Women Composers: The Lost Tradition Found
Music by 25 women composers, Middle Ages, Baroque, Classical, 19th Century, 20th Century (2 CDs and/or book)

These CDs can stand alone or be used with the book by the same title by Dr. Diane Peacock Jezic, published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. CD Catalog #LE353 (2 CDs). Total time 2.3 hours. The second edition of the book (also available) was prepared by Dr. Elizabeth Wood. Leonarda Home Page. Bios: Medieval through Classical; Romantic song composers; Romantic & Early 20th Century; American composers MP3s can be downloaded. Double CD is $29.99; book is $14.95 plus shipping & handling. Order Form. Tax-Deductible Contributions Form. (Please help support this website and our recordings.)

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Dr. Diane Peacock Jezic wrote this book drawing upon material from 15 of Leonarda's earlier LP releases (some of which are now on CD) and from a 1975 recording on the Gemini Hall label. The book's first edition was winner of the 1989 Pauline Alderman Prizeby the International Congress on Women and Music. The author, a pianist and music historian, held a doctorate in musical art and taught music literature at Towson State University until her death in 1989. The second edition was prepared by Dr. Elizabeth Wood.

Each Chapter of the book features one composer, providing an introduction to her life and an analysis of her music, as well as a checklist of her works, a bibliography, and a discography, providing the needed tools for the integration of this data into existing courses and the creation of new courses that focus on women. Jezic discusses each composer in the context of traditional music history and analyzes the conditions required for women to compose and for their works to survive.

Part I: Medieval and Classical Music by Women Composers

 
EARLY & CLASSICAL WOMEN COMPOSERS AUDIO SAMPLES MUSICIANS
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1170) Kyrie
(women's voices in chant) (3:45)		 MP3 (:30) Schola Cantorum, University of Arkansas; Jack Groh, conductor
Francesca Caccini (1587-bef.1640)
La Liberazione di Ruggiero (selections from the opera) (3:22) 		MP3#1 (:29)
MP3#2 (:30)		 Mertine Johns, mezzo-soprano; Michael May, harpsichord; Yvonne Cable, cello; Vieuxtemps String Quartet members Masako Yanagita, Marnie Hall, Margaret Middleton
Francesca Caccini (1587-bef.1640) Chi desia di saper (1:54) MP3 (:29) Carol Plantamura, soprano; Jürgen Hübscher, baroque guitar; Beverly Lauridsen, viola da gamba
Barbara Strozzi (1620-1664 or later) Tradimento! (2:39) MP3 (:23) Carol Plantamura, soprano; Jürgen Hübscher, lute; Beverly Lauridsen, viola da gamba
Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) Kyrie from "First Mass, Op. 18" (5:21) MP3 (:27) University of Arkansas Chorus, violins, cello, organ, Jack Groh, conductor.
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (c.1664-1729) Prelude from the cantata "Samson" (1:21) MP3 (:31) John Ostendorf, bass-baritone; Bronx Arts Ensemble Chamber Orchestra; Johannes Somary, conductor
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Tempête from the cantata "Le Sommeil d'Ulisse" (2:04) MP3 (:32) John Ostendorf, bass-baritone; Bronx Arts Ensemble Chamber Orchestra; Johannes Somary, conductor
Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia (1723-1787) March for the Regiment Graf Lottum (1:28) from "Four Regimental Marches" MP3 (:24) Masako Yanagita, Marnie Hall, Margaret Middleton, Yvonne Cable, Thomas Thies (string quartet and double bass)
Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (1739-1807) Selections from the Singspiel "Erwin und Elmire" (Goethe) (3:00) MP3 (:34) Berenice Bramson, soprano; Vieuxtemps String Quartet; Thomas Thies, double bass
Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824) Sicilienne (1:59) MP3 (:29) Evalyn Steinbock, cello; Roger Rundle, piano


Bios for medieval and classical composers

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Part II: 19th Century Songs by Women

