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     - Women Performers and Composers Bibliography
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      This page lists books that include information about many different Women recording artists and groups, and composers.

{..} = Who owns, or owned, this reference book (see the complete code list in library)
[[nn]] = the number of different Women (or books) listed
    B  
  1. #if - Bourgeois, Anna Stong.   {C}
          Blueswomen: Profiles of 37 Early Performers, with an Anthology of Lyrics, 1920-1945, Jefferson, NC/London, U.K.: McFarland & Co., Inc., 1996, 176 p., ISBN: 0-89950-963-0, LC: 96-1158, UPC: ?
        781.643 - B772b (.C)
  2. #dy - Bufwack, Mary A. & Robert K. Oermann.   {C}{F}
          Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music, New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993, 594 p., ISBN: 0-517-58114-0, LC: 92-44269, UPC: ? - cover scans
          (note: p. 552-583 ... 31 page! Bibliography by artist, unfortunately these pages are not included in the index)
        781.642 - B929f (.C), 781.642 - Buf (.F)

    F  

  3. #no - Frasier, Jane.   {A}
          Women Composers: A Discography, Detroit, MI: Information Coordinators, Inc., (Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography #50), 1983, 300 p., ISBN: 0-89990-018-6, LC: 83-22563, UPC: ? - cover scans

    G    

  4. #cd - Gaar, Gillian G.   {C}{E}
          She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll, Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 1992, 467 p., ISBN: 1-878067-08-7, LC: ?, UPC: ?
        781.66 - G111s (.C), 781.66 - G11s (.E)
  5. #oe - Gourse.   {A}{F}
          Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists

    J    

  6. #pr - Jezic, Diane Peacock.   {A}
          Women Composers: The Lost Tradition Found, Foreward by Elizabeth Wood, New York, NY: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1988, 251 p., ISBN: 0-935312-95-1, LC: 88-31052, UPC: ? - cover scans
          The Medieval and Baroque Periods: Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre; The Classical Period: Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia, Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, Maria Theresia von Paradis;
          Record Companies Featuring Women Composers p. 228
          An Outline of Western Music from 850 - 1940s p. 229-236
          Selected List of 20th-Century Women Composers Born after 1920 p. 237
          Selected List of 20th-Century Women Conductors p. 238
          Selected Bibliography: p. 243-247

    O    

  7. #ps - O'Dair, Barbara.   {A}
          Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock, New York, NY: Random House, 1997, 575 p., ISBN: 0-679-76874-2, LC: 96-26673, UPC: 9-780679-768746 - cover scans

    P  

  8. #on - Placksin.   {F}
          American Women in Jazz: 1900 to the Present: Their Words, Lives and Music

    W    

  9. #pt - Woodworth, Marc.   {A}
          Solo: Women Singer Songwriters: In Their Own Words, photographs by Emma Dodge Hanson, New York, NY: Delta Trade Books, 1998, 368 p., ISBN: 0-385-32407-3, LC: 98-9599, UPC: 9-780385-324076 - cover scans
          Jonatha Brooke, Kate Campbell, Rosanne Cash, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow, Catie Curtis, Ani DiFranco, Dionne Farris, Jewel, Lucy Kaplansky, Mary Lou Lord, Sarah McLachlan, Joan Osborne, Holly Palmer, Rosanne Raneri, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, Cassandra Wilson
Women's Music Bibliography
      Compiled from the above books and other books in my personal library.
Duckles, Vincent H., Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography, 4th ed., 1988, p. 528-530 {A}
Duckles, Vincent H., Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography, 4th ed. (revised), 1993, p. 566-569 {A}
Duckles, Vincent H., Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography, 5th ed., 1997 {A}
    The books listed in the above 4th ed. sections have been scattered to different sections of the 5th ed. The index, under "Women" on page 810, lists 47 different books for or about women musicians/composers or books with "Women" in their title (there are 55 entry # references, but 7 are listed more than once).
    The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th editions have no "Women in Music" section.
     
