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.
Volume 7: Pièces pittoresques et poétiques
C: 1910–1932
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431102
Cholera Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 194084
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 151518
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208274
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 676666
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663028
for clarinet, violin and piano
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score
Item no.: 165027
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 5
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 686997
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 117336
for: Cello, piano
Book
Item no.: 465251
for: Voice (low), piano
Buch
Item no.: 280179
zen-on piano library
for: Piano
Item no.: 475904
for: Marimba
Music score
Item no.: 206339
for: Alto flute, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 314573
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 858483
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 693393
for: Alto Saxophone, Wind Ensemble and Harp
Set of parts
Item no.: 1551013
Volume 9: Pièces pour deux pianos
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 684530
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 186651
for: Piano
Item no.: 285761
Songs op. 12, 13, 23
for: Voice, piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 286072
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 266650
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 432022
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395361
for: Voice (medium), violin, cello, harp, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 585301
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 283674
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 393456
for: Piano
Item no.: 175163
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 938623
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 269945
for: Eb Saxophone and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 833529
for: Cello, guitar
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 320608
for: Piano, Violin and Cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 470573
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 768991
Europaeische Hochschulschriften
Book
Item no.: 494304
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 779405
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 817092
for: TASTEN- UND BALGINSTRUMENTE KLAVIER KLAVIER ZWEIHÄNDIG
Item no.: 633482
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 177969
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 648915
for: Trombone, piano
Item no.: 470657
E
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553279
Item no.: 374974
nach der Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 433079
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 354723
for: Piccolo, strings
Study score
Item no.: 1553064
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1006147
for: Alto Saxophone, Wind Ensemble and Harp
Score
Item no.: 1551014