New Historical Anthology of Music by Women updates the extremely popular collection with 55 compositions by
46 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, listening, and performing. Historical scores
have been transcribed into modern notation for ease of use, and works represent a wide variety of genres, including
solo songs, chamber music, piano music, and orchestral scores. Composers include Sappho, Hildegard of Bingen, Barbara
Strozzi, Clara Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel. The anthology includes a foreword by Susan McClary, the
leading scholar on women's music. New Historical Anthology of Music by Women is supplemented by an expanded 3-CD
set featuring newly commissioned recordings.
Contributors: Elizabeth Aubrey, Laura Barcel-Lastra, Melissa Blakesly, Adrienne Fried Block, Marcia J. Citron,
Suzanne Cusick, David Gordon Duke, Susan Erickson, Mark Everist, Jill Munroe Fankhauser, Annegret Fauser, Nancy
Fierro, Susan M. Filler, Barbara Garvey Jackson, Bryony Jones, Michael Klaper, Carolyn Lindeman, Roberta Lindsey,
Thomas J. Mathiesen, Hidemi Matsushita, Susan McClary, Sharon Mirchandani, Craig B. Parker, Karin Pendle, Barbara
A. Petersen, Martin Picker, Janet Pollack, Caroline Potter, Nancy B. Reich, Ellen Rosand, Judith Rosen, and Diane
Touliatos-Milesis.