The Repertoire Bank

A unique musical tool

The Repertoire Bank is maintained by the Association of Swedish Women Composers (KVAST). It is a catalog of music composed by women, with a special focus on contemporary Swedish composers. Here you will find repertoire suggestions for chamber groups, orchestra, and solo instruments, as well as vocal music. The Repertoire Bank already contains over 1,800 works by women composers and we are constantly adding to it.

The Repertoire Bank uses the IMSLP abbreviations for instruments.

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wdt_ID	Last name	First name	Title	Year	Duration	Instrumentation	Other	Score	Duration Filter	Orchestra	Minor ensemble	Larger ensemble	EAM	Choir	Voice	Various
1	Agger	Savannah	Doina	2004		For string quartet		The composer			2-6 instruments
2	Agger	Savannah	In nihilo	2008–2009	6'	For db solo, 2 metal plates and live electronics		SMIC	5 - 10 min		2-6 instruments		Instrument and electronics
3	Ahlin	Tina	Adventsljusen	1996		For mixed choir	Text: Inger Hagerup	Gehrmans						Mixed choir
4	Ahlin	Tina	Hymn till Lucia	1996		For soprano/baritone and mixed choir		Gehrmans						Mixed choir
5	Ahlin	Tina	Julklockorna	1996		For mixed choir		Gehrmans						Mixed choir
6	Ahlin	Tina	Lovisastormen	1999	5'	For men's choir	Text: Olle Adolphson	Available from the composer	5 - 10 min					Male choir
7	Alexandersson	Linda	Three Songs from the Dominican Breviary			For mixed choir, second movement with four solists	Homage to Arvo Pärt. Text: from the Dominican Breviary.	Gehrmans						Mixed choir
8	Almén	Ruth	Sonata in B Minor, Op. 2	1919		For piano		Wilh. Hansen		Solo works
9	Alsted	Birgitte	Marching (Hobbling)	2016	2'	For vl, vl		Edition S	up to 5 min
10	Alsted	Birgitte	Melencolia	2001	12'	For acc solo		Edition S	10 - 15 min
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The Music and Theatre Library of Sweden is run by the Swedish Performing Arts Agency (Musikverket) and is one of Europe’s largest. It is an excellent resource for advice and help in locating scores and sheet music. The library is also continuously adding to its collections and can sometimes fulfill special purchase requests.

You can search the library’s catalog › for ”women composers”; also try the Swedish search term ”kvinnliga tonsättare.” The latter search currently brings up about 500 hits for music by women, but the library has much more and is gradually expanding the catalog. If you are looking for something specific that doesn’t come up in your search, you can e-mail and ask if the library has the piece but has not yet added it to the catalog.

The library has also compiled a list of about 1000 works by over 70 women composers born between 1746 and 1916 ›