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Franghiz ALI-ZADEH (b1947): Strg Qtt, 1974. Dilogy I, 1988. Dilogy II 1989. Hildegard.
Elfrida ANDRÉE (1841-1929): In A, 1861. In D minor, 1887, Hildegard.
Violet ARCHER (b1913): Str Qtt No 1, 1940. No 2, 1949. No 3, 1981.
Valborg AULIN (1860-1928: Str Qtt in F, 1884. Str Qtt in E minor, 1889.
Grayzna BACEWICZ (1913-69): Str Qtt No 1, 1938. No 2, 1943. No 3, 1947. No 4, 1951, 22'. No 5, 1955. No 6, 1960. No 7, 1965, 17'. Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.
Maria BACH (1896-1978: Str Qtt No 1, 1935. No 2, 1937.
Esther BALLOU (1915-73): Nocturne, 1937. American Composers Alliance.
Marion BAUER (1882-1955): Str Qtt, 1949.
Amy BEACH (1867-1944): Str Qtt in one mvt, Op 89, 13' 1929, Hildegard.
Susan BLAUSTEIN (b1953): Ricercare, 1981.
Patricia BLOMFIELD HOLT (1910-2003): Str Qtt No 1, 1937. Str Qtt No 2, 1956.
Victoria BOND (b1945): ‘Dreams of Flying’, 15', 1994, Subito.
Edith BORROFF (b1925): Str Qtt, 1941. Grand Rondo, 1944. Str Qtt in E minor, 1945.
Henriette BOSMANS (1895-1952): Str Qtt, 1928.
Nadia BOULANGER (1887-1979): Fugue, 1908.
Helen BOWATER (1952): The Bodhi Tree, 1991.
Anne BOYD (b1946): No 1, The Fourth Generation, 1968. No 2, 1973, No 3, 1991.
Radie BRITAIN (1903-94): Epic Poem, 1927. Str Qtt 1934.
Diana BURRELL: (b1948): Gulls and Angels, 1994.
Helza CAMEU (1903-95): Suite No 2, 1935.
Gayane C’EBOTARYAN (b1918): Str Qtts, 1978, 1990.
CHEN YI (b1953): Str Qtt, 1982, Theodore Presser.
Rebecca CLARKE (1886-1979): Str Qtt in 1 mvt, 7', 1924. Adagio, 8', 1926, OUP.
Ulric COLE (1905-92): No 1, 1932. No 2, 1934.
Jean COULTHARD (1908-2000): No 1 ‘In the Spring of the Year 1952'. Threnody, 1953. No 3, 1987.
Ruth CRAWFORD SEEGER (1901-53): Str Qtt, 12', 1952. A-R Editions.
Nancy DALBERG (1881-1949): Str Qtt in G minor, 25', 1914. No 2, 25'.
Tina DAVIDSON (b1952): Cassandra Sings, 1988.
Emma Lou DIEMER (b1927): Str Qtt No 1, 1987.
Violetta DINESCU (b1953): Terra Lonhdana, 1984. Ricordi.
Lucia DLUGOSZEWSKI (b1934): Transparencies, 1952. Flower Music, 1959. Qidditas, 1984.
Sophie ECKHARDT-GRAMATTÉ (1899-1974): Str Qtts No 1, 1938. No 2, 1943. No 3, 1964.
Eleanora EKSANISHVILI (b1919): Str Qtt, 1944. 1949.
Florence EWART (1864-1949): Str Qtt in D minor, 1930.
Eibhlis FARRELL (b1953): Str Qtt No 2, 1977.
Vivian FINE (b 1913): Str Qtt, 1957, Greenwood Press.
Elena FIRSOVA (b1950): Str Qtt No 1, Op 4, 1970. No 2, Op 11, 1974. No 3, Op 24, 1980. No 4, Op 40, 1989. No 6, Op 71. No 8. No 9, Op 78. Boosey & Hawkes.
Gabriela Lena FRANK (b1972): Str Qtt No 4, Hildegard.
Miriam GIDEON (1906-96): Lyric Piece, 1941. Str Qtt, 1946. American Composers Alliance.
Ruth GIPPS (1921-99): Str Qtt, Op 47, 1956, Tickerage Press.
Sylvia GLICKMAN (1932-2006): ‘The Walls are Quiet Now’, 1999, Hildegard.
Dorothy GOW (1893-1982): Str Qtt No 2, 1933. Str Qtt in one mvt, 1947. British Library.
Sofia GUBAYDULINA (b1931): Str Qtt No 1, 1971. No 2, 1987. No 3, 1987. Hans Sikorski.
Pamela HARRISON (1915-89): Str Qtt, 1944.
Imogen HOLST (1907-84): Str Qtt No 1, 1946. No 2, 1950. OUP.
Miriam HYDE (1913): Fantasy-Qtt in A, c1940. Str Qtt in E minor, 21', 1947. Australian Music Centre.
Marie JAËLL (1846-1925): Str Qtt in G minor, c1880. Biblioteque Nationale.
Marta JIRÁCKOVÁ (b1932): Str Qtt ‘The Blanckenburg Fugue’, Op 33, 11, 1985, Panton.