  1. Adkins Chiti, Patricia. Almanacco delle virtuose, primedonne, compositrici e musiciste d'italia dall'A.D. 177 ai giorni nostri [Italian women in music 177 A.D.-present] Novara: Istituto Geografico de Agostini, 1991, 331 p. +CD [Duckles 5th #2.62, p. 129]
  2. Ammer, Christine. Unsung: A History of Women in American Music, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980, 317 p., ISBN: 0313220077 [#pr, p. 244]
          2003 2nd ed., 368 p., 1574670611
    B  
  3. Block, Adrienne F. and Carol Neuls-Bates, ed. Women in American Music: A Bibliography of Music and Literature, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979, 302 p., ISBN: 0313214107 [Duckles 4th #3002, p. 528, [[5,024]], Duckles 4th Rev. #2977, p. 566]
  4. Bogin, Meg. The Women Troubadours, New York, NY: Norton, 1978, 192 p., ISBN: 0393009653 [#pr, p. 243]
  5. Bourgeois, Anna Stong. Blueswomen: Profiles of 37 Early Performers, with an Anthology of Lyrics, 1920-1945
  6. Bowers, Jane & Judith Tick. Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1986, p., ISBN: 0252014707 [Duckles 4th Rev. #2978, p. 566]
  7. Briscoe, James R. Historical Anthology of Music by Women, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1987, ? p., ISBN: none, ASIN: B002HCE668 [#pr, p. 247]
  8. Bufwack, Mary A. & Robert K. Oermann. Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music
    C  
  9. Claghorn, Charles Eugene (Claghorn, Gene). Women Composers and Hymnists: A Concise Biographical Dictionary, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1984, 272 p., ISBN: 0810816806 [Duckles 4th #3003, p. 528, [[755]], Duckles 4th Rev. #2979, p. 566, Duckles 5th #1.597, p. 104]
  10. Cohen, Aaron I. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, New York, NY / London, U.K.: R.R. Bowker, 1981, 597 p., ISBN: ? [Duckles 4th #3004, p. 528, [[almost 5,000]] ]
  11. Cohen, Aaron I. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, 2nd ed., 2 vols. New York, NY / London, U.K.: R.R. Bowker, 1987, 1,151 p., ISBN: 0961748524 [Duckles 4th Rev. #2980, p. 566, [[6,196]], Duckles 5th #1.69, p. 19 &]
    D  
  12. Dahl, Linda. Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen, New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1984, 371 p., ISBN: ?, ASIN: B001CJSKDW [#pr, p. 245]
          1989, 371 p., Limelight Editions, ISBN: 0879101288
  13. Drinker, Sophie. Women and Music: The Study of Women in Their Relation to Music, New York, NY: Coward-McCann, 1977, ? p., ISBN: ? [#pr, p. 243]
          1948, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Longmans, Green & Co.
          1995, 394 p., ISBN: 1558611169
    E  
  14. Elson, Arthur. Women's Work in Music, Portland, ME: Longwood Press, 1976, ? p., ISBN: ? [#pr, p. 243]
          reprint of 1904 ed.
    F  
  15. Frasier, Jane. Women Composers: A Discography [Duckles 4th #3005, p. 528, [[337]], Duckles 4th Rev. #2981, p. 566]
  16. Fuller, Sophie. Pandora Guide to Women Composers: Britain and the United States, 1629-Present London / San Francisco, CA: Pandora, 1994, 368 p. [Duckles 5th #1.76, p. 21 [[104]] ]
    G  
  17. Gaar, Gillian G.. She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll
  18. Gourret, Jean, Simon Ferdinand, et al. Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opera de Paris [dictionary of women singers at the Paris Opera] Paris: Albatros, 1987, 319 p. [Duckles 5th #1.440, p. 79]
  19. Gourse, Leslie. Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists
  20. Grattan, Virginia L. American Women Songwriters: A Biographical Dictionary Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993, 279 p. [[181]] [Duckles 5th #1.227, p. 44]
  21. Green, Mildred Denby. Black Women Composers: A Genesis, Boston, MA: Twayne Publishers, 1983, 171 p., ISBN: 0805794506 [#pr, p. 244]
    H  
  22. Handy, D. Antoinette. Black Women in American Bands & Orchestras, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981, 319 p., ISBN: 0810834197 [Duckles 4th #3006, p. 528, "bibliography, p. 254-273", Duckles 4th Rev. #2982, p. 567]
  23. Handy, D. Antoinette. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1983, ? p., ISBN: ? [#pr, p. 245]
          1998, 240 p., ISBN: 0810831600
  24. Hixon, Donald L. & Don Hennessee. Women in Music: a Biobibliography, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975, 347 p., ISBN: none, ASIN: B002JZ1Q5M [Duckles 4th #3007, p. 529, [[48 standard reference works]], Duckles 4th Rev. #2983, p. 567]
  25. Hixon, Donald L. & Don A. Hennessee. Women in Music: An Encyclopedic Bibliography, 2nd ed., 2 vols. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994, 1,203 p. [Duckles 5th #1.257, p. 49 [[169 reference works]] ]  
