Clarinet Music by Women Composers:
Clarinet and and Winds
The following women composed chamber music for clarinet and other wind instruments. Composers are alphabetized by last name and grouped by century. Composers may appear in two tables. Click a composer’s name to read her biography, listen to musical examples of her clarinet compositions, and find purchase or download links for scores and parts.
19th Century
| Last, First Name | Title | Instrumentation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boissier-Butini, Caroline | Divertissiment avec polonaise en la | Clarinet, bassoon, piano | c. 1815 |
| Farrenc, Louise | Sextet in C Minor, Op. 40 | Clarinet, oboe, flute, bassoon, horn, piano | 1852 |
| Nonet in E-flat Major, Op. 38 | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, bass | 1849 | |
| Kralik, Mathilde | Nonet | Clarinet, two horns, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano | |
| Zimmerman, Agnes | Piano-Wind Quintet | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, piano |
20th Century
| Last, First Name | Title | Instrumentation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrieu, Claude | Quintet in Ut | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | |
| Trio | Clarinet, oboe, bassoon | 1936 | |
| Clarinet Quartet 1 | |||
| Clarinet Quartet 2 | Eb clarinet, 2 Bb clarinets, bass clarinet | 1983 | |
| Barraine, Else | Quintet: Ouvrage de dame | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | 1931 |
| Bauer, Marion | Concertino | Clarinet, oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello | 1944 |
| Duo Suite, Op. 25 | Clarinet, oboe | 1932 | |
| Callaway, Ann M. | Devachan | Clarinet, flute/alto flute, violin, cello, piano, 1 percussion | 1992 |
| Decruck, Fernande | Capriccio | Clarinet, oboe, bassoon | 1933 |
| Variations en trio sur l’air du P’tit Quinquin | Clarinet, oboe, bassoon | 1935 | |
| Variations sur un air pyrénéen | Clarinet, oboe, bassoon | 1945 | |
| Pavane | Clarinet, oboe, bassoon | 1949 | |
| Trio Sonata (2e) | Clarinet, oboe, bassoon | 1949 | |
| Chant Lyrique, op. 69 | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | 1947-48 | |
| Six Duets for two clarinets | Two clarinets | ||
| Fromm-Michaels, Ilse | Vier Püppen for Woodwind Quintet | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | 1908 |
| Kern, Frida | Octet Op. 3/11 | Clarinet, oboe, horn, two violins, viola, cello, double bass | 1926 |
| Four Pieces for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 25 | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | 1942 | |
| Theme and Variations for Woodwind Quintet | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | 1961 | |
| Lucas, Mary | Woodwind Quintet | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | before 1934 |
| Spain-Dunk, Susan | Woodwind Quintet | ||
| Tailleferre, Germaine | Image | Clarinet, flute, 2 violins, viola, cello, celesta and piano | 1918 |
| Sonate champêtre | Clarinet, bassoon, piano | 1979 | |
| Choral et Deux Variations | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | 1979 | |
| Serenade in la mineur | clarinet, 2 oboes, bassoon, piano | ||
| Sarabande | Clarinet, oboe; or, 2 clarinets | date | |
| Vito-Delvaux, Berthe di | Suite for Wind Quartet op. 18 | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon | 1965 |
| Woodwind Quintet op. 112 | Clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, horn | 1966 |
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