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The Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music