Discographies

DISCOGRAPHY of WOMEN COMPOSERS' MUSIC

This is a discography (list of recordings) of some of the Knight Library's Douglass Room collection.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) designate some recordings for which we own a score.  Note: This discography has not been updated significantly since 2009 and there are many more recordings and scores in our collection now.

For more information on women composers and musicians, see the Guide to Resources on Women in Music on our web page.

 

Individual Composers: D

DANIELS, MABEL, 1878 - 1971

 

Deep Forests Op.34 No.1.
CRI 145
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4141

Three Observations for Three Wood Winds Op.41.(for oboe, clarinet & bassoon)
Desto DC 7117
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4499

DANZI, MARGARETHE, 1768 - 1800

 

Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Flat Major Op.1 No.1.
Musica Bavarica MB 902
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4432

DAVIDSON, TINA

 

Dark Child Sings. (Cello Quartet)
Opus One CD 148
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1627

I hear the mermaids singing.
CRI CD 681, p1996.
NOTES:The 1st work for saxophones; the 2nd for marimba, vibraphone and  piano; the 3rd for viola, violoncello and piano; the 4th for saxophone, flute, English horn, bassoon and piano; the 5th for string quartet, the 6th for flute/piccolo, English horn, bassoon and piano.
PERFORMERS:Variously: Marshall Taylor, saxophones; Anthony Orlando, marimba; Don Liuzzi, vibraphone, Charles Abramovic, piano; Kathleen Carroll, viola; Lori Barnet, violoncello; Carol Brown, flute and piccolo; Lloyd Shorter English horn; Charles Holdeman, bassoon; Mendelssohn String Quartet (in 5th work).
CONTENTS:Transparent victims--Fire on the mountain--I hear the mermaids singing--Lullaby--Bleached thread, sister thread--Blue dawn (The promised fruit)
DOUGLASS  COMPACT DISC CX11068                 

7 Macabre Songs. (for Piano)
Coronet LPS 3206
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 7552

Transparent victims.
Innova Recordings MN 109, p1990.
NOTES:For multitracked saxophones, 1 performer
PERFORMER:Marshall Taylor (saxophones).
DOUGLASS  COMPACT DISC CX11420                 

See also: Cassatt and Emergency music collection.

DAVIS, MARIAN, 1888 - 1970

 

See: Fluffy ruffle girls: women in ragtime

DAVIS, SHARON, 1937-

 

Delcina Stevenson, soprano, Sharon Davis, pianist.
CONTENTS:Six Songs on Poems of William Pillin(for soprano and piano); *Three Moods of Emily Dickinson(for soprano, violin, cello, and piano); Three Poems of William Blake(for soprano and solo low clarinet(alto, bass, and contra- bass); Though Men call us free(for soprano, clarinet and piano).
WIM WIMR 23
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6868

Though Men Call Us Free. (for soprano, clarinet & piano)
WIM WIMR 13
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4487

DE GAMBARINI, ELISABETTA, 1731 - 1765

 

*Pieces for the Harpsichord, Op.2.
Kingdom KCLCD 2010
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX911

DEL RIEGO, TERESA, 1876-1968

 

See: In praise of woman: 150 years of English women composers.

DEMBSKA, ANNA

 

Their equinoctal habits.
Inter/Play 23
DOUGLASS CASSETTE 1290M

DESPORTES, YVONNE, 1907-

 

6 Danses Pour Syrinx.
Musica Femina
DOUGLASS CASSETTE 1189M

See also:Images: music for horn and piano by women composers

DIA, COMTESSA DE, 12th/13th c.

See:Bella domna: the medieval woman: lover, poet,patroness and saint ; Chansons der Troubadours: Lieder und Spielmusik aus dem 12. Jahrhundert;