "Zina's Circle" from Sonic Meditations

41. Thea Musgrave

"Monologue of Mary," from the opera Mary, Queen of Scots

42. Ellen Taafe Zwilich

Symphony No. 1, movement 1

43. Augusta Read Thomas

circle around the sun, Trio for piano, violin, and cello

General Bibliography