Microcourse: 20th- and 21st-Century Music by Women Composers (from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers)

20th- and 21st-Century Music by Women Composers (from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers)

Contributors include: Susan Yang, Ashlee Young, Clare Longendyke, and Brendan Jacklin

20th- and 21st-Century Music by Women Composers offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by women composers Ruth Schonthal (Level 1), Emma Lou Diemer (Level 3), Karalyn Schubring (Level 4), Zenobia Powell Perry (Level 3), Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (Level 6), Florence Price (Level 7), Alexina Louie (Level 8), Lili Boulanger (Level 10), and Dorothy Rudd Moore (Level 10). 

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full, self-guided course is available at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Reflection activities serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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A Guide for Access to Materials

Ruth Schonthal – “Cradle Song for a Quiet Evening” from Pentatonics

• Level 1 (Late Elementary)
• www.carlfischer.com/o5345-pentatonics.html
• Carl Fischer

Emma Lou Diemer – “Jazz Echoes” from Adventures in Sound

• Level 3 (Early Intermediate)
• www.fjhmusic.com
• Adventures in Sound. Emma Lou Diemer, composer. Published by FJH Music Company.

Karalyn Schubring – Fiddle Tune

• Level 4 (Early Intermediate)
• www.justatheorypress.com/s/search?q=schubring
• Just a Theory Press

Zenobia Powell Perry – “Vignette No. 2” from Piano Potpourri

• Level 3 (Early Intermediate)
• www.zenobiapowellperry.org/Musictopurchase.html
• Jeannie Gayle Pool

Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté – “A” from Alphabet Pieces

• Level 6 (Intermediate)
• www.musicfromcanada.com/store/p1423/_From_My_Childhood%2C_Volume_1%3A_Alphabet_Pieces_%28W_077DIG%29.html
• Published by Waterloo Music; Edited by Lorne Watson

Florence Price – The Goblin and the Mosquito

• Level 7 (Late Intermediate)
• imslp.org/wiki/The_Goblin_and_the_Mosquito_(Price%2C_Florence)
  Edited and typeset by John McKinnon, 2020. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Alexina Louie – “Into Forever” from Star Light, Star Bright

• Level 8 (Late Intermediate)
• www.jwpepper.com/Star-Light-Star-Bright/5982051.item#.YZ623dDMLD5
• Fred Harris Music Company, Ltd.  

Lili Boulanger – Trois Morceaux No. 1 

• Level 10 (Early Advanced)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/3_Morceaux_(Boulanger%2C_Lili)
•  Published by: New York: G. Schirmer, 1918

Dorothy Rudd Moore – A Little Whimsy

• Level 10 (Early Advanced) 
• www.hildegard.com/catalog.php?keyword=490-01070
  Ed. by Helen Walker-Hill; Published by Hildegard Publishing Company