New Historical Anthology of Music by Women

by Briscoe, James R.

• ISBN13: 9780253216830
• ISBN10: 0253216834
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-30
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"This anthology of musical scores is a new edition of a text that has been widely used in courses in women's music. James R. Briscoe's New Historical Anthology compiles fifty-five compositions by forty-six women composers from the ancient Greeks to the present. Each work is introduced by an informative essay by a specialist in the field, with recommendations for further reading."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Susan McClary
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Sappho	1	(5)
Thomas J. Mathiesen
``On the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite'' and ``The sweet melody of reed-pipe and [kithara] mingled,'' Ancient Greek lyrics	3	(3)
Kassia	6	(8)
Diane Touliatos-Miles
``Augustus, the Monarch'' and ``The Fallen Woman,'' Byzantine chants	11	(3)
Hildegard von Bingen	14	(7)
Michael Klaper
``O virgo ac diadema,'' chant sequence	18	(2)
``Kyrie,'' mass ordinary chant	20	(1)
``O rubor sanguinis,'' chant antiphon	20	(1)
La Comtessa de Dia	21	(5)
Elizabeth Aubrey
``A chantar,'' troubadour song	25	(1)
Dame Maroie de diergnau and Dame Margot	26	(5)
Elizabeth Aubrey
``Je vous pri, dame Maroie,'' trouvere jeu-parti	30	(1)
Margaret of Austria	31	(8)
Martin Picker
``Se je souspire/Ecce iterum,'' motet-chanson	34	(5)
Anne Boleyn	39	(5)
Janet Pollack
``O Deathe, rock me asleepe,'' lute song [attributed]	42	(2)
Maddalena Casulana	44	(4)
Beatrice Pescerelli
James R. Briscoe
Madrigal VI, ``Morte---Che voi?---Te chiamo''	46	(2)
Francesca Caccini	48	(12)
Suzanne Cusick
``Maria, dolce Maria,'' sacred madrigal from Il Primo libro di madrigale	51	(4)
``Aria of the Shepherd,'' from the opera La Liberazione di Ruggiero	55	(5)
Barbara Strozzi	60	(9)
Ellen Rosand
Hor che Apollo, cantata for soprano, two violins, and continuo	63	(6)
Isabella Leonarda	69	(11)
Barbara Garvey Jackson
Kyrie and ``Crucifixus'' (from the Credo) of Missa Prima, Op. 18	71	(9)
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre	80	(19)
Susan Erickson
``La Flamande'' and ``Chaconne et son double,'' from Suite in D minor for harpsichord	83	(7)
Semele, cantata for voice, violin, and continuo	90	(9)
Maria Margherita Grimani	99	(8)
Barbara Garvey Jackson
``Sinfonia,'' from Pallade e Marte, opus dramaticum	101	(6)
Anna Amalie, Princess of Prussia	107	(6)
Jill Munroe Fankhauser
``Adagio,'' from Sonata for Flute and Continuo in F	110	(3)
Marianna von Martines	113	(8)
Karin Pendle
``Allegro,'' from Sonata in A for piano	117	(4)
Maria Theresia von Paradis	121	(5)
Hidemi Matsushita
``Morgenlied eines armen Mannes,'' for voice and harpsichord	124	(2)
Maria Agata Szymanowska	126	(8)
Nancy Fierro
``Nocturne in B-flat,'' for piano	128	(6)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel	134	(6)
Marcia J. Citron
``Schwanenlied,'' for voice and piano	136	(4)
Clara Wieck Schumann	140	(30)
Nancy Reich
``Er ist gekommen durch Sturm und Regen,'' song for voice and piano	144	(4)
``Allegro Moderato,'' from Trio in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello	148	(12)
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, for piano	160	(10)
Louise Farrenc	170	(18)
Christin Heitmann
``Allegro deciso,'' from Trio in E minor for flute, cello, and piano	174	(14)
Pauline Viardot-Garcia	188	(10)
Mark Everist
``Die Beschworung,'' from Zwolf Gedichte von Pushkin for voice and piano	193	(5)
Amy Beach	198	(39)
Adrienne Fried Block
``In the Twilight,'' for voice and piano	202	(9)
``A Hermit Thrush at Morn,'' for piano	211	(7)
``Scherzo,'' from Concerto for Piano and Orchestra	218	(19)
Teresa Carreno	237	(6)
Laura Barcelo-Lastra
``Venise,'' from Italian Sketches Op. 33, No. 1, for piano	239	(4)
Cecile Chaminade	243	(14)
Marcia J. Citron
``Allegro,'' movement I from Sonata in C minor for piano	246	(11)
Dame Ethel Smyth	257	(12)
Roberta Lindsey
Scene from act 1 of the opera The Wreckers	261	(8)
May Frances Aufderheide	269	(6)
Carolynn A. Lindeman
``The Thriller!'' rag	272	(3)
Lili Boulanger	275	(14)
Annegret Fauser
``Demain fera un an,'' from the song cycle Clairieres dans le ciel	279	(10)
Alma Mahler	289	(6)
Susan M. Filler
``Der Erkennende,'' for voice and piano	292	(3)
Rebecca Clarke	295	(21)
Bryony Jones
``Allegro vigoroso,'' movement III from Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello	298	(18)
Germaine Tailleferre	316	(16)
Caroline Potter
``Modere sans lenteur,'' from Sonata in C-sharp minor for violin and piano	320	(12)
Ruth Crawford Seeger	332	(26)
Sharon Mirchandani
Prelude no. 2 for piano	337	(6)
String Quartet 1931, movements 3 and 4	343	(6)
``Rat Riddles,'' from Three Songs for Contralto, Oboe, Percussion, and Orchestral Ostinati	349	(9)
Florence Price	358	(7)
Melissa Blakesly
``Song to the Dark Virgin,'' for voice and piano	361	(4)
Elsa Barraine	365	(13)
James R. Briscoe
Ouvrage de Dame, Theme and Variations for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon	368	(10)
Miriam Gideon	378	(8)
Barbara A. Petersen
The Hound of Heaven, for voice, oboe, and string trio	381	(5)
Grazyna Bacewicz	386	(22)
Judith Rosen
Sonata II for Piano	389	(19)
Julia Amanda Perry	408	(14)
Roberta Lindsey
Homunculus, C.F., for percussion, harp, and piano	412	(10)
Vivian Fine	422	(11)
Vivian Fine
James R. Briscoe
``Dance of Triumph: The Rescue of Alcestis,'' from the ballet Alcestis	426	(7)
Jean Coulthard	433	(7)
David Gordon Duke
``Sarabande,'' from Sonata for Cello and Piano	436	(4)
Violet Archer	440	(13)
Robert Weber
James R. Briscoe
``Preamble,'' from Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano	443	(10)
Pauline Oliveros	453	(4)
Roberta Lindsey
``Teach Yourself to Fly,'' ``Tumbling Song,'' and ``Zina's Circle,'' from Sonic Meditations	454	(3)
Thea Musgrave	457	(10)
James R. Briscoe
``Monologue of Mary,'' from the opera Mary, Queen of Scots	459	(8)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	467	(30)
Craig B. Parker
Symphony No. 1, movement 1	472	(25)
Augusta Read Thomas	497	(16)
James R. Briscoe
. . . circle around the sun . . . , Trio for piano, violin, and cello	500	(13)
General Bibliography	513	(2)
Contributors	515