Microcourse: Classical Era Music by Women Composers (from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers)

Classical Era Music by Women Composers (from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers)

Contributors include: Annie Jeng, Brendan Jacklin, and Clare Longendyke

Classical Era Music by Women Composers offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by women composers Hélène de Montgeroult (Level 7), Marianna von Auenbrugger (Level 8), Marianne von Martinez (Level 9), and Sophia Dussek (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

Hélène de Montgeroult – Etude No. 19 in F Major

• Level 7 (Late Intermediate)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Cours_complet_pour_l’enseignement_du_forte_piano_(Montgeroult%2C_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne)
• Paris: Launer, n.d. [ca.1830], IMSLP

Marianna von Auenbrugger – Sonata in E-flat Major, III. Rondo

• Level 8 (Late Intermediate)
• www.alfred.com/at-the-pianowith-women-composers/p/00-428/
• Edited by Maurice Hinson; Published by Alfred Publishing Co, Inc, 1995

Marianne von Martinez – Sonata in E Major, I Allegro

• Level 9 (Early Advanced)  
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Keyboard_Sonata_in_E_major_(Martinez%2C_Marianne)
• Edited by Ernst Pauer; Published by Alte Meister, Vol.3, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1878). Plate V.A. 411

Sophia Dussek – Piano Sonata in A Major

• Level 10 (Early Advanced)
• www.hildegard.com/catalog.php?keyword=490-01080
• Hildegard Publishing Company