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Chamber works by women featuring the Violin Compiled by Diana Ambache ([email protected]) on www.womenofnote.co.uk

The general format of each entry is name: title (instrumentation, publisher) length in minutes; date.

Duos: Violin & Piano (unless otherwise stated)

Ella Adayevskaya: Sonata Greca, c minor, (arr from ) download http://imslp.org/wiki/Sonata_Greca (Adayevskaya%2C_Ella), 1880, 14’

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Dastan; (solo) 2009; 9’. Impulse (with piano) 7’, 2012 (both Sikorski)

Elfrida Andrée: Sonata in B flat, c1870. Sonata in B flat, 1872. 2 Romances, 1880, c 8’. (Hildegard.com http://www.hildegard.com/catalog.php)

Clause Arrieu: Sonata (with piano; Alphonse LeDuc) 1948, c 10’

Lera Auerbach: Suite, 10 Preludes, op 46, 1999, 22’. Sonata no 1, op 57, 2000, 23’. Sonata no 2, 2001, 11’. Oskolki, 2001, 14’. Sonata no 3, 2005, 18’. par.ti.ta, (solo) c 20’, 2007. Job’s Lament, 2009, 13’. Roots (with bayan) 2016, 16’. (all Sikorski)

Grazyna Bacewicz: Partita (with piano) 1930. 4 Capricci (solo); 1932-46. Theme & Variations; (with piano) 1934. Sonata da Camera (with piano) 1945. Slavonic, Mazovian & Polish Dances; 1948-52. Sonata V, 1951. 2 Obereks, 1949/52. Lullaby, 1952. Humoresque, 1953. Sonata V, 1951. Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne: https://pwm.com.pl/en/search/?q=bacewicz%2Bviolin%2Bpiano&autorid=&title=&kry teria=wszedzie&numer=

Ethel Barns: Sonata No 2 in A, op 9, 1904, 21’. Sonata No 4 in g minor, op 24, 1910, 22’. Dance Nègre, 1909, 2’. (Info from Barbara Englesberg: [email protected]). The Faun (in anthology Violin Repertoire 4: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/violin- series-violin-repertoire-4-sheet-music/19891785) c 5’

Cecilia Barthélemon: 6 Sonatas, 1791-2, c 10’ each (with keyboard, Furore 494-02568)

Marion Bauer: Up the Ocklawaha, op 6, 1913, c 6’ (Hildegard.com: 494-02569). Fantasia quasi una sonata, op 18 (G. Schirmer) 1925, 22’

Amy Beach: Romance, op 23, 1893. Sonata in A minor, op 34, 1896, 32’. Three compositions, op 40, 1898, 11’. Lento espressivo, op 125, c 1928, 5’. (Master Music Publications; Hildegard.com 494-02573) Janet Beat: Sonata No 3, 1999 (Furore Verlag 4410)

Leopoldine Blahetka: Sonata, op 15, c 1850 (Hildegard.com 494-02574)

Mel Bonis: Sonata in F sharp, 1923, 25’ (Edition Kossack PE.KS98016). Suite in C major, op 114, 1926 (Furore Verlag 4390)

Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertstuk, 1934, c 10’ (Broekmans & van Poppel 707926)

Lili Boulanger: Nocturne et Cortege; 1914/18, 6’. D’un Matin de Printemps; 1917/18, 5’. (G. Schirmer; Hildegard.com 494-02575; Masters Music)

Cecile Chaminade: Trois Morceaux, op 31 (Master Music Publications MT.M3275- SET). Spanish Serenade, op 150, 1881, 3’ (Wiltshire Music WS.ST105). Rondeau op 97, 1903 (Noten Roehr NR.96465)

Rebecca Clarke: Short Pieces, 1918/1921 (OUP: OU.9780193868625).

Ruth Crawford: Sonata, c 1930, 16’ (Theodore Presser: PR.444410160)

Nancy Dalberg: Fantasy Piece, 1921, 6’ (Royal Library Copenhagen)

Rosalind Ellicott: 6 Short Pieces, 1883, c 3-4’ each (British Library; Music Sales?). A Sketch (in anthology Violin Repertoire 3: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/violin-series-violin-repertoire-4-sheet- music/19891785) c 1891; 5’

Louise Farrenc: Sonata in c minor, op 37, c 1850, c 16’. Sonata in A, op 39 (Hildegard 494-02579) c 1855, c 20’

Elena Firsova: Fantasia (solo; Sikorski) 1985; 13’

Marie Grandval: Sonata, op 8 (Hildegard 494-02580) c 1880, c 22’. Bohemienne (in anthology Violin Repertoire Vol 4: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/violin- series-violin-repertoire-4-sheet-music/19891785)

