Hey Kyle - I just purchased the book. I was looking into banjo pieces by female composers and you have unearthed some on my list and some new ones! Here is what I came up with:
Banjo compositions by women:
Annie Clara Barfoot:
Our Jack Polka (John Alvey Turner’s Banjo Budget 267)
Daphne Bowden: cd
Alpine Echoes
Dance of the Moonbeams
Dignity Gavotte
Miniature Minuet
Souvenir
Woodland Nymphs
Ethel Beningford: cd
Selection of English Airs (arr.)
Elizabeth Buchanan:
Four in Hand
Florrie Chester:
Chester March (John Alvey Turner’s Banjo Budget 500)
Edith Fielden:
Mi Amor
Bonita (John Alvey Turner’s Banjo Budget 656)
Agnes Fisher (cd)
Romantique
Augusta Hiscox:
Idle Moments Waltz (John Alvey Turner’s Banjo Budget 344)
Madeline Rossiter:
Romping Rossie (available on Classic Banjo Ning)
The Douglas Cakewalk (available on Classic Banjo Ning)
Flares and Flashes (march)
Carlotta Rudge: (cd)
Carioca Waltz
Alice Walkinshaw:
American Jig (arr.) cd.
Essex Jig
From joel hooks: in A notation
Edith Secor:
Eri King Fantasia
Golden Rod Reel
Mignon Waltz
Zephyr Schottische
Barcarolle Venetienne
Ethel G. Dahl
Dance Fantastique
Myra Marie Cobbs
The Husking Party reel (pdf)
Thanks Carrie
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Hey Kyle - I just purchased the book. I was looking into banjo pieces by female composers and you have unearthed some on my list and some new ones! Here is what I came up with: Banjo compositions by women: Annie Clara Barfoot: Our Jack Polka (John Alvey Turner’s Banjo Budget 267) Daphne Bowden: cd Alpine Echoes Dance of the Moonbeams Dignity Gavotte Miniature Minuet Souvenir Woodland Nymphs Ethel Beningford: cd Selection of English Airs (arr.) Elizabeth Buchanan: Four in Hand Florrie Chester: Chester March (John Alvey Turner’s Banjo Budget 500) Edith Fielden: Mi Amor Bonita (John Alvey Turner’s Banjo Budget 656) Agnes Fisher (cd) Romantique Augusta Hiscox: Idle Moments Waltz (John Alvey Turner’s Banjo Budget 344) Madeline Rossiter: Romping Rossie (available on Classic Banjo Ning) The Douglas Cakewalk (available on Classic Banjo Ning) Flares and Flashes (march) Carlotta Rudge: (cd) Carioca Waltz Alice Walkinshaw: American Jig (arr.) cd. Essex Jig From joel hooks: in A notation Edith Secor: Eri King Fantasia Golden Rod Reel Mignon Waltz Zephyr Schottische Barcarolle Venetienne Ethel G. Dahl Dance Fantastique Myra Marie Cobbs The Husking Party reel (pdf) Thanks Carrie