General Sources of Repertoire
| ABO Sirens List | https://www.oboeclassics.com/~oboe3583/Women%20of%20Note/ABO_Sirens.pdf | Alphabetical catalogue of orchestral music by women composers. Includes orchestration details and some links for further information. |
| Ambache Charitable Trust | https://oboeclassics.com/~oboe3583/ambache/index.html | See Women of Note below. |
| Donne Foundation | https://donne-uk.org/ and https://donne-uk.org/the-big-list/ | The Donne Foundation is a global organisation leading efforts to amplify women’s voices in music. Their website contains loads of interesting research, events, media etc. The Big List is an ever-expanding list featuring more than 5,000 women composers (and counting). From pre-medieval composers to 21st century singer-songwriters, filter by country, century, music genre. Lists a selection of works, but not orchestration details. |
| Institute for Composer Diversity | https://www.composerdiversity.com/ | Database of works by women and other under-represented composers. Searchable by group size, composer period, etc. Sometimes lists orchestration details. |
| Making Music | https://www.makingmusic.org.uk/sites/makingmusic.org.uk/files/Links%20and%20resources%20for%20programming%20women%20composers.pdf | Links, comments, suggestions and resources for programming women composers shared by speakers during an event on Friday 21 January 2022. |
| Swedish Musical Heritage | https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/ | Database of classical music by Swedish composers. Searchable by group size, with filter for women composers. Usually has orchestration details and often has pdfs of score and parts (Swedish Musical Heritage Edition). |
| Women of Note | https://oboeclassics.com/~oboe3583/ambache/wNavigate.htm and http://www.womenofnote.co.uk/ | Websites run by Diane Ambache with information on individual women composers, repertoire pages, and general background. |
| Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy | https://wophil.org/repertoire-suggestions/ | Repertoire suggestions, including orchestration details. |
| Zinfonia | https://www.zinfonia.com/ | Requires an account. Catalogue of orchestral sets for hire. Searchable by women composers and rough time period. |
Blogs and Newsletters
| Leah Broad, Songs of Sunrise | https://leahbroad.substack.com/archive?sort=new | Newsletter about women, music, and culture, written by award-winning writer, broadcaster and historian and author. |
| Sarah Fritz, The Clara Schumann Channel | https://clara-schumann-channel.com/ and https://sarahfritz.substack.com/ | Newsletter and blog run by public musicologist, mezzo-soprano, and author. Watch this space for upcoming biography of Clara Schumann. |
Specific Composers
| Ina Boyle | https://www.inaboyle.org/available-scores |
| Nancy Dalberg | https://edition-s.dk/composers/nancy-dalberg |
| Ruth Gipps | Email auroraensemble.edinburgh@gmail.com and I’ll put you in touch with the rights holders. |
| Imogen Holst | http://www.imogenholst.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Catalogue-of-Imogen-Holst%E2%80%99s-works.pdf |
| Helen MacKinnon | https://www.helenmackinnon.co.uk/ |
| Jessie Montgomery | https://www.jessiemontgomery.com/works/orchestra/ |
| Ethel Smyth | https://www.ethelsmyth.org/ Peter Fender has also been putting together editions of Smyth’s works for performance. Get in touch with him to order via his email address listed here: https://www.peterfender.co.uk/contact |
| Grace Williams | https://gracemarywilliams.wixsite.com/officialwebsite/compositions |
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