Sofia Gubaidulina: Dancer on a Tightrope, 1993, 19’ (with piano, Sikorski). Le Grand Tango (arr from Piazzolla; Boosey & Hawkes) 1995, 12’

Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonates pour le viollon et clavecin (Furore Verlag 979- 0-50012-892.2) 1707

Sadie Harrison: Traceries (with piano) 1997, 8’. Arcosolia (with piano) 1999, 8’. Bavad khair baqi! (solo) 2001, 1W’. A Hidden Light, 2003, 7’. Songs for Rusne (solo) 2004, 12’. …under the circle of the moon (Book I, 2 violins) 2004, 8’. ‘...an angel reads my open book…’ (Version II, with piano) 2004, 10’. In small things remembered & Gallery (solo) 2012. http://www.sadieharrisoncomposer.co.uk/list-of-works-solo.html

Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn: Adagio (Furore Verlag 1370) 1823, 4’ Mary Howe: Sonata in D (Edition Peters) 1922, c 16’

Dorothy Howell: Two Pieces (Schott Music) 1921-25, c 8’. Sonata in e min, 1955, 19’. Phantasy (Augener/Stainer & Bell) 1921, 16’

Vitezslava Kaprálová: Legend, Burlesque, op 3, 1932, c9’. Elegy (Amos Edition AM 0055) 1939, 5’

Libby Larsen: Blue Piece (Libby Larsen Publishing) c 1990, 2’

Luise Le Beau: Sonata in c minor, op 10 (Ries & Erler; Hildegard 494-02582) 1875, c 18’

Franziska Lebrun: Sonatas Op 1 & 2, 1780 (Furore Verlag; Hildegard 494-02583) c 10 each

Nicola LeFanu: Abstracts and a Frame (Novello) 1971, 11’

Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen: 6 Duos for 2 violins, op 4 (Hildegard 494- 02593) 1773, c 19’

Tania Leon: De Color (with marimba; Peermusic #61912-781). Tiempo en Clave (with percussion) 2008, 6’

Elizabeth Maconchy: Tribute (solo; Music Sales) 1982, 8’

Ester Mägi: 6 Estonian Folk Melodies (with piano, Sikorski) c 1960, 10’

Amanda Maier: Violin Sonata in b minor (http://www.musikaliskakonstforeningen.se/katalog_en.html#M) 1874, c 20’. 6 Pieces for Violin & Piano (http://imslp.org/wiki/6_Pieces_for_Violin_and_Piano_(Maier%2C_Amanda) 1878

Emilie Mayer: Sonata in a minor, op 18 (Silvertrust or Hildegard 494-02584) 1864, c 18’

Cecilia McDowall: Anaphora, 1998, 5, (s0lo). Strange violin, are you following me? 2008, 10’ Friedrich Hofmeister. Falling Angels 2000, 8’ (solo; OUP OU.9780193371668)

Sarrina Mirschakar: Three Pamir Frescos; 1978; 8’ (Sikorski)

Florentine Mulsant: Sonata, op 21, c 10’, 2000 (Furore Verlag 3730). Suite, op 50, 2013, 15’ (Furore 10149). Sonate de Concert, op 45, 2013, 15’ (Furore 3730). Trois Fantaisies, op 48, 2013, 12’ (with harp; Furore 10143)

Maria Hester Park: Six Sonatas, c 1801, c 11’ each (Hildegard 494-02586)

Dora Pejačevič: Élégie in E flat, op 34, 3’, 1913. Romanze in F, op 22, 3’. Sonata in D, op 26, c 15’, ‘Frühlings’ (Edition Peters PE.EBR251). Sonata in b minor, op 46 ‘Slawische’ 1917, c 16’

Irena Regina Poldowski: Music for Violin & Piano, includes Sonata, etc; (Hildegard 494-02675) Augusta Read Thomas: Incantation; Pulsar; Rush; Caprice (G. Schirmer Inc) c 2000-5

Marga Richter: Suite (CY3337) 1964’ 9’. Landscapes of the Mind li (CY1515) 1971, 15’. (all Carl Fischer Music)

Clara Kathleen Rogers: Sonata Dramatico, op 25 (Hildegard 494-02588) 1893, c 20’

Magaly Ruiz: Fantasia con Habanera (Hildegard 494-02897) 2001, c 10’

Ruth Schontal: Sonata in e minor (Furore Verlag 2720) 1962, c 10’

Clara Schumann: 3 Romances, op 22 (Breitkopf 8383) 1853, 10’

Johanna Senfter: Sonata in A major, op 26; Sonata in G minor, c 1910, op 61. (Schott Music)

