Biographical Sources-Books and Articles and Sites

WOMEN COMPOSERS AND MUSIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES: CROSSING THE LINE by Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, Ashgate Publishing, 2006; pages 54-55
CHAMBER MUSIC MAGAZINE, February 2001, American Composer: Beth Anderson, by Kyle Gann, pages 46-47
THE PANDORA GUIDE TO WOMEN COMPOSERS-BRITISH AND AMERICAN, by Sophie Fuller. Pandora/Harper Collins, 1994; pages 41-43.(100 women composers from 17th Century to present)
HET TWEEDE THEMA : Of de verwaarloosde geschiedenis van de componerende vrouw by Simonne Claeys, published in Belgium by Alamire Peer, 2001, pages 150-154. (in Flemish)
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS, edited by Brian Morton and Pamela Collins. Chicago: St. James Press 1992; Michael Sahl, biographer; pages 16-18.
Visit Dan Albertson's Living Composers Project site for information about many composers, including me, at http://composers21.com/
Kalvos & Damian's biography and photo of me: http://kalvos.org/andebio.html
THE NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN MUSIC. ed. by H. Wiley Hitchcock and S. Sadie, London: Macmillan Press,1986 and 1996/7 Charles Shere, biographer.
THE NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF OPERA, edited by Stanley Sadie, 1992 and 1996/7 Charles Shere, biographer
THE POPULAR GUIDE TO WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC by Anne Gray, Ph.D., Birch Lane Press:NY, 1996
JOHN CAGE AND THE 26 PIANOS by Nathan Rubin, pub. by Susan's Books 1994 (about Mills' composers, and a lot were women)
THE POPULAR GUIDE TO CLASSICAL MUSIC by Anne Gray, Ph.D. Birch Lane Press:NY, 1993.(chapters on women composers and women conductors)
SINGING AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS: WOMEN, LOVE AND CREATIVITY by Claudia Bepko and Jo-Ann Krestan. Harper Collins, c. 1993 (a sociological study of women artists including some other women composers as well)
NEW AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF MUSIC by Philip Morehead with Anne MacNeil. New York:Dutton, 1991.
THE NORTON/GROVE DICTIONARY OF WOMEN COMPOSERS, 1991; Charles Shere, biographer
WOMEN IN MUSIC: A HISTORY edited by Karen Pendle, Indiana Univeristy Press, c.1990
BAKER'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MUSICIANS by Nicolas Slonimsky, 1984
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN COMPOSERS: A Biographical Dictionary, compiled by E. Ruth Anderson. Boston: G.D. Hall, 1976 and 1979 and 1982 editions
VEROFFENTLICHUNGEN IN VORBEREITUNG'S BESIDE BETWEEN BESIDE BETWEEN BESIDE, 6/82, available from Bestellungen und alle anfragen an ed vogelsang, % fritz balthaus, behaimstrase 8, 1000 Berlin, 10, Germany; an anthology
UNSUNG : A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICAN MUSIC by Christine Ammer, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1980
Yale Oral History Archive, American Music Series Interview by Ev Grimes, 11/14/86
WOMEN IN MUSIC by Jeannie Pool- a very useful little book, self-published as far as I know when she was at Hunter or Columbia, c. 1978.
WOMEN'S WORK edited and published by Alison Knowles and Annea Lockwood, 1975
(a collection of avant guarde scores by women composers/artists)
THE WORLD WHO'S WHO OF WOMEN, 12th and 13th edition, late 1996
WHO'S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN, 18th edition, Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who 1990-
Jane Weiner LePage's books: WOMEN COMPOSERS, PERFORMERS, and CONDUCTORS, Vol. I, II, and III. (see V.II for my work) 1983; Scarecrow Press
INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN MUSIC AND MUSICIANS' DIRECTORY, 15th edition
KOMPONISTINNEN AUS 800 JAHREN by Antje Olivier and Sevgi Braun, 1996, ISBN 3-931984-00-1, available from Sequentia, Buch-und Musikverlag, Verlag/Europaisches Frauenmusikarchiv, Postfach 1430, 59404 Unna, Germany
A great book I had nothing to do with:
MUSIC AND SOCIETY: THE POLITICS OF COMPOSITION, PERFORMANCE, AND RECEPTION edited by Richard Leppert and Susan McClary. Cambridge University Press 1987.
THE INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN POETRY, 1977-78 edition
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ON MEN AND WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AND DISTINCTION, 1986, Delhi, India
"Talking About The Early Years" by Carol E. Tuynman, EAR MAGAZINE v. 8 #1-2, Feb.-May 1983 (actually a history of EAR Magazine from 1973-1979 involving various women/women composers)
"Yes Virginia There Are Women Composers" by Donna Handly for MS. MAGAZINE v.3. #2, 8/74.
"Women Composers" by Naomi Sinai for PRISMA: A Magazine On Alternative Education, 10/74
"Composing From Life" by Julia Cheever for CALIFORNIA LIVING MAGAZINE in the San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner 6/23/74,pages 21-22 & 27.

Reviews:

I've been reviewed in many publications over the years, including:

New York Times
Chamber Music Magazine
New Music Connosieur
The Village Voice
San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland Tribune
San Francisco Examiner
The Boston Globe
The Native
The Advocate
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Santa Cruz Centinel
Palo Alto Times
Hartford Advocate
Soho Weekly News
Asbury Park Press
The Coaster

Here are some quotes from those articles.

Here are references to a few more articles that have mentioned me, though regrettably I don't have the complete citations for these pieces:

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sunday, February 11, 2001 "Defiant Women Who Deserve a Hearing" By Mark Swed
HARTFORD ADVOCATE, March 6, 2001 review by Jason Serinus
SEATTLE WEEKLY, March 22, 2001 review by Jason Serinus
GUITAR ACTUAL MAGAZINE, April 2001
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MUSIC, Vol. 7, #1/2, 2001
THE BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMPOSERS, U.S.A., Series IV, Vol 7, #2 "Meet The Composer", by Al Brennon: Composer USA, Spring 2001,
DE NIEUWE VLAAMSE MUZIEKREVUE, Ghent, Belgium , March 2001
NEW MUSIC CONNOISSEUR review by Michael Dellaira in , Vol. 9 #1, Spring 2001
CHAMBER MUSIC MAGAZINE, January 2001, American Composer: Beth Anderson
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, September 1, 2001, Chili con Tango (CD review) & March 1, 1999, Two by Three (CD review) & 5-6/86
20th CENTURY MUSIC, January 1998
FANFARE: Sept./Oct. 1998-Vol. 22, #1
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF WOMEN IN MUSIC JOURNAL, October 1997, concert review by Michael Sahl
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER, 4/29/97
NEW MUSIC CONNOISSEUR, 1997, Vol.5, #4
THE VILLAGE VOICE 10/28/97; 4/14/97; 4/23/91; 4/17/91; 2/14/84; 5/5/81; 3/22/77
THE NEW YORK TIMES 8/6/95; 7/30/95; 3/22/93; 10/23/85; 3/23/85; 1/29/84; 5/16/78; 3/24/77; 12/7/75
THE MAC STREET JOURNAL (pub. by NY MacUsers' Group) 2/95
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH, 1/28/85; 1/27/85; 1/21/85 (VA)
STAR TRIBUNE in Minneapolis, 2/21/94
BMI MUSICWORLD 1/90
THE COASTER 8/27/92
ASBURY PARK PRESS, 7/15/88; 8/13/92; 8/20/92; 8/26/92
EAR MAGAZINE:NY, 3/90
BMI The Many Worlds of Music, #1, 1984
THE VILLAGER, 12/8/83 (NYC)
BACK STAGE 10/14/83
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE, 1/30/82
THE BERKELEY GAZETTE 5/16/83
THE BOSTON GLOBE, 3/28/83
KNACK (Belgium) 9/23/81
LA REPUBLICA (Italy) 10/6/81
THE SOHO WEEKLY NEWS 10/27/81
INTERVIEW 8/81
HIGH FIDELITY MAGAZINE/MUSICAL AMERICA 3/77, 9/74, 3/76, 1/75
FEMINIST ART JOURNAL 6/77
STEREO REVIEW 12/75
FLASH ART 12/75-2/76
THE HATFORD ADVOCATE 11/17/76
WXPN-FOLIO 6/81
NEWSDAY 10/10/81
MOUNT STERLING ADVOCATE 11/1/03; 3/14/85; 12/22/83; 1/5/83 (KY)
HEUTE KUNST 2-4/76
OAKLAND TRIBUNE 5/16/83; 12/3/73; 11/20/73; 10/26/73
SANTA CRUZ SENTINAL. 8/23/74
NEW YORK NATIVE 2/13-26/84; 1/16-29/84
THE ADVOCATE 2/21/84
THE LAVENDAR EXPRESS, 2/84
DANCE MAGAZINE 2/84
THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE 1/17/85
AMERICAN WOMEN COMPOSERS NEWS, 1/82
QUARTER NOTES pub. by Greenwich House Music School
AMERICAN MUSIC CENTER NEWSLETTER11/6-12/89; 11/7-13/88
AMERICAN COMPOSERS ALLIANCE BULLETIN/NEWSLETTER
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN MUSIC JOURNAL
KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER NEWS
LIVE: PERFORMANCE ART #3, 5/80

Catalogues

NEW YORK WOMEN COMPOSERS, INC. CATALOG: COMPOSITIONS OF CONCERT MUSIC, available now online at http://metalab.unc.edu/nywc/ 1995 edition with continuing updates; reviewed in NOTES 3/93
CATALOGUE OF PUBLISHED WORKS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA AND PIANO TRIO BY 20th CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN COMPOSERS, by Ellen G. Schlegel, Colonial Press (1237 Stevens Rd., S.E., Bessemer, Alabama 35023) available for $11.95, 1993, .
GUITAR MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS: AN ANNOTATED CATALOG, compiled by Janna MacAuslan, published by Greenwood Press, 1996
REPERTORIO DELLA MUSICA PER CHITARRA DAL 1900 AD OGGI, edited by Vincenzo Pocci, pub. 11/93 and updated every 6 months, Rome, Italy
THE KITCHEN CENTER FOR VIDEO AND MUSIC 1975-76 CATALOGUE
SEVEN YEARS OF CRAZY LOVE-CCM 1969-76 published by Mills College in Oakland California in regard to their Center for Contemporary Music
BMI SYMPHONIC CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENT #1, 1978