by Laura Chislett The Concertino by Cécile Chaminade (France 1857 – 1944) must surely rank as the most widely performed flute piece by a female composer. It was the 1902 Paris Conservatoire annual test piece. Chaminade was not the only female French composer of that era: in fact you could say that there was a cluster of French female composers from the mid-19th century to the early part of the 20th Century. They are Augusta Holmes (1847 – 1903), Mel Bonis (1858 – 1937), one of the ‘Les Six’ group in Germaine Tailleferre (1892 – 1983) and the remarkable Lili … Continue reading Female Composers from Down Under: flute works, from 1900 – 1956