Ethel Smyth: Sonata in A, op 7 (Universal Edition PR.UE007293) 1887, 32’

Maria Szymanowska: Divertissement (Hildegard 494-02589) 1820, c 12’

Louise Talma: Sonata (Carl Fischer CF.FE192) 1962, c 16’

Germaine Tailleferre: Sonatine (Billaudot) 1973, 8’. Sonata N0 2 (Editions Durand) 1951, 13’

Hilary Tann: 7 Poems of Stillness (with narrator; OUP: OU.9780193408418) 16’. Wing of Grasses (from song cycle, OUP) 2003, c 4’

Phyllis Tate: Triptych (Allegro Music: http://allegro.co.uk/triptych-289769.html) 1954, 16’

KatiaTchemberdji: Lines (with viola; Sikorski) 1991, 10’

Joan Tower: Platinum Spirals (G. Schirmer) 1976, 6’

Galina Ustvolskaya: Sonata, 1952, 20’. Duet, 1964, 25’ (Sikorski)

Pauline Viardot-Garcia: 6 Morceaux, 1868, c 15’. Sonatine, 1874, 10’. (Hildegard 494- 02592 & 494-02591)

Judith Weir: Atlantic Drift (2 violins, Music Sales/Chester) 2006, 3’. Music for 247 strings, 1981, 10’ (with piano; Music Sales: http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/1689/2745). Night (with cello, Music Sales) 2015. 12’

Agnes Zimmerman: Sonata in B flat, op 17 (Edition Silvertrust) 1872, c 21’. Sonata No 2, op 21 (Edition Noten Roehr 88731) c 1875, c 22’

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Sonata in 3 movements (with piano) 1974, 10’. Partita (with piano) 2000, 18’. Fantasy for solo, violin, 2014, c 10’. (all Merion Music Inc) Anthology, including Bacewicz, Boulanger, Meyer, Schumann, etc: http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Various-Female-Composers-13-Pieces-for-Violin- Piano/902673

Schott: 13 Pieces, including Boulanger, Bacewicz & Pejacevic: https://www.forsyths.co.uk/music/stringed-instrument-strings-sheet-music/violin- sheet-music/99802-violin-music-by-female-composers---13-pieces- 9790001083539.html

Trios & more

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Impromptus; 2004; 20’, Sikorski. Elfrida Andrėe: Piano Trio in c min, 1860, A-R Edition. g min, 1887, Hildegard. Claude Arrieu: Piano Trio, 1957, Billaudot. Amy Beach: Piano Trio in a min, op 150, 1938, Hildegard. Sally Beamish: Piobaireachd, 1991, Scottish Music Centre. Judith Bingham: No 1, Chapman’s Pool, 1997. No 2 The Orchid and its Hunters, 2016, Edition Peters. Leopoldine Blahetka: Piano Trio, op 5, c 1825 Mel Bonis: Soir et Matin, op 76, 1907, Furore Verlag. Hentiette Bosmans: Trio, 1921, Donemus. Julie Candeille: Nocturne, op 2, c 1790, 6’ Cecile Chaminade: No 1, g min, op 11 & No 2 a min, op 34, LudwigMasters Publications. Rebecca Clarke: Trio, 1921, c 24’, Boosey & Hawkes. Rosalind Ellicott: No 2, 1891, music from Summerhayes Trio. Louise Farrenc: No 1 in E flat, op 33. No 2 in d minor, & 34. 1850, Heinrichshoven Verlag. Elena Firsova: Verdehr-Trio, op 45 (with clarinet & piano; Sikorski) 1990, 10’ Margaret Garwood: Homages, 1975, Hildegard. Marie Grandval: No 2, 1853, Hildegard. Helen Grime: Three Whistler Miniatures, Chester Music. Pamela Harrison: 1969, OUP. Jennifer Higdon: Trio, 2003, from her website. Dorothy Ker: Water Mountain, with b flat clarinet & cello (from [email protected]) 1999, 12’ Libbby Larsen: Four on the floor (with cello, bass & piano; from her website) 1983, 5’ Luise Adolpha Le Beau: Trio in D major, op 15, 1877, Furore Verlag Nicola LeFanu: Trio 1, 1980, 11’, Novello. No 2, Song for Peter, 1982, Music Sales. Piano Trio, 2003, Edition Peters. Tania Leon: Elegia a Paul Robeson, Piano Trio, 1987 Helene Liebmann: Trio in A, op 11, 1809, Hildegard. Elizabeth Lutyens: Scena, op 58, c 10’ (with cello & perc) Schott. Kate Loder: Trio in D, 1886. Emilie Mayer: Trio No 2, op 13, 1862, Challier Berlin; or free download: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Mayer,_Emilie . Cecilia McDowall: Cavatina at Midnight, 2008, 10’ with cello & piano. Colour of Blossoms, 2009, both Friedrich Hofmeister Verlag. Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio in d min, 1846, Hildegard. Florentine Mulsant: Trio, 2000, 25’, Furore Verlag. Thea Musgrave: Pierrot, 1985, 17’ (with clarinet & piano) Sikorski. Roxanna Panufnik: Around 3 Corners, 2013, Edition Peters. Dora Pejaĉeviĉ: Trio in C, 1908, 35’, Edition Silvertrust. Priaulx Rainier: String Trio; 1965, Schott Music. Schulamit Ran: Excursions, 1980, Theodore Presser. Augusta Read Thomas: … a circle around the sun …, 2000. Moon Jig, 2005. Klee Musings, 2016, from her website. Rhian Samuel: Phantasy Trio, 2010, Stainer & Bell. Clara Schumann: Trio in g minor, op 17, 1846, Edition Peters. Johanna Senfter: Little Trio, op 134, c 1950, Schott Music. Julia Smith: Trio Cornwall, 1966, Silvertrust. Ethel Smyth: Trio in D, op 6, Furore Verlag. Germaine Tailleferre: Trio, 1980, Lemoine. Hilary Tann: Nothing forgotten, piano trio, 1996, OUP. The Walls of Morlais Castle, with & violin; 10’, 2002, OUP. Katia Tchemberdji: Piano Trio, 1986, 26’. Heidelberg Trio, 1991, 15’ (with clarinet, piano) Both Sikorski Joan Trimble: Phantasy Trio, 1940 RCM. Joan Tower: 2004, Music Sales. Galina Ustvolskaya: Trio, 1969, 16’ (with cello, piano) Sikorski. Alice Verne-Bredt: 1908, from Summerhayes Trio. Judith Weir: 1998; No 2, 2002; both Chester Music. Agnes Zimmerman: Suite for Piano Trio op 19, 1875, c 20’, Edition Silvertrust. Ellen Taaffe Zwillich: String Trio, 1982, 13’. Piano Trio, 1987, 16’. Divertimento (with , clarinet & cello). Merion Music Inc.

