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Songs by Women / Female Composers
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Audio Samples
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| Anne Boleyn (1507-1536)
(England)
1. O Death rock me asleepe (attributed)
(4:24)
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| Caterina Assandra (c.1580-aft.1622)
(Italy)
2. Jubilate Deo (2:00) (1609)
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2. mp3 |
| Francesca Caccini (1587-bef.1640)
(Italy)
3. Maria dolce Maria (2:25)
(1618)
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3. mp3 |
| Barbara Strozzi (1620-1664
or later) (Italy)
4. Amor dormiglione (2:12) (1657)
5. Chiamata a nuovi amori (1:46) (Bissari)
6. Spesso per entro al petto (2:43) (Cocognini)
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4. mp3 |
| Anna Amalia, Duchess
of Saxe-Weimar (1739-1807) (Germany)
7. Ihr solltet geniessen (2:03)
(1776) (Goethe)
(from the Singspiel Erwin und Elmire)
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| Maria Theresia von Paradis
(1759-1824) (Austria)
8. Das Gartner liedchen aus dem
Siegwart (2:22) (J. M. Miller)
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| Josephine Lang (1815-1880)
(Germany)
9. Frühzeitiger Frühling
(1:47) (1830) (Goethe)
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9. mp3 |
| Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
(1805-1847) (Germany)
10. Frühling (1:35) (Eichendorff)
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10. mp3 |
| Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896)
(Germany)
11. Liebst du um Schönheit
(1:58) (Rückert)
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| Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910)
(Spain, France)
12. Der Gärtner (1:24)
(Mörike)
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| Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
(1847-1907) (Norway)
13. Mot kveld (1:38) (Jynge)
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13. mp3 |
| Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
(France)
14. Si tout ceci n'est qu'un pauvre
rêve (1:43) (F. Jammes)
(from Clairières dans le Ciel)
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| Poldowski (Irene Wieniawska
Paul) (1880-1932) Belgium/England)
15. Berceuse d'Amorique (Lullabye
of Brittany) (2:36) (Le Braz)
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| Germaine Tailleferre
(1894-1983) (France)
16. Mon mari m'a diffamée
(1:31) (from Six Chansons Française)
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16. mp3
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| Cécile Chaminade
(1857-1944) (France)
17. Plaintes d'Amour (1:46)
(Adenis)
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17. mp3 |
| Alma Mahler (1879-1964)
(Austria/USA)
18. Selections from Fünf Lieder
Laue Sommernacht (III) (1:52)
(Falke)
Bei dir ist es traut (IV) (1:34) (Rilke)
Ich wandle unter Blumen (V) (:57) (Heine)
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| Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
(USA)
19. Minstrel Man (1:45) (Langston
Hughes)
(from Three Dream Portraits)
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19. mp3 |
| Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
(England/USA)
20. Infant Joy (1:13) (Blake)
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20. mp3 |
| Miriam Gideon (1906-1996)
(USA)
21. Rogez (1:17) (Yalen-Stekelis)
(from Ayelet Hashakhar) (Morning Star)
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21. mp3 |
| Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923-2010)
(USA)
22. I would live in your love
(1:14) (Teasdale)
(from Woman's Love)
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22. mp3 |
| Marion Bauer (1887-1955)
(USA)
23. I Love the Night (1:55)
(John Gould Fletcher)
Poem from Violet Symphony, Goblins and Pagodas)
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23. mp3 |
| Judith Lang Zaimont (b.1945)
(USA)
24. Let it be forgotten (1:48)
(1975) (Teasdale)
(from Greyed Sonnets)
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24. mp3 |
| Ann Silsbee (193-2003) (USA)
25. Iris (1:18) (1983) (William
Carlos Williams)
(from Four Songs)
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25. mp3 |
| Gwyneth Walker (b.1947)
(USA)
26. maggie and millie and mollie
and may (1:09) (1979) (E. E. Cummings) (from though
love be a day)
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26. mp3 |
| Libby Larsen (b.1950) (USA)
27. When I am an old woman (2:36)
(1990) (Jenny Joseph)
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27. mp3 |
Elizabeth Vercoe (b.1941)
(USA)
28. Andromeda Rag
(2:16) (1981) (Mary Barnard)
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28. mp3 |
