HerStory: The Piano Collection presents invaluable repertoire by remarkable female composers across the ages. This important collection is progressively graded, suitable for intermediate to advanced level players (approximately Grade 4 to Grade 8) and also features a piano duet and an ensemble piece for piano, clarinet, viola and cello.
Written and compiled by award-winning author and piano pedagogue Karen Marshall, each piece is accompanied by a fascinating 'snapshot' of the 29 composers, providing invaluable insights into how they lived and composed, alongside quotes from them or about them. In addition there are suggestions of other pieces to try, personal observations from Karen Marshall and pedagogical activities and ideas.
"This vibrant collection of wonderful music from literally every musical period promises to enrich the musical lives of everyone. Female composers have suffered shocking neglect over the centuries, but society is now beginning to make amends. Karen Marshalls extraordinary anthology brings neglected jewels out of obscurity and into the limelight, where they will be loved and cherished."
Kathryn Page, pianist, adjudicator, teacher and co-founder of Chethams International Piano Summer School
1 Villanelle (Marguerite Balutet)
2 Grazioso from Sonata No. 2 (Elisabetta de Gambarini)
3 Etude in C Op. 50 No. 1 (Louise Farrenc)
4 The Banjo Op. 74 No. 4 (Nannie Louise Wright)
5 Berceuse Op. 2 (Dora Pejacevic)
6 Menuet from Suite G minor (Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre)
7 Etude in D minor Op. 50 No. 11 (Louise Farrenc)
8 Invention (Ethel Smyth)
9 Surgite, Surgite (Barbara Strozzi)
10 The Wood Nymph's Harp (Florence P Rea)
11 Levee Dance (Florence Price)
12 Columbine (Amy Beach)
13 The Spinning Top (Elena Gnesina)
14 O Virtuo Sapientiae (Goncalves/Hildegard von Bingen)
15 Now Think. (Emily Pedersen/Hildegard von Bingen)
16 Aubade (Cecile Chaminade)
17 Waltz Caprice Op. 2 No. 2 (Clara Schumann)
18 Valse (Maria Szymanowska)
19 Juninat (June Night) (Inga Laerum Liebich)
20 Andante cantabile from Sonata No .2 (Maria Hester Park)
21 Melodie Op. 4 No. 2 (Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel)
22 Tempo di Minuetto from Sonata A major (Marianna Martines)
23 Heloisa (Valsa de salso) (Francisca Gonzaga)
24 Lied Op. 35 [37] No. 1 (Josephine Lang)
25 Intermezzo Op. 3 No. 3 (Paula Szalit)
26 Sospiro (Tango) (Francisca Gonzaga)
27 Prelude (Ce que l'on entendit dans la nuit de Noel) (Holmes)
28 Pastorale (Germaine Tailleferre)
29 Waltz No. 9 (Marie Jaell)
30 Divertimento (Anna Amalia von Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel)
