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Hedy West presents songs by and about women, beginning with two of her own, and including many traditional pieces, which are played by West on banjo. Songs featured in the program include When I die; There's anger in the land; Poor miner's farewell; Babies in the mill; A single life; Single girl; The whore's lament; Let them wear their watches fine; Cotton mill girls; Frankie Silvers; Johnny Sands; The cruel mother; Rosanna; On the rim of the world; Die gräben (The trenches); The factory girl's come-all-ye; Factory girl; The maid on the shore. The tape was recorded by the Women's Recording Group at KPFA in January 1977. This program was produced by Joan Medlin, with the assistance of Fran Tornabene and Martha Oelman.

This program features an interview with American Composer Janice Giteck and selections from her musical works, L'ange Heurtebise and A'Agita (previously spelled Wi'igita). Giteck grew up in Tucson, Arizona and started playing piano at the age of five, composing at age six. She studied at Mills College in California and at the Paris Conservatory, and taught at Cal State University at Hayward and at UC Berkeley. Giteck is also a member of the Newport Costa Players and the Composers Cooperative. Giteck is married to John Duykers, a tenor with the San Francisco Opera.

L'ange Heurtebise (The angel Herutebise) is based on a text by Jean Cocteau written in 1925, and is performed in French by John Duykers, with piano by Karl Goldstein. This is from a home recording provided by Giteck. A'Agita is based on legends of the Pima and Papago Indians of Southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, and is the name given to the harvest ceremonies. The performers of this piece are John Duykers singing the part of Corn Man; Michael Kissin as Old Man Tobacco; Thomasa Eckert as Tobacco Man's Daughter; and Scott Paulin as I'Itoi. The libretto is by Ron Giteck, Janice's cousin. This recording was made for KPFA by George Craig from live performances of the opera in April, May, and June 1977.
Track list: 1. "A'Agita (Wi'igita)" (faded down and out) -- 2. continuity -- 3. "L'ange Heurtebise" -- 4. continuity -- 5. "A'Agita" - prologue -- 6. interview with Janice Giteck & outro -- 7. "A'Agita" (faded down and out)

This program is presented by April McMahon and Renee Roatcap. Published by April McMahon. Audio engineers were Susan Sailow and Joan Medlin.

This episode of Focus On Women Composers presents the Elizabethan Trio, a Bay Area group which performs works from the Elizabethan period and other early musical periods. This program set by the Elizabethan Trio is called "Eight Extraordinary Women program." This program consists of selections of poems, songs, writings, and keyboard works all produced by women of the 16th and 17th centuries. Elinor Armer, a Bay Area composer, set the poems The Flea by John Donne and Sonnet 11 by E. E. Cummings, to music especially for the Trio. The Trio is made up of Laurette Goldberg on harpsichord and virginals; Rella Lossy does the dramatic narrative; and Judith Nelson is the soprano. This tape was made from a performance at 1750 Arch Street in Berkeley. The recording engineer is Bob Schumacher. The pieces performed are The flea / poem by John Donne; music by Elinor Armer -- A poem of grief over her brother's death by Mary Sidney (1561-1621), music by John Bartlett -- Alcina's lament and the sirens' song from La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina / opera by Francesca Caccini -- Lagrime Mie / by Barbara Strozzi -- To the ladies / words by Mary Chudleigh -- Lieux ecartez / by Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre -- Suite in d minor / by Jacquet de la Guerre -- Sonnet 11 / poem by E. E. Cummings, music by Armer.

Autobiographical interview in Moscow with Dr. Lily Golden-Hanga, a Black woman born in the U.S.S.R. of U.S. parentage; mother New York Jewish, father a Tuskagee graduate who in 1931 organized 16 Black Americans with knowledge of modern agriculture to teach it to the colored people of the Soviet Union. Dr. Golden-Hanga got her Moscow PhD in history of African music, was married to the first premier of independent Zanzibar. he was subsequently killed in a coup there. She was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Her daughter now is a competitive tennis player. Will a Black woman some day wear the Soviet emblem at Forest Hills? Dr. Golden-Hanga now specializes in the study of Black nationalism at the African Institute of the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. Her views on what is and is not Black, in terms of ethnic affiliation is most interesting. The interview was performed by William Mandel and his wife in a hotel restaurant in Moscow. The interview is 31 minutes long, followed by Mandel answering listener's phone calls.

The interview portion of this recording is the same as that found on AZ0438. AZ0438 is of better quality as well. While the interview portion is the same in both programs, each recording has unique introductions and listener call-ins.