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21-09-2012 10:26:00
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Cheeky question: Do women write brass music? We're sure they must, but we haven't got much brass music by women in @rcstweets library. Can anyone suggest good contemporary published music by women composers for brass solo/chamber ensemble please?! Emily Doolittle
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Whittaker Library @rcstweets Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Emily Doolittle For some older repertoire (think tail end of 19th/first half 20th) by female composers for horn check out the work of Hedwige Chrétien (also composed for trombone), Yvonne Desportes, Jenny van Rysselberghe, Jeanne Demessieux, Jane Vignery, Elsa Barraine and Ruth Gipps. 📯
Whittaker Library @rcstweets Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Emily Doolittle Also check out the work of horn player Dr. Lin Foulk Baird - her website is an amazing resource with LOTS of compositions by female composer for horn! linfoulk.org
Anneke Scott Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Emily Doolittle And do you know this website by Caiti Beth McKinney? Caiti Beth's website has a useful listing of #HornMusic by underrepresented composers – #bibliography !