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

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

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

Romantic Era Music by Women Composers offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by women composers Mel Bonis (Level 2), Amy Beach (Level 5), Louise Farrenc (Level 5), Josephine Lang (Level 7), and Fannie Hensel (Level 9). 

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

Mel Bonis- La Puce

• Level 2 (Late Elementary)
• sheetmusic2print.com/products/bonis-puce-103
• Edited by M. A. Caux

Amy Beach –  “Sliding on the Ice” from Six to Twelve, Op. 119, No. 1

• Level 5 (Intermediate)
• www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sliding-on-ice-digital-sheet-music/19857732
• Arranged by Gail Smith. Published by Hal Leonard.

Louise Farrenc – Op. 50, No. 11 from 25 Etudes Faciles

• Level 5 (Intermediate) 
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/25_Etudes_faciles%2C_Op.50_(Farrenc%2C_Louise)
• Paris: Alphonse Leduc, n.d.(ca.1876). Plate 5854.

Josephine Lang – 3 Klavierstucke No. 3 

• Level 7 (Late Intermediate)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/3_Klavierst%C3%BCcke_(Lang%2C_Josephine)
• Published by Frankfurt: E.H. Schunke, n.d.(after 1880). Plate 269.

Fanny Hensel – 3 Melodies, Op. 4, No. 2

• Level 9 (Early Advanced)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/3_M%C3%A9lodies%2C_Op.4_(Hensel%2C_Fanny)
• Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d.[1847]. Plate S. 3294.