Female Composers – Sheet Music & Scores

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!

Contemporary Female Composers

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)!

Furore

The music publisher Furore, founded in 1986, has set itself the task of specifically publishing sheet music by classical and contemporary female composers.

Music by Female Composers

A Few Important Female Composers

Louise Farrenc

Symphony No. 1 op. 32

Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 1

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score (Hardcover)

Item no.: 157262

154.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
Louise Farrenc

Symphony No. 3 op. 36

Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 3

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score

Item no.: 139273

154.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
Louise Farrenc

Air Russe Varie Op 17

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 620062

10.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Piano Music 1

Volume 1: Femmes de Légende
Edition in eleven volumes

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 369081

19.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Barbara Arens

Dreaming at the Piano

12 musing, meditative pieces for intermediate pianists

for: Piano

Piano score

Item no.: 1354905

9.00  €incl. VAT
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Mel Bonis

Sonate

für Flöte und Klavier

for: Flute, piano

Item no.: 269076

21.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Louise Farrenc

Trio in Es op. 44

Musica Rara

for: Clarinet, cello, piano

Score, Parts

Item no.: 224599

38.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Soir / Matin (1907)

für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier

for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 367112

11.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Rebecca Saunders

Solitude

für Cello solo

for: Cello

Music score

Item no.: 682904

49.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Leonora Duarte

Sinfonie 7 A 5

Consort Music For Viols

for: 5 viole da gamba

Score, Parts

Item no.: 361911

17.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Sheila Nelson, Hugh Colledge, Katherine Colledge

Waggon Wheels

26 pieces for cello players
Easy String Music

for: Cello, piano

Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)

Item no.: 697286

18.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre

Sonates 1

pour le viollon et pour le clavecin
Volume 1: Sonata I (d), Sonata II (D)

for: Violin, harpsichord

Score, Parts

Item no.: 272287

28.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Kaija Saariaho

Laconisme De L'Aile

For solo flute with optional electronics

for: Flute and Electronics

Buch

Item no.: 465821

10.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Grażyna Bacewicz

Polish Capriccio

for Solo Violin
Violin Miniatures 124

for: Violin

Music score

Item no.: 105786

4.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Rebecca Saunders

to an utterance

study for Solo Piano

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1017329

29.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Special manufacture. Delivery time: 3–4 weeks
Marianna von Martines

Sinfonie in C-Dur

for: Chamber orchestra

Score

Item no.: 313083

17.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
Clara Schumann

Klaviertrio g-Moll op. 17

for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 200413

19.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Fanny Hensel

Three Songs on texts by Lord Byron

for: Voice (high), piano

Music score

Item no.: 601583

8.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Clara Schumann, Janina Klassen

Selected Piano Works

Urtext

for: Piano

Piano reduction (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 401375

32.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)

Women Composers Book 3

A Graded Anthology for Piano

for: Piano

Music score (anthology)

Item no.: 1013848

16.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Kaija Saariaho

Prelude

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 558073

11.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
Fanny Hensel

Das Jahr

Volume 1 and 2
First Publication

for: Piano

2 music scores

Item no.: 393465

49.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Clara Schumann

Präludium und Fuge fis-Moll

for: Piano

Sheet music

Item no.: 6455

3.00  €incl. VAT
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Lili Boulanger

D'un matin de printemps

Pièces en trio

for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)

Piano score, parts

Item no.: 478792

20.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Clara Schumann

Drei Romanzen op. 22

original für Violine und Klavier

for: Oboe, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 816928

19.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Piano Music 7

Volume 7: Pièces pittoresques et poétiques
C: 1910–1932

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 431102

23.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Werke für Orgel

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 1203416

14.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)

Musica Femina

Orgelwerke von Komponistinnen des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts
Spiralbindung

for: Organ

Music score (anthology)

Item no.: 1589712

28.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Eleonore Maria Sophia Westenholz

Works for Piano Solo 2

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 796081

26.70  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Imogen Holst

Deddington Suite

Schott Archive

for: 3 recorders (SAT/SSA/SAA/SST)

Ensemble score

Item no.: 747512

6.99  €incl. VAT
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Germaine Tailleferre

Sonate

for: Clarinet

Item no.: 261566

6.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Louise Farrenc

Symphony No. 2 op. 35

Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 2

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score

Item no.: 176575

154.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
Grażyna Bacewicz

4 Capricci

per viola solo

for: Viola

Music score

Item no.: 626236

5.35  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Piano Music 4

Volume 4: Pièces de Concert

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 472048

25.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Piano Music 5

Volume 5: Danses A

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 615542

25.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Sofia Gubaidulina

Selected Piano Works

Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 109256

20.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Mel Bonis

Piano Music 11

Volume 11: Danses C

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 635770

22.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Fernande Decruck

Cantilène

for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1031346

10.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
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Marie Elisabeth Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen

Romanze

for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano

Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)

Item no.: 1485

5.00  €incl. VAT
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Germaine Tailleferre

Six chansons françaises

Paroles des XVe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles

for: Voice, piano

Music score

Item no.: 817977

15.55  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Kaija Saariaho

Ballade For Solo Piano

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 558374

13.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
Luise Adolpha Le Beau

Drei Stücke op. 26

for: Viola, piano

Score, part

Item no.: 272293

13.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Germaine Tailleferre

Arabesque

for: Clarinet, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 395621

14.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)

HerStory: The Piano Collection

A progressive collection celebrating 29 female composers and their stories

for: Piano

Music score (anthology)

Item no.: 1161815

19.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
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Barbara Arens

The Round Table Quest

14 Medieval Piano Solos

for: Piano

Piano score

Item no.: 1354897

8.50  €incl. VAT
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Barbara Arens

All Beautiful & Splendid Things

12+1 Songs for solo piano on Poems by Women

for: Piano

Piano score

Item no.: 1354891

7.50  €incl. VAT
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Tania León

Atwood Songs

for: Voice (soprano), piano

Piano score

Item no.: 688066

20.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Special manufacture. Delivery time: 3–4 weeks
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Barbara Arens

The More the Merrier

13 Duets for 4-Hand Piano...& Everyone else!

for: Piano 4 hands

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1354890

10.00  €incl. VAT
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Karin Rehnqvist

Sånger ur jorden

Songs from the Earth

for: Women's choir a cappella

Choir score

Item no.: 663550

7.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Various

Organ Music by Female Composers

22 Organ Pieces from the 19th and 20th Century

for: Organ

Music score (anthology)

Item no.: 179542

33.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
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