Music for Cello by Women

Intermediate:

Bacewicz, Grazyna - Andante sostenuto

Clarke, Rebecca - I Bid My Heart Be Still

Liebmann, Helene - Grande Sonata

Advanced:

Alberga, Eleonore – Ride Through (solo)

Bishop, Martha – Macqam – Hijaz (solo)

Bosmans, Henriette - Impressions (3 pieces), Sonata, Concertos

Bonis, Mel - Sonata (3 mvts), Serenade, Meditation

Boulanger, Nadia – Three Pieces

Clarke, Rebecca – Epilogue, Passacaglia on an Old English Tune, Viola sonata (transcr.)

Farrenc, Louise - Sonata in B-flat Major (3 mvts)

Hensel, Fanny - Two Pieces

Kashperova, Leocadiya, Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2

Le Beau, Luise Adolpha - Sonata in D major (3 mvts), Five Pieces, op. 24

Meyer, Emilie – Sonatas (12 in total)

Shaw, Caroline - in manus tuas (solo cello, with singing)

Swain, Freda - Sonata

Strohl, Rita - Grande Sonata Dramatique, "Titus et Bérénice"

Tower, Joan – Tres Lent

Weir, Judith – Unlocked (solo)

Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe - Lament

Professional:

Auerbach, Lera - 24 Preludes, Sonata for solo cello, La Suite dels Ocells (Hommage to Pablo Casals)

Bacewicz, Grazyna – Polish Caprice (Kaprys polski) and Cello Concerto

Gubaidulina, Sofia - Ten Preludes

Larsen, LIbby - Scudding

Leon, Tania - Four Pieces (solo cello)

Netzel, Laura - Sonata (under pseudonym, Lago)

Pejacevic, Dora - Sonata in E minor (4 mvts)

Saariaho, Kaija - Sept Papillons (solo cello), many other solo pieces

Smyth, Ethel - Sonata in A minor (3 mvts)

Thomas, Augusta Read - Spring Song, Bells Ring Summer, Rainbow Bridge to Paradise, Rhea Enchanted, Incantation

Ustvolskaya, Galina, Grand Duet

Here's an excel file of womens' compositions for cello

And check out these websites devoted to women and BIPOC composers: