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.
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581757
for: Viola
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 1019652
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674844
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 1544330
For bayan
for: Accordion (bayan)
Music score
Item no.: 626481
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 857855
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 138657
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 949816
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 563390
for flute, oboe and piano
for: Flute, oboe, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 191205
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 857962
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 678518
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Score, part
Item no.: 354311
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780688
24 Piano Pieces from the 18th-20th Century
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 353284
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 300758
Southern Music
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 923209
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 768931
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1200606
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 227012
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1015097
Cantata for soprano and continuo
from: Diporti di Euterpe op. 7
for: Voice (soprano), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557451
for: 5 viole da gamba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 361911
Five Duets for piano four hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 207556
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 735554
Herrn Professor Joseph Joachim gewidmet
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724674
Im Gedenken an John Nádherný-Borutin
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738093
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 761627
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 820049
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 553106
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 779888
for: TASTEN- UND BALGINSTRUMENTE KLAVIER KLAVIER ZWEIHÄNDIG
Item no.: 269133
for: Soprano, Cello
Buch
Item no.: 860339
for: Alto Saxophone and Electronics
Buch + CD
Item no.: 861158
for: 4 percussions, electronics
Score
Item no.: 488865
for: Soprano and Flute
Buch
Item no.: 858752
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 410998
for: Trio
Score
Item no.: 335577
for: Flute, harp
Ensemble score
Item no.: 858081
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 761649
op. 1/6
for: Flute, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 724622
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 194511
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135518
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367113
for: Piano, Electronics
Score
Item no.: 857998
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 666494
op. 33/2
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548707