Clarinet Music by Women Composers:
Unaccompanied Clarinet
The following women composed unaccompanied solos and etude books for the clarinet. Composers are alphabetized by last name. 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.
Solos
Last, First Name | Title | Date |
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Archer, Violet | Soliloquies | 1982 |
Four Short Pieces | 1995 | |
Beyer, Johanna Magdalena | Suite 1 | |
Suite 1b | ||
Brandon, Jenni | Chansons de la Nature pour la Clarinette | |
Callaway, Ann | Contraption: Solo for contrabass clarinet | 1991 |
Erickson, Elaine | Eight Trifles | 1969 |
Fromm-Michaels, Ilse | Stimmungen eines Fauns | 1931 |
Gotkovsky, Ida | Sonata for Clarinet Solo | 1984 |
Heller, Barbara | Variations pour Irith | 1982 |
Henderson, Moya Patricia | Glassbury Documents | |
Larsen, Libby | Dancing Solo | |
Tailleferre, Germaine | Sonata | 1957 |
Tower, Joan | Wings |
Etudes
Last, First Name | Title | Date |
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Aubin, Francine | 12 Etude Caprices | |
Burke, Kelly | Clarinet Warm-Ups: Materials for the Contemporary Clarinetist | |
Denny-Chambers, Kristen | Prep Steps Before You Kroepsch | |
Finger Fitness Etudes | ||
Madden, Helen | 20 Crucial Clarinet Studies | |
Rueff, Jeanine | 15 Etudes |
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