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.
Klassik
for: Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Score
Item no.: 860065
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 746371
for solo piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 228572
for clarinet (in B), e-guitar and violoncello (2003)
Final Version 2010
for: Clarinet (B-flat), electric guitar, cello
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 680198
for Clarinet, Accordion, Bass and Piano
Peters Contemporary Library
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 683513
for Solo Trumpet and Orchestra
Peters Contemporary Library
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 683506
sur la Cavatine du Pirate de Bellini
Pariser Fassung 1839
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 691425
Women Composers
for: 2 violins, cello, harpsichord [piano]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 112528
aus: Trois morceaux pour piano (Nr. 1)
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3816
for: Piccolo
Music score
Item no.: 560741
for: Violin
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1161428
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 577133
for: Cello
Item no.: 176997
pour le viollon et pour le clavecin
Volume II: Sonata III (F), Sonata IV (g)
for: Violin, harpsichord
Score, Parts
Item no.: 332806
op. 52 (2014)
Sound Research of Women Composers: Contemporary Music (C 344)
for: Double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661992
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 138364
Leichte Stücke
Klavierstücke von Fanny Hensel 6
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 195077
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 393468
Reprint
Das viersätzige Trio wurde 1861 erstmalig veröffentlicht.
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 660179
26 Pieces for Violin Players with Pianbo Accompaniment
Easy String Music
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 682410
Volume 5: Danses A
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 615542
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 211981
Zwölf Charakterstücke für das Forte-Piano
Faksimile, illustrierte Reinschrift mit Zeichnungen von Wilhelm Hensel
for: Piano
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 314794
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 286082
Volume 10: Danses B
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 624703
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 300950
for: Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 858462
für Gesang und Klavier
for: SOLOGESANG (INCL. MEHRERE SOLOSTIMMEN) EINE SINGSTIMME SINGSTIMME MIT TASTENINSTRUMENT
Item no.: 433206
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 550217
for: Flute, violin
Item no.: 604336
for: 2 percussions
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1017326
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 270708
pour voix moyenne
for: Voice (soprano/alto), piano
Score
Item no.: 780686
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 602866
for: Piccolo and Piano
Book
Item no.: 321517
exempla nova 261
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 184113
for pianoop. 49
for: Piano
Item no.: 354684
for piano solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 482936
Clas Nr. 72 / Orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240026
Pour Voix & Piano
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 883069
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Viola
Buch + CD
Item no.: 857609
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201634
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 817093
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 186650
für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 666271
Zwei Klavierstücke
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 145257