Halina KRZYZANOWSKA (1860-1927): Str Qtt in A, Op 44, c1920, Hamelle?
Margaret Ruthven LANG (1867-1972): Str Qtt, c1980. A P Schmidt.
Libby LARSEN (b1950): Str Qtt ‘Alauda’, 1986. Schirmer.
Luise Adolpha LE BEAU (1850-1927): Str Qtt, Op 34, 1884, Furore.
Nicola LEFANU (b1947): Str Qtt, 1988. No 2, 1997. Chester Novello.
Kate LODER (1825-1904): Str Qtt in G minor, 1846. British Library.
Maddalena Laura LOMBARDINI SIRMEN (1745-1818): 6 Qtts: 1 in E flat, 12'. 2 in B flat, 12'. 3 in G minor, 11'. 4 in B flat, 10'. 5 in F minor, 13'. 6 in E, 10. 1769, Furore.
Gudrun LUND (b1930): Str Qtt No 1, op 8, 1976. No 2, Op 20, 1978. No 4, Op 70, 1983. No 5, Op 77, 1984. No 6, Op 134, 1992. Samfundet.
Elizabeth LUTYENS (1906-83): Str Qtt No 2, Op 5/5, 1938. No 3, Op 18, 1949. No 6, Op 25/3, 1952. ‘Plenum III’, Op 93, 1973. ‘Mare et minutiae, Op 107, 1976. ‘Doubles’, Op 125, 1978. Op 139, 1979. ‘Diurnal’, Op 146, 1980. No 12, Op 155, 1981. No 13, Op 158, 1982.
Elizabeth MACONCHY (1907-94): Str Qtt No 1, 1933. No 2, 1936. No 3, 1938. No 4, 1943. No 5, 1948. No 6, 1950. No 7, (54. No 8, 1966. No 9, 15', 1969. No 10, 13', 1972. No 11, 14’,1977. No 12, 13'. No 13, Quartetto Corto, 8', 1983. Chester Novello.
Ursula MAMLOK (b1928): Str Qtt, 1962. American Composers Alliance.
Ljubica MARIC (b1909): Str Qtt, 1931. Udruzenje Kompozitora Sebije.
Bernadetta MATUSZCZAK (b1937): Quartetto in 12 parti, 1980. PWM.
Fanny MENDELSSOHN (1805-47): Str Qtt in E flat, 17', 1834, Hildegard.
Benna MOE (1897-1983): Strg Qtt in F minor, 1934. DanishMusic.info.
Mary Carr MOORE (1873-1957): Strg Qtt in F minor, 1930.
Thea MUSGRAVE (b1928): Str Qtt, 1958, 20', musicroom.com.
Jane O’LEARY (b1946): Str Qtt, 1983, 15', Contemporary Music Centre (Dublin).
Barbara PENTLAND (1912-2000): Str Qtt No 1, 1945. No 2, 1953. No 3, 1969. No 40, 1980. No 5, 1985. Musicanada.
Priaulx RAINIER (1903-86): Str Qtt, 18', 1939. Schott.
Shulamit RAN (v1949): Str Qtt No 1, 24', 1984. No 2 ‘VISTAS’, 1989, 25'. Theodore Presser.
Ruth SCHONTHAL (1924-2006): Str Qtt No 1, 1962, 14'. No 2, 1983, rev 1983, 25'. No 3, 1997, 16', Furore.
Johanna SENFTER (1879-1961): Str Qtt in D minor, Op 4. In F sharp minor, Op 28. In F minor, Op 46. In B, Op 64, In C minor, Op 115.
Verdina SHLONSKY (1905-90): Str Qtt, 1948. Israel Music Institute.
Alica Mary SMITH (1839-84): Str Qtt No 1 in D, 1862. No 2 in A minor, 1870. No 3 in D, 1864. No 4 in G minor, 1867. Info from ian.graham-jones@clara.net.
Julia SMITH (1911-89): Str Qtt, 1964. Mowbray.
Ethel SMYTH (1858-1944): Str Qtt in D minor, 1880. In E minor, 1902.
Brunhilde SONNTAG (b1936): Str Qtt No 1, 1984. No 2 ‘Animus’, 1988. No 3, 1993. Furore.
Margaret SUTHERLAND (1897-1984): Str Qtt No 1, 1939. No 3, 1954. No 3, 1967. Australian Music Centre.
Germaine TAILLEFERRE (1892-1983): Str Qtt, 14', 1919.
Phyllis TATE (1911-87): Str Qtt in F, 25',1952, OUP.
Lucie VELLÈRE (1896-1966): Str Qtt No 1 in D minor, 23', 1937. No 2 in E minor, 1942. No 3, 17', 1951, manuscript at Bibliothèque du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles. Str Qtt No 4, 15', 1962. CeBeDeM.
Sláva VORLOVÁ (1894-1973): Bezkydy Str Qtt No 1, 1933. Str Qtt Op 5, 1939. Op 22, 1950. Czech Music Fund.
Ruth ZECHLIN (b1926): Str Qtt No 1, 1959. No 2, 1965. No 3, 1970. No 4, 1971. No 5, 1971. No 6, 1977. G. Schirmer.
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