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“In this new edition of Historical Anthology of Music by Women, Briscoe offers an indispensable resource for our own moment. . . . He has commissioned new biographical and critical essays by leading musicologists such as Thomas J. Mathiesen, Elizabeth Aubrey, Suzanne Cusick, Ellen Rosand, and Mark Everist, thus making the most recent interpretations of these women and their music easily available for the classroom.” —from the Foreword by Susan McClary
New Historical Anthology of Music by Women updates the extremely popular collection with 55 compositions by 46 women composers from the ancient Greeks to the present. Each work is introduced by an informative essay by a specialist in the field, with recommendations for further reading, listening, and performing. Historical scores have been transcribed into modern notation for ease of use, and the works represent a wide variety of genres, including solo songs, chamber music, piano music, and orchestral scores. Composers include Sappho, Hildegard of Bingen, Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel. The anthology includes a foreword by Susan McClary, the leading scholar on women’s music. New Historical Anthology of Music by Women is supplemented by an expanded 3-CD set featuring newly commissioned recordings.
Contributors: Elizabeth Aubrey, Laura Barceló-Lastra, Melissa Blakesly, Adrienne Fried Block, Marcia J. Citron, Suzanne Cusick, David Gordon Duke, Susan Erickson, Mark Everist, Jill Munroe Fankhauser, Annegret Fauser, Nancy Fierro, Susan M. Filler, Barbara Garvey Jackson, Bryony Jones, Michael Klaper, Carolyn Lindeman, Roberta Lindsey, Thomas J. Mathiesen, Hidemi Matsushita, Susan McClary, Sharon Mirchandani, Craig B. Parker, Karin Pendle, Barbara A. Petersen, Martin Picker, Janet Pollack, Caroline Potter, Nancy B. Reich, Ellen Rosand, Judith Rosen, and Diane Touliatos-Milesis. |
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Table of Contents
Foreword by Susan McClary Preface Further Reference 1. Sappho Thomas J. Mathiesen "On the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite," and "The sweet melody of reed pipe and [kithara] mingled," Ancient Greek lyrics 2. Kassia Diane Touliatos-Miles "Augustus, the Monarch," and "The Fallen Woman," Byzantine chants 3. Hildegard von Bingen Michael Klaper "O virgo ac diadema," chant sequence "Kyrie," mass ordinary chant "O rubor sanguinis," chant antiphon 4. Comtessa de Dia Elizabeth Aubrey "A chantar," troubadour song 5. Dame Margot and Dame Maroie de Diergnau Elizabeth Aubrey "Je vous pri, dame Maroie," Trouvère jeu-parti 6. Margaret of Austria Martin Picker "Se je souspire/Ecce iterum," motet-chanson 7. Anne Boleyn Janet Pollack "O Deathe, rock me asleepe," lute song [attributed] 8. Maddalena Casulana Beatrice Pescerelli Madrigal VI, "Morte-Che vôi?-Te chiamo" 9. Francesca Caccini Suzanne Cusick "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 Ellen Rosand Hor che Apollo, Cantata for soprano, two violins, and continuo 11. Isabella Leonarda Barbara Garvey Jackson Kyrie and "Crucifixus" (from the Credo) of Missa Prima, Opus 18
12. Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre Susan Erickson "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 Barbara Garvey Jackson "Sinfonia" from Pallade e Marte, opus dramaticum 14. Anna Amalie Jill Munroe Fankhauser "Adagio" from Sonata for Flute and Continuo in F 15. Marianna von Martines Karin Pendle "Allegro" from Sonata in A for piano 16. Maria Theresia von Paradis Hidemi Matshushita "Morgenlied eines armen Mannes" for voice and harpsichord 17. Maria Agata Szymanowska Nancy Fierro "Nocturne in B-flat" for piano 18. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Marcia J. Citron "Schwanenlied" for voice and piano 19. Clara Wieck Schumann Nancy Reich "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 Christin Heitmann "Allegro deciso" from Trio in E minor for flute, cello, and piano 21. Pauline Viardot Mark Everist "Die Beschwörung," from Zwölf Gedichte von Pushkin for voice and piano 22. Amy Beach Adrienne Fried Block "In the Twilight," for voice and piano "A Hermit Thrush at Morn," for piano "Scherzo" from Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 23. Teresa Carreño Laura Barceló-Lastra "Venise," from Italian Sketches Op.33, No.1, for piano 24. Cécile Chaminade Marcia J. Citron "Allegro," movement I from Sonata in C minor for piano 25. Dame Ethyl Smyth Roberta Lindsey Scene from Act I of the opera The Wreckers 26. May Frances Aufderheide Carolynn A. Lindeman "The Thriller!" rag 27. Lili Boulanger Annegret Fauser "Demain fera un an" from the song cycle Clairières dans le ciel 28. Alma Mahler Susan Filler "Der Erkennende" for voice and piano 29. Rebecca Clarke Bryony Jones "Allegro vigoroso" movement III from Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello 30. Germaine Tailleferre Caroline Potter "Modéré sans lenteur" from Sonata in C-sharp minor for violin and piano 31. Ruth Crawford Seeger Sharon Mirchandani 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 Melissa Blakesly "Song to the Dark Virgin," for voice and piano 33. Elsa Barraine James R. Briscoe Ouvrage de Dame, Theme and Variations for woodwind quintet 34. Miriam Gideon Barbara A. Petersen The Hound of Heaven, for voice, oboe, and string trio 35. Grazyna Bacewicz Judith Rosen Sonata II for Piano 36. Julia Perry Roberta Lindsey Homunculus C.F., for percussion, harp, and piano 37. Vivian Fine Vivian Fine and "The Triumph of Alcestis," from the ballet Alcestis James R. Briscoe 38. Jean Coulthard David Gordon Duke "Sarabande," from Sonata for Cello and Piano 39. Violet Archer Robert Weber "Preamble," from Sonata for with James R. Briscoe Alto Saxophone and Piano 40. Pauline Oliveros Roberta Lindsey "Teach Tourself to Fly," "Tumbling Song," and "Zina's Circle" from Sonic Meditations 41. Thea Musgrave James R. Briscoe "Monologue of Mary," from the opera Mary, Queen of Scots 42. Ellen Taafe Zwilich Craig Parker Symphony No. 1, movement 1 43. Augusta Read Thomas James R. Briscoe …circle around the sun…, Trio for piano, violin, and cello General Bibliography Contributors |
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