| Foreword to the Second Edition | |
| Preface | |
| Featured Compositions and Coordinated Tapes | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Pt. 1 | The Medieval and Baroque Periods | |
| Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179): Life in the Medieval Convents | 11 |
| Francesca Caccini (1587-ca. 1640): The Medici Court of Florence | 17 |
| Barbara Strozzi (1619-1664): The Venitian Musical Academies | 25 |
| Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704): The Convent in Novara | 31 |
| Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1666-1729): The Court of Louis XIV | 37 |
| Pt. 2 | The Classical Period | |
| Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia (1723-1787): The Court of Frederick the Great | 47 |
| Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (1739-1807): The Court of Weimar | 51 |
| Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824): Vienna and Beyond | 57 |
| Pt. 3 | The Romantic Period - Songs | |
| Louise Reichardt (1779-1826): The Romantic Spirit | 65 |
| Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847): Domestic Music Making | 73 |
| Josephine Lang (1815-1880): The Public Sphere | 83 |
| Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896:)Touring Artist and Composer | 91 |
| Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910): International Recognition | 103 |
| Pt. 4 | The Romantic Period and Early Twentieth Century - Instrumental Music | |
| Jeanne-Louise Dumont Farrenc (1804-1875): Pianist and Composer | 121 |
| Louise Pauline Marie Heritte-Viardot (1841-1918): Musical Families | 129 |
| Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944): Chevaliere de la Legion d'Honneure | 133 |
| Lili Boulanger (1893-1918): The Prix de Rome | 139 |
| Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944): U.S. Symphonist | 147 |
| Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979): English Performer and Composer | 157 |
| Pt. 5 | Six Living U.S. Composers | |
| Katherine Hoover (b. 1937): Virtuoso Flutist and Composer | 165 |
| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939): The Pulitzer Prize | 173 |
| Ruth Schonthal (b. 1924): Emigre Composer and Teacher | 183 |
| Barbara Kolb (b. 1939): New Vistas | 193 |
| Marga Richter (b. 1926): Chamber Music and Orchestral Composer | 201 |
| Judith Lang Zaimont (b. 1945): Pianist, Author, Composer | 211 |
| Appendix 1: Music Appreciation Textbooks Ranked in Order of Number of Women Composers Mentioned | 224 |
| Appendix 2: Record Companies Featuring Women Composers | 228 |
| Appendix 3: An Outline of Western Music from 850 through the 1940s | 229 |
| Appendix 4: A Selected List of Publishers Featuring Women Composers | 237 |
| Appendix 5: A Selected List of Twentieth-Century Women Conductors | 238 |
| Appendix 6: Recordings Available from Leonarda Productions | 239 |
| Recommended Reading | 243 |
| Acknowledgments | 249 |
Format: Hardcover, 2nd ed., 272 pages
