General resources for discovering repertoire by women
Women composers
Use this guide to discover information sources about women composers and their artistic and compositional output. This evolving guide facilitates access to important resources, documenting the impact of women composers on all musical cultures.
Discover repertoire specific to a geographical place or cultural group, in addition to general resources and search tools for locating repertoire by women.
Extensive archive of works by Canadian composers accessible online for perusal, or through their Lending Library; also a publishing and repertoire consultation service
Features more than 200 composers who identify as female
Labelle, Nicole. Répertoire des oeuvres des compositrices du Québec au XXe siècle. Documents de travail du Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française, 40. Ottawa: Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française, Université d'Ottawa, 1997.
Inventory and description of works by 20th-century women composers from Québec
Includes instrumentation, publisher, location and date of the first performance and the names of the performers, and details on the commission (if applicable)
Contains biographies, photos, documentation, contact details and work listings for more than 500 Australian composers (200+ female composers), sound artists and improviser-performers
Library in Luxembourg with extensive information resources on feminism and gender, including more than 20,000 books, 80 periodicals, 3,500 scores and 5,000 recordings
