Throughout history, female composers have had a hard time in the male-dominated world of classical music. As a result, many musical treasures that have fallen into oblivion are only now being rediscovered, and they offer a wealth of new classical compositions to thrill audiences and inspire musicians all around the world. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of female composers with Stretta Music today!
In recent decades, female composers have come to the fore more and more…
In 1997, British composer Rachel Portman became the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Original Score for her work on the motion picture “Emma.”
In 2019, the opera “Orlando” by the Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth (b.1968) was premiered at the Vienna State Opera, making her the first female composer to be commissioned to write a full-length opera.
And even at the start of the new millennium, we already have a wonderful young female composer who composed her first opera at the age of 7, the child prodigy Alma Deutscher (b.2005)!
The music publisher Furore, founded in 1986, has set itself the task of specifically publishing sheet music by classical and contemporary female composers.
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 157262
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 3
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 139273
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620062
Volume 1: Femmes de Légende
Edition in eleven volumes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 369081
12 musing, meditative pieces for intermediate pianists
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354905
für Flöte und Klavier
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 269076
Musica Rara
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224599
für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367112
für Cello solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 682904
Consort Music For Viols
for: 5 viole da gamba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 361911
26 pieces for cello players
Easy String Music
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 697286
pour le viollon et pour le clavecin
Volume 1: Sonata I (d), Sonata II (D)
for: Violin, harpsichord
Score, Parts
Item no.: 272287
For solo flute with optional electronics
for: Flute and Electronics
Buch
Item no.: 465821
for Solo Violin
Violin Miniatures 124
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 105786
study for Solo Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1017329
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 313083
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 200413
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 601583
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401375
A Graded Anthology for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1013848
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 558073
Volume 1 and 2
First Publication
for: Piano
2 music scores
Item no.: 393465
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6455
Pièces en trio
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 478792
original für Violine und Klavier
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 816928
Volume 7: Pièces pittoresques et poétiques
C: 1910–1932
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431102
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203416
Orgelwerke von Komponistinnen des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts
Spiralbindung
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1589712
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 796081
Schott Archive
for: 3 recorders (SAT/SSA/SAA/SST)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 747512
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 176575
per viola solo
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 626236
Volume 4: Pièces de Concert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 472048
Volume 5: Danses A
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 615542
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 109256
Volume 11: Danses C
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 635770
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1031346
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1485
Paroles des XVe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 817977
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 558374
for: Viola, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 272293
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 395621
A progressive collection celebrating 29 female composers and their stories
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1161815
14 Medieval Piano Solos
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354897
12+1 Songs for solo piano on Poems by Women
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354891
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 688066
13 Duets for 4-Hand Piano...& Everyone else!
for: Piano 4 hands
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1354890
Songs from the Earth
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663550
22 Organ Pieces from the 19th and 20th Century
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 179542