rsl12 Good point, I should have started saying that my favourite composer is Bela Bartok

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    Maybe you would like Grazyna Bacewicz. Like Bartok, her themes incorporate quite a bit of her national (Polish) folk music.

      rsl12 Maybe you would like Grazyna Bacewicz

      I liked thanks. I have just listen her Suite for Children. It is still too advanced for me but I will try maybe next year

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        I just listened to Children's Suite. It's wonderful! Thanks for letting me know!

          I don't know what you mean by classical, but some other women composers are Ailbhe McDonagh, Angeline Bell, Anne Crosby, Catherine Rollin, Chee-Hwa Tan, Eugénie Rocherolle, Linda Niamath, Melody Bober, Nancy Telfer, Susan Griesdale.

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          ... feeling like the pianist on the Titanic ...

          I can recommend Cécile Chaminade who wrote many pieces for piano. And if you like Bartok, then maybe Galina Ustvolskaya who was a student of Shostakovitch.

            Sidokar WoW Ustvolskaya is so unique! I am listening to her 12 preludes now.

              I liked some of Elena Kats-Chernin's stuff someone showed me a while back. Don't have any specific pieces, but I thought I might throw the name out there in case someone is interested.

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              Add to the list Giselle Galos, a relatively obscure French composer of the early 20th Century known for "Le Lac de Come", a beautiful piece for piano solo.

                plop_symphony I too was going to recommend this book as well.

                  Cécile Chaminade ( Sidokar ) and Germaine Tailleferre ( rsl12 ) are great examples. Staying in France you could also add Nadia Boulanger.

                  I found this great video today on Cécile Chaminade:

                  For American composers you could check out Florence Price and Margaret Bonds.

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