Draft:List of compositions for piano duets and duos by women composers

List of compositions for piano duets and duos by women composers

list complied by Bonnie Choi

Susana Antón (b.1947)

• TANGOOo..(2000), Advanced, 8.30 min.

Eleanor Alberga (b.1949)

• 3-Day Mix (1991), Advanced, 10:00 min.
• Two-piano Suite (1986) (two piano, four hands)
• Hill and Gully Ride (1990) (two piano, eight hands)

Amy Beach (1867-1944)

• Summer Dreams, Op. 47 (1901), Intermediate, 14 min. IMSLP, Neil A. Kjos
• Three Movements (1883), Intermediate- Early Advanced, Hildegard Music
• Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60C, two pianos, Advanced, 20 min.
• Iverniana, Op. 70 (1910), lost
• Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 104 (1924), Advanced, 23 min.

Anna Bofill (b. 1944)

• 6x4 (2008)

Mel Bonis (1858-1937)

• Berceuse à 4 mains, Op. 23, Early Advanced, 3:10 min., unpublished
• Les Gitanos, Op. 15/2, Intermediate, 3:30 min., IMSLP
• Le Songe de Cleopatre, Op. 180/1, Early Advanced, 8 min., Furore
• Pavane pour piano, Op. 81, Early Advanced, 3 min., Furore
• Six pièces à 4 mains, Op. 130 (1930), Elementary, IMSLP
• Six Valses Caprice, Op. 87, Early Advanced, 8 min., IMSLP, Furore
• Suite en forme de valses, Op. 35, 36, 37, Op. 38 (1898), Intermediate-Early Advanced, 13 min., IMSLP, Furore
• Suite dans le style ancien, Op. 127, Early Advanced, 7 min.
• Variations, Op. 85, Advanced, 15 min., IMSLP

Judy Bruce

• Circle of Life
• Comin’ Home
• Jacob’s Dreams
• Journeys
• Motions for Piano Duet (2012)
• Nighttime Shivers

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)

• Andante et Scherzettino, Op. 59 (1889), Early Advanced, 5 min., IMSLP
• Danse Paienne, Op. 158 (1919), two pianos, Advanced, 5 min.
• Deux Pièces for 2 Pianos, Op.36 (1886) Late Intermediate – Advanced, 13 min., IMSLP
• Duo Symphonique, Op.117 (1905), Advanced, 14 min., IMSLP
• Les Noces d’Argent, Op. 13, Early Intermediate, (1 piano, 8 hands), 2 min., IMSLP
• Marche Hongroise, WU 19 (1880), unpublished
• Six Pièces Romantiques, Op. 55 (1890), Early Advanced, 14 min., IMSLP
• Valse Carnavalesque Op. 73 (1894), Advanced, 6 min.
• Duo Symphonique, Op. 117, two pianos, Advanced, 14 min., IMSLP
• Cortège Op.143 (1911), two pianos, Enoch
• Danse Paienne, Op. 158, two pianos, Advanced, 5 min., Enoch
• Marche Hongroise, WU 19 (1880), unpublished

Transcription: *Chaminade arranged much of her solo piano, chamber works for piano 4–hands and two pianos

• Pièce Romantique et Gavotte, Op. 9, trans. Leon Roques, two pianos 8 hands, Intermediate, Free Sheet Music

