
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)
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
Jones, Alice H. - #tinyefforts2020 (4 solo 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, but I believe only 1 is available)
Shaw, Caroline - in manus tuas (solo cello, with singing)
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:
https://www.philomelproject.com/
https://composeher.co.uk/http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php