 
LIEDER and SONGS by WOMEN COMPOSERS AUDIO SAMPLES MUSICIANS
Louise Reichardt (1779-1826) Hier liegt ein Spielmann begraben (1:28) MP3 (:22) Grayson Hirst, tenor;
Michel Yuspeh, piano
Louise Reichardt (1779-1826) Betteley der Vögel (1:35) MP3 (:30) Hirst, Yuspeh
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847) Nachwanderer (2:27) MP3 (:34) John Ostendorf, bass-baritone;
Rudolph Palmer, piano
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass (2:52) MP3 (:36) Hirst, Yuspeh
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Morgenständchen (1:32) MP3 (:23) Hirst, Yuspeh
Josephine Lang (1815-1880) Der Winter (2:17) MP3 (:31) Ostendorf, Palmer
Josephine Lang Wie glänzt so hell dein Auge (2:53) MP3 (:43) Ostendorf, Palmer
Josephine Lang Frühzeitiger Frühling (1:27) MP3 (:24) Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano;
Rudolph Palmer, piano
Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896) Das ist ein Tag der klingen mag (:57) MP3 (:21) Ciesinski,Palmer
Clara Schumann Warum willst du And're fragen (2:46) MP3 (:36) Ciesinski, Palmer
Clara Schumann Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen (1:37) MP3 (:21) Ciesinski, Palmer
Clara Schumann Liebst du um Schöheit (2:56) MP3 (:26) Ciesinski, Palmer
Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) Das Vöglein (2:15) MP3 (:32) Ostendorf, Palmer
Pauline Viardot-Garcia Die Beschwörung (2:17) MP3 (:33) Ostendorf, Palmer


19th Century composer bios (Romantic songs)

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Part III: 19th Century & Early 20th Century Instrumental Music
by Women Composrs

 
19th & 20th CENTURY MUSIC by WOMEN COMPOSERS AUDIO SAMPLES MUSICIANS
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) Scherzo from "Trio in E Minor, Op. 45" (5:03) MP3 (:33) Katherine Hoover, flute; Carter Brey, cello; Barbara Weintraub, piano
Louise Farrenc Finale from "Nonetto, Op. 38" (5:07) MP3 (:34) Bronx Arts Ensemble (strings and winds)
Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841-1919) Serenade from "Quartet, Op. 11" (2:52)
 MP3 (:30) Marnie Hall, violin; Margaret Middleton, viola; Evalyn Steinbock, cello; Michael May, piano
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) La Morena, Op. 67   (Caprice Espagnole) (4:48) MP3#1 (:11); MP3#2 (:19) Michael May , piano
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) Nocturne (2:31) MP3 (:30) Katherine Hoover, flute; Virginia Eskin, piano
Lili Boulanger D'un Matin de Printemps (4:49) MP3 (:26) Katherine Hoover, flute; Virginia Eskin, piano
Amy Beach (1867-1944) Excerpt from "Quartet for Strings, Op. 89" (11:26) MP3 (:30) Crescent String Quartet: Nancy McAlhany, Alicia Edelberg, Jill Jaffe, Maxine Neuman
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) Finale from
"Trio" (1921) (7:30)		 MP3 (:22) Suzanne Ornstein, violin; James Kreger, cello; Virginia Eskin , piano (Music publisher: Boosey & Hawkes)
 

Part IV: American Women Composers

 
MUSIC by AMERICAN WOMEN AUDIO SAMPLES MUSICIANS
Katherine Hoover (b.1937) Divertimento (end of movement 1 through mvt. 2) (8:54)

 MP3 #1 (:27)
MP3 #2 (:29) 		Wendell Dobbs, flute; with members of the Montclaire String Quartet: Kathryn Langr, violin; Christine Vlajk, viola; and Andrea DeGregorio, cello (Music publisher: Papagena Press)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b.1939) Schicksal (III) and Elisabeth (IV) from "Einsame Nacht" (1:20)
 MP3 (:26)
MP3 (:24) 		John Ostendorf, bass-baritone; Shirley Seguin, piano (Music publisher: Presser)
Ruth Schonthal (1924-2006) String Quartet (1962) (concluding sections) (3:56) MP3 (:31) Crescent String Quartet: Nancy McAlhaney, Alicia Edelberg, Jill Jaffe, Maxine Neuman (Furore Verlag of Kassel, Germany)
Barbara Kolb (b.1939) Homage to Keith Jarrett and Gary Burton (8:52) MP3 (:27) Katherine Hoover, flute; William Moersch, vibraphone (Music publisher: Boosey)
Marga Richter (b.1926) Landscapes of the Mind II (middle sections) (10:49) MP3 (:30) Daniel Heifetz, violin; Michael Skelly, piano (Music publisher: Carl Fischer)
Judith Lang Zaimont (b.1945) Nocturne: La Fin de Siècle (6:59)
 Fast section: MP3 (:27); Slow section: MP3 (:21) Judith Lang Zaimont, piano (Music publisher: Galaxy Music)


bios for American women composers

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