two pianos 4 hands,

• Pastorale Enfantine, Op. 12 (1885), two pianos, Enoch, Free Sheet Music
• La Sévillane, Op.19b (1891), two pianos Enoch
• Suite d’Orchestre, Op. 20 (1881), piano duet, 2 pianos?
• Pas des Sylphes, Op. 20a?? piano duet,
• Sérénade Op. 29, trans. by Charles Steiger, Intermediate, Enoch, Free Sheet Music
• Air de Ballet, Op.30,(1884) Enoch
• Guitare, Op. 32, transr. by Charles Steiger, Enoch, Free Sheet Music
• Valse Caprice, Op. 33 (1885), intermediate, 6 min. Enoch
• Automne, Op. 35a (1924) Enoch
• Deux Airs de Ballet, Op. 37 (1888) (de Callirhoë) Enoch
• Concerstück, Op.40
• Pierrette, Op. 41, Enoch
• Scaramouche, Op. 56, Enoch
• Le Matin et Le Soir, Op. 79, two pianos, Early Advanced, 10 min., Enoch
• Quatrième Valse, Op. 91 Enoch
• Danse Créole, Op. 94 Enoch
• Album des Enfants Deuxième Série, Op.126 Enoch
• Marche Américaine, Op. 131, two pianos, Enoch
• Sérénade Espagnole, Op. 150a (1895)
• Interlude, Op. 152a (1925)

Consuelo Colomer(1930-2016) Consuelo Colomer

• Game (2008)
• Fantasia (2008), Intermediate, 2:30 min.
• Encor (2008)

María Escribano (1954-2002)

• Suite de danzas (1990)

Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)

• Variations sur un Theme des “Capulets” de Bellini, Op. 29 (1839)

Jacqueline Fontyn (b. 1930)

• Spirales for 2 Pianos (1971)
• Hamadryads piano four hands (2004)

Gabriela Lena Frank Seis cantos de los campos, two pianos, Advanced

Carlota Garriga (b. 1937)

• Ensayo a dos (2007), Barcelona Boileau

Margaret Garwood (1927-2015)

• Suite, Hildegard

Miriam Gideon (1906-1996)

• Homage a ma jeunesse: Sonatina for Two Pianos (1949), 8 min.

Anne Marie Guzzo

• Of Anemones and Migration (2020), 11 min.

Jacqueline Hairston (1805-1847)

• Melismodal Suite (1992), 5.30 min.

Fanny Hensel (1805-1847)

• Drei Stücke H. 406, 408, 409 (1844), Advanced, 11 min., Furore
• Walzer für den Herzog von Rovigo, H. 81 (1823), Intermediate, IMSLP, Hildegard

Augusta Holmès (1847-1903)

• Six Characteristic Duets for the Pianoforte, Intermediate
• Les Cloches de Corneville, 8 hands, 2 pianos; Early Advanced, 4:30 min.
• Pologne (1883) IMSLP
• Armande de Polignac
• Mille et une Nuits
• The Sentinel’s Night March

Marie Jaëll (1846-1925)

• Fantaisie sur Don Juan für zwei Klaviere (1876)
• Valses pour piano á quatre mains, Op. 8 (1874), Early Advanced, 24 min., IMSLP, Hildegard
• Voix du printemps (1885), Early Advanced, 24 min., IMSLP

Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

• Gavel Patter (2004), Advanced, 5 min.
• 79 Fossil Gestures of Antonio Alberto De Biedma (2011), Advanced, 12 min.
• A Day: Prelude/Postlude (2014), Advanced , 4:30 min.
• Ghosts of Old Pianos (2013), Advanced, 9 min.

Jane Leslie

• A Walk in the Country (1997)
• Fanfare (2005)
• City Nights

Maria Dolores Malumbres (b. 1931)

• Pieza para piano a 4 manos (1989/2008), Early Advanced, 3 min.

Meredith Monk (b. 1942) Obsolete Objects, two pianos Phantom Waltz, two pianos (1990) Trekking (1994), two pianos Phantom Strings (2005), two pianos Ellis Island (1981), two pianos Parlour Games (1988)

Thea Musgrave (b. 1928)

• Excursions (1965), Intermediate, 7 min., Chester Music

Barbara Pentland (b. 1912-2000)

• Three Piano Duets after Pictures by Paul Klee, (1958), 6:30 min.

Florence Price (1887–1953)

• Three Negro Dances (1949), two pianos, Intermediate, 4 min., Theodore Presser

Marta Ptaszynska (b. 1943)

• Interlude I & II (1979) 6.30 min.
• Four Seasons for Four Hands (1984)

Rocío Sanz Quirós (1934–1993)

• Rondó in México (1981) 2.5 min.

