For the flutist wishing to perform music composed by women, this
annotated catalog will come as a most welcome addition to the
numerous flute bibliographies now available. Boenke has spent four
years gleaning all possible sources to come up with several hundred
listings of composers from three centuries and 40 different
countries. When the information is available, she lists publisher
and the OCLC system record number after the routinely listed title
and instrumentation. In addition to the alphabetical listing are
indexes for instrumentation, title, publisher, and composer. A
short list of sources is heavy on LC and NUC catalogs as well as
the several standard sources on women in music. This volume could
serve as an example for instrument-specific music bibliographies.
For flutists it is priceless. Choice This book, an alphabetical
listing of flute music by women composers, provides ready access to
flute music that is published or available in manuscript form.
Unlike any previous handbook of the flute repertoire, it is devoted
entirely to the works of women, the vast majority of whom are not
mentioned in the standard catalogs of flute literature. A carefully
compiled study, the volume examines the quantity, variety, and
scope of women's work in this genre and includes composers from
more than forty countries, spanning three centuries. It contains
works for solo flute, duets, flute and piano, concertos, woodwind
quintets, other chamber ensembles, or any work that employs
soloistic use of the flute. It also provides biographical
information on the composers, publishers, availability of works,
and annotations on the works themselves. All compositions are
indexed by title and by instrumentation, and publishers and
contemporary composers are listed with current addresses, to
facilitate the ordering of music. The first published volume of its
kind, this unusual work will draw attention to valuable and unknown
repertoire in this genre and provide the opportunity for women's
works to be heard more often. It will be useful in all university
music libraries and conservatories, and it will be a valuable
resource for professional flutists, teachers of flute, and
researcher in women's studies.
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