Women in Music

These are some of the Library of Congress Subject Headings for locating resources about women in music in the UO Music Collection.  Using these, you can refine your searches in the library catalog, using the "subject" limiter.

• Feminism and music
• Gender identity in music
• Music by women composers
• Women composers
• Women conductors (Music)
• Women country musicians
• Women jazz musicians
• Women music patrons
• Women rock musicians

For many of these, you can add subdivision terms to narrow your search:

• [Main term]--[subdivision] 
  • e.g.  Women composers--Biography
• Common subdivision terms:
  • --Bibliography
  • --Bio-bibliography
  • --Biography
  • --Discography
  • --History and criticism
  • --[name of country]  (e.g. --United States)
  • --[century]  (e.g. --20th century)
    • country and century subdivisions can be combined, e.g.: Women conductors--United States--21st century

If you are researching a particular musician, you can also search their name (last name first) as the subject term in your search to find resources about that person.