Shulamit Ran (b. 1949)

• Children’s Scenes (1970), 8.30 min.

Maria Rosa Ribas (b. 1944)

• Angoixa (1988)
• Miralls (2008)

Marga Richter (1926–2020)

• Variations on a Theme by Latimer (1969), 8:55 min.

Inah Machado Sandoval (1906-2003)

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Shulamit Ran (b. 1949)

• Children's Scenes (1970), 8.30 min.

Marga Richter (1926-2020)

• Variations on a Theme by Latimer (1969), 8:55 min.

Jane Savage (1926-2020)

• A Favorite Duet for two Performers on One Pianoforte or Harpsichord

Ruth Schonthal (1924-2006)

• Bouquets for Margaret (1999), Intermediate, 10 min., Furore

Clara Schumann (1819-1896)

• March in E flat major, Intermediate, 5 min.,Breitkopf & Härtel

Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831)

• Grand Valse in F major, Early Advanced, 4 min., IMSLP

Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)

• Premieres Prouesses, W1 (1910), Intermediate, 3:30 min., Editions Jobert
• Image (1918), Advanced, 5 min., IMSLP
• Sonate, for piano four hands (1974–75), unpublished
• Suite Burlesque, W. 194 (1980), Intermediate, 6 min., Editions Henry Lemoine
• Jeux de plein air, W. 8(1917)), Early Advanced, 5 min., IMSLP, Durand
• Fandango, W. 17(1920), Advanced,3 min.
• Deux Valses, w. 35 (1928), Advanced, 3:30 min., Henry Lemoine
• Nocturne, W. 84 (1943), unpublished
• Intermezzo (1946), Advanced, 4 min., Musik Fabrik
• Suite “Il etait un petit navire” (1950), Advanced, 22 min., Musik Fabrik
• Toccata, W. 140 (1957), 4 min., Musik Fabrik
• Sonate pour Deux Pianos, W. 172 (1974), Advanced, 7 min., Musik Fabrik
• Sonate pour piano a quatre mains, W173, (1974-5)
• Choral et variations (1979), 5:30 min.

Louise Talma (b. 1906-1996)

• Four-handed Fun(1939), 3:13 min.

Karen Tanaka (b. 1961)

• Herb Garden (2005)

Hilary Tann (b. 1947)

• Water’s Edge (1994), Oxford University Press

Joan Tower (b. 1938)

• Stepping Stones, A Ballet (1993), Advanced, original for orchestra, Piano duo, Hal Leonard

Celia Torrá (1884-1962)

• Seven Pequeñas piezas para piano, with percussion (1945) Intermediate, 9 min. Ricordi Americana S.A. Buenos Aires BA 9169.
• La Calesita (1958). Editada por Ricordi Americana S.A. Buenos Aires. BA 11591 Villancico. Editada por Ricordi Americana BA 11593 (1958)
• Villancico (1958) Editada por Ricordi Americana BA 11593
• Vidalita (1958) six hands, Editada por Ricordi Americana S.A. BA 11592

Mercè Torrents (1930–2018)

• Evocació (1999) Advanced, Barcelona: Clivis Publicacions

Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)

• Sonata à quatre mains in F major, Op. 3 (1806), Late Intermediate, Werckmeister, IMSLP

Chen Yi (b. 1953)

• China West Suite (2007), Advanced, 13 min., Presser

Judith Lang Zaimont (b. 1945)

• Snazzy Sonata (1972), Advanced, 18 min., Vivace Press

External links

• Works for two pianists or more
• Repertoire list for two pianists or more
• Repertoire list (including works for four pianos)
• A Seat at the Piano
• Donne Foundation
• Ebony Music, Inc.
• Youtube Playlist of Women Duets and Duos
• Hildegard Publishing Company

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