    J  
  26. Jezic, Diane Peacock. Women Composers: The Lost Tradition Found [25 women]  
    L  
  27. Laurence, Anya. Women of Note: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900, New York, NY: Richards Rosen Press, 1978, 101 p., ISBN: 0823904636 [Duckles 4th Rev. #2984, p. 567, Duckles 5th #1.90, p. 23]
  28. Leder, Jan. Women in Jazz: A Discography of Instrumental Music, 1913-1968, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985, 311 p., ISBN: 0313247900 [#pr, p. 245]
  29. Le Page, Jane Weiner. Women Composers. Conductors, and Musicians of the Twentieth Century: Selected Biographies, 1st ed. (2 vol.), Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980, ? p., ISBN: ? [Duckles 4th Rev. #2985, p. 567]
          2nd ed. 1983, 373 p., ISBN: 0810815974
          3rd ed. 1989, 302 p., ISBN: 0810812983
  30. LePage, Jane Weiner. Women Composers. Conductors, and Musicians of the Twentieth Century: Selected Biographies (3 vols.), Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980-1988, ? p. [Duckles 5th #1-91, p. 23-4]
    M  
  31. MacAuslan, Janna. A Catalog of Compositions for Guitar by Women Composers, Portland, OR: Dear Horse Publications, 1984, 45 p., ISBN: 0961417005 [#pr, p. 244]
  32. Meggett, Joan M. Keyboard Music by Women Composers: A Catalog and Bibliography, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981, 210 p., ISBN: 0313228337 [Duckles 4th #3008, p. 529, [[290]], Duckles 4th Rev. #2986, p. 567]
    N  
  33. Neuls-Bates, Carol ed. Women in Music: An Anthology of Source Readings from the Middle Ages to the Present, New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1982, 351 p., ISBN: none, ASIN: B000RJK4KA [Duckles 4th #3013, p. 529, Duckles 4th Rev. #2993, p. 568, Duckles 5th #2.115, p. 138]
    O  
  34. O'Dair, Barbara. Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock
  35. Oliver, Antje, & Karin Weingartz-Perschel. Komponistinnen von A-Z Dusseldorf: Tokkata Verlag fur Frauenforsschung, 1988, 363 p. [Duckles 5th #1.97, p. 24-5 [[279]] ]
    P  
  36. Placksin, Sally. American Women in Jazz: 1900 to the Present: Their Words, Lives and Music  
    R  
  37. Rogal, Samuel J. Sisters of Sacred Song: A Selected Listing of Women Hymnodists in Great Britain and America, New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1981, 162 p., ISBN: none, ASIN: B000NI6RWE [Duckles 4th #3009, p. 529, Duckles 4th Rev. #2987, p. 567]
    S  
  38. Sadie, Julie Ann & Rhian Samuel. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers London: Macmillan, 1994, 548 p. [Duckles 5th #1.103, p. 25-6 [[875]] ]
  39. Schmidt, Siegrun. Komponistan; Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Noten. 2. Aufl. Aarau, Schweiz, ?: Musikhaus Pastorini, 1983, 100 p., ISBN: ? [Duckles 4th Rev. #2988, p. 567]
          Komponistan (composers) Verzeichnis (catalog/directory/dictionary?) Lieferbarer (?)
  40. Skowronski, JoAnn. Women in American Music: A Bibliography, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978, 183 p., ISBN: ? [Duckles 4th #3010, p. 529, Duckles 4th Rev. #2989, p. 568]
  41. Smith, Julia, ed. Directory of American Women Composers, with Selected Music for Senior and Junior Clubs, Chicago, IL: National Federation of Music Clubs, 1970, 51 p., ISBN: ? [Duckles 4th #3011, p. 529, [[over 600]], Duckles 4th Rev. #2990, p. 568]
  42. Stern, Susan. Women Composers: A Handbook, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978, 191 p., ISBN: none, ASIN: B001VM34OU [Duckles 4th Rev. #2991, p. 568, Duckles 5th #1.112, p. 27]
  43. Stewart-Green, Miriam. Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice, Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1980, 296 p., ISBN: 0816184984 [Duckles 4th #3012, p. 529, [[3,746]], Duckles 4th Rev. #2992, p. 568]
    T  
  44. Tick, Judith. American Women Composers before 1879, Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Press, 1983, ? p., ISBN: ? [#pr, p. 244]
          "American Women Composers before 1870", 2010, 283 p, ISBN: 1878822594
    U  
  45. Upton, George Putnam. Women In Music, Chicago, IL: McClury Press, 1899, ? p., ISBN: none [#pr, p. 243]  
    W  
  46. Woodworth, Marc. Solo: Women Singer Songwriters: In Their Own Words    
    Z  
  47. Zaimont, Judith Lang & Karen McNearney Famera. Contemporary Concert Music by Women: A Directory of the Composers and Their Works. A Project of the International League of Women Composers, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981, 355 p., ISBN: 031322921X [Duckles 4th #3014, p. 529, [[66+]], Duckles 4th Rev. #2994, p. 568-569]

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