Women Composers - A Graded Anthology for Piano

Women Composers - A Graded Anthology for Piano is a three-book series. Intended as a progressive compendium of educational piano music, this series illustrates the rich and varied repertoire written by female composers from the Seventeenth century to the present day.

Included at every level is a large variety of musical styles and genres, featuring all types of music from Baroque dances and Classical sonata movements, through to jazz and swing numbers, as well as more adventurous Contemporary Classical music.

Whilst a large selection of compositions in these volumes have been written by renowned historical composers, some have been penned by leading contemporary composers especially for this series. There are 12 works in Book 3 by twelve female composers, and they are arranged over two levels — from Advanced to Late Advanced and above.

Two Levels:

• Advanced: Grades 7-8
• Late Advanced: Grade 8 and above

Each level might be considered broadly similar to the implied examination grades set by the various music exam boards in the UK. A total of six pieces are housed within both the Advanced and Late Advanced levels in this book. Several works composed by living or contemporary composers have been written especially for this series.

Contents:

1. Allegro - Marina von Martinez (1744-1812)
2. Atraebte - Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847-1935)
3. Sous les etoiles - Amy Beach (1867-1944)
4. Prelude in Db Major - Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
5. Little Dance - Tatjana Komarova (*1968)
6. Between Dawn, Noon and Midnight - Mai Fukasawa (*1977)
7. September - Fanny Hensel (1805-1847)
8. Prelude and Fugue - Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
9. Plainte - Teresa Carreno (1890-1945)
10. Mother's Sacrifice - Lady Viola Kinney (1890-1945)
11. April - Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940)
12. fardanceCLOSE - Chaya Czernowin (*1957)