31 Clarinet Compositions Written by Female Composers
by Jenny Maclay
Date Posted: March 04, 2020
In celebration of Women’s History Month, I’ve created a list of 31 pieces for clarinet written by female composers, one for every day this month. By no means is this list comprehensive, but I hope this serves as nice introduction to the wide variety of wonderful music for clarinet by women composers.
I have arranged this list alphabetically by composer’s last name. Please note that many of these composers have written several works featuring the clarinet.
1. Unsuk Chin Concerto
2. Yi Chen Chinese Ancient Dances
3. Yvonne Desportes Trois petits contes
4. Marie Félicie Clémence de Grandval Deux Pièces
5. Sarah Feigin Fantasy for clarinet and piano
6. Keiko Fujiie 3 Pieces, Op. 5
7. Ida Gotkovsky Sonata for solo clarinet
8. Mary Ann Griebling Wild Wood-Quiet Wood
9. Augusta Holmes Fantasie
10. Katherine Hoover Concerto
11. Betsy Jolas Episode No.9 “Forte magnum colaraturum”
12. Barbara Kolb Related Characters
13. Caroline Schleicher Kraemer Sonatina
14. Libby Larsen Dancing Solo
15. Elizabeth Maconchy Clarinet Quintet
16. Theresa Martin Gryphon
17. Krystyna Moszumańska-NazarTrzy miniatury (Three Miniatures)
18. Thea Musgrave Concerto
19. Shulamit Ran For an Actor
20. Marga Richter Sonata
21. Jeanine Rueff Concertino
22. Marjorie Maxine Rusche Mood Etudes for two clarinets
23. Ruth SchönthalSonata Concertante
24. Jeanne E. Shaffer Three Faces of Women
25. Alice Mary Smith Sonata in A
26. Margaret Sutherland Sonata
27. Germaine Tailleferre Arabesque
28. Joan Tower Wings
29. Norma Wendelburg Concerto
30. Marilyn J. Ziffrin Concerto
31. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Concerto