Concertos

Clause Arrieu: Concerto No 2 (Heugel) 1949, 22’

Grażyna Bacewicz: Concerto No 1, 1937, 15’, PWM. Concerto No 3, 1948, c 20’ (PWM). Concerto No 4, 1951, 20’, https://pwm.com.pl/en/sklep/publikacja/violin-concerto-no- 4,grazyna-bacewicz,11398,shop.htm. Concerto No 2, 1963, c 20’, https://pwm.com.pl/en/sklep/publikacja/violin-concerto-no-2,grazyna- bacewicz,11396,shop.htm. Concerto No 5, 1954, 22’, https://pwm.com.pl/en/wypozyczenia/utwory-wg-kategorii/publikacja/violin- concerto-no-5,grazyna-bacewicz,15189,hirelibrary.htm. Concerto No 7, 1965 (Gold Medal Queen Elizabeth International Composers Competition Brussels) PWM6395

Ina Boyle: Concerto (http://www.inaboyle.org/compositions/) 1932-35, 17’ Unsuk Chin: Concerto (Boosey & Hawkes) 2001, 27’

Sofia Gubaiduina: Offertorium (concerto) 1980 40’. The Lyre of Orpheus (with & percussion) 2006, 22’. In Tempus Praesens (concerto) 2007, 32’. All Sikorski

Hanna Kulenty: Concerto No 1, 1993, 25’, PWM 9717. Concerto No 2, 1996, 38’ Donemus

Elizabeth Kuypers: Concerto in B minor, op 10, 1910 (Simrock?)

Nicola LeFanu Duo Concertante (violin, viola & strings; Novello) 1999, 18’

Laura Maddelena Lombardini Sirmen: 3 Concertos, 1772-3, each c 13’: https://www.areditions.com/special-interests/women-composers/sirmen-three-violin- concertos-c038.html

Marta Ptaszyńska: Concerto Grosso (2 violins & chamber orchestra) 2001, c 10’ PWM 10151

Shulamit Ran: Concerto (Theodore Press) 2003, 32’

Joan Tower: Concerto (http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/1605/34006) 1991, 19’

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto (Presser) 26’

Agata Zubel: Concerto (with chamber orchestra) 2104, 13’ https://pwm.com.pl/en/wypozyczenia/utwory-wg-kategorii/publikacja/violin- concerto,agata-zubel,19669,hirelibrary.htm