Suggested Works by Women, Black, and Rarely-Heard Composers
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor, Op. 2
Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel’s daughter. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Avril_Coleridge-Taylor
Florence Price
The Old Boatman
Music: Sharon purchased and donated.
Sync license: tbd
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 (2nd mvt is the basis for Lyric for Strings)
Music: Available for purchase from https://www.keisersouthernmusic.com/compositions/string-quartet-no-1-scpts $75
Sync license: Required – composed 1946
Notes: 2nd mvt is the basis for Lyric for Strings for string orchestra; those parts must be rented.
Scott Joplin
The Chrysanthemum: An African-American Intermezzo
Instrumentation: ?
Music: Mr J has parts.
Sync license: N/A – Public domain
Cesar Gonzalez
Blur
Instrumentation: Percussion Ensemble
Notes: Suggested by Jordan
William Grant Still
Preludes
Instrumentation: Flute, String Quintet and Piano
Music parts: Available from http://williamgrantstill.com/ $68
Summerland
Instrumentation: Violin (or flute) and piano
Music: Available
Notes: http://williamgrantstill.com
Sync license: TBD
Anton Reicha
Wind quintet in E flat Major
Notes: Friend of Beethoven
Takayoshi Yashioka
Rhapsody
Instrumentation: Marimba, 2 woodwinds, drums, & bass
Notes: Suggested by Casey
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Instrumentation: (Guitar and orchestra)
Amy Beach
https://www.amybeach.org/music/works-list/chamber-works/
Hildegard von Bingen
Notes: 12th century – beautiful chants that have been arranged for strings etc recently. (Kronos Quartet, Aizuri Quartet, and Cardamom Quartet, who made a recent async recording without a click track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xumOD3tdkR0)
Maddalena Lombardini-Sirmen
Notes: Late 18th century – Reminiscent of Haydn. Lots of string ensemble pieces. She was a student in one of the Venice orphanages (not Vivaldi’s though) and studied with Tartini. https://www.hildegard.com/composer_detail.php?id=120
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Lived in the time of Mozart in the Caribbean. His father sent him to France. He has written violin concertos
Misc
This publisher has a section of interesting works by Black women composers: https://www.hildegard.com/resources.php?page=afro_american
Gustave Holst
St. Paul Suite
Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/St._Paul’s_Suite%2C_Op.29_No.2_(Holst%2C_Gustav)
Sync license: N/A – public domain