Articles, books by Rhian Samuel:
‘Birtwistle’s The Minotaur: the opera and a diary of its first production', Cambridge
Opera Journal, 20, 3 (2009), 1-22.
‘Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur’. Programme booklet, Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, April 2008 (for 1st perf. of Birtwistle's The Minotaur).
'Ail-lunio'r Cwestiwn', Tu Chwith, Hydref/Oct.1996, 86-89
'Women of Composure', BBC Music Magazine, May 1996, 32-34
'Women Who Call the Tunes', The Guardian, 26 May, 1995, 11
Co-editor (with Julie Anne Sadie), The Norton/New Grove Dictionary of Women
Composers (London and New York: Macmillan and W.W. Norton), 1994
‘Women’s Music: A Twentieth-Century Perspective’, in The New Grove Dictionary of
Women Composers, xiii-xviii.
‘Elisabetta Brusa’, ‘Ellen Coleman’, ‘Silvina Milstein’, ‘Judith Weir’, ‘Julia Wolfe’
in The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (see above)
‘Musical Expressions’ in Reclaiming the Muse, ed. Nicola Lefanu & Sophie Fuller,
Contemporary Music Review, 11, Dec 1994, 257-9
‘Time Remembered: Birtwistle’s The Second Mrs Kong’, Opera, lxv, 10 (Oct 1994), 1153-58
‘Violetta and Germont’ in Violetta and her Sisters, ed. N. John (London: Faber),
1994, 258-263
‘Facing the Music’ in Women in Music, ed. David Jones, Channel 4 Publications,
June 1994, 8-9
‘Editing the Twentieth Century: The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers’,
ILWC Journal, Oct 1993, 22-23
‘Feminist Musicology: Endings or Beginnings?’, Women: A Cultural Review, 3, 1 (July
1992), 65-69
‘Birtwistle’s Gawain: An Essay and a Diary’, Cambridge Opera Journal, 4, 2 (1992),
163-178
‘Gawain’s Musical Journey.’ Programme booklet, Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, May 1991 (for 1st perf. of Birtwistle's Gawain). 2nd version (for revised
opera), April 1994
‘Music in Command' [Reimann's Lear: the music] Programme booklet, ENO, Feb 1989
(for 1st British perf. of Lear)
(for 1st British perf. of Lear)
‘Women Composers: A Personal View’, Contact, 32 (Spring 1988), 53-54
Reviews by Rhian Samuel:
‘Elaine Barkin and Lydia Hamessley, eds: Audible Traces’. Perspectives of New
Music (USA), Summer, 2002
‘Jonathan Cross: Harrison Birtwistle: Man, Mind, Music and Robert Aldington: The
Music of Harrison Birtwistle’, Music and Letters, 2001
‘David Osmond-Smith: Berio.’ Music and Letters, 73, 3 (Aug. 92), 483-5
‘Wolfram Schwinger, tr. William Mann: Krysztof Penderecki: his Life and Work.’
Music and Letters, 72, 1 (Feb. 91), 153- 55
‘Philip Glass: Opera on the Beach.’ Music and Letters 70, 4 (Nov. 89), 579-81
‘Charles Wuorinen: Crossfire.’ Music and Letters , 70, 4 (Nov. 89), 597-8
‘New Music 87, ed. Roger Wright and Michael Finnissey.’ Music and Letters 69,
1 (Jan 88), 298-9
‘24th Annual RMA Conference.’ Musical Times, 130 (June 89), 368
‘Morton Feldman: Triadic Memories and George Rochberg: Four Short Sonatas.’
Music and Letters,70, 2 (May 89), 308-10
‘Fred Lerdahl: Fantasy Etudes and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 2.’ Music
and Letters, 70, 2 (May 89), 310-12
and Letters, 70, 2 (May 89), 310-12
‘Morton Feldman: For Frank O'Hara and Earle Brown: Centering’. Music and
Letters, 69, 4 (Oct. 88), 569-570
‘Colin Matthews: Toccata meccanica and Three enigmas.’ Music and Letters , 69, 4
(Oct. 88), 571-73
‘Jonathan Lloyd: The Shorelines of Certainty and Nigel Osborne: Mythologies.’ Music
and Letters, 69, 4 (Oct. 1988), 570-71
'Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto and Concerto Grosso (1985).’ Music and Letters, 69,
2 (April 1988), 143-44
Selected writings on Rhian Samuel:
Andrews, Joyce. ‘Composer Rhian Samuel: The Female Viewpoint and Welsh
Influences in her Vocal Music’. Women and Music, 8 (2004), 61-72.
Davies, Lyn. ‘Rhian Samuel (1944-): ‘Cyfansoddwraig o’r Cwm’. In Cwm Cynon, ed.
Hywel Teifi Edwards, Gomer Press, 1997, 329-342.
Hoch, Matthew. 'A Shining Crag': Rhian Samuel's Yr Alarch'. Journal of the IAWM,
25, 1 (2019), 14-17.
Hoch, Matthew and Linda Lister. 'Art Songs by Women'. In So You Want to Sing
25, 1 (2019), 14-17.
Hoch, Matthew and Linda Lister. 'Art Songs by Women'. In So You Want to Sing
Music by Women, ed. M. Hoch and L. Lister, Rowman & Littlefield, 2019, 61.
Mabry, Sharon. ‘Two Gems for Soprano’. Journal of Singing, Sept/Oct, 2000, 57, 1,
35-36. [Discussion of ‘The Hare in the Moon’]
Mabry, Sharon. ‘Song-Cycles by Women Composers, Part II’. Journal of Singing,
Jan/Feb, 2000, 56, 3, 61-61. [Discussion of ‘Songs of Earth and Air’, ‘Three
Songs with Guitar’ and ‘The White Amaryllis’.]
Mack, Anna. 'Opina compositor a inglesa, "La música no se explica con
palabras" '. El Sur [Concepción, Chile], 17 mayo, 1992, 9.
Manning, Jane. ‘Rhian Samuel: The Hare in the Moon’. New Vocal Repertory,
palabras" '. El Sur [Concepción, Chile], 17 mayo, 1992, 9.
Manning, Jane. ‘Rhian Samuel: The Hare in the Moon’. New Vocal Repertory,
Volume 2, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, 193-197.
Williams, Nicholas. ‘Composer Focus: Rhian Samuel'. Mastersinger, 51 (Spring
2004), 22-23.
Weirzbicki, James. 'SLSO to play new work by Conservatory Composer'.
St Louis Globe-Democrat. Sept 26-27, 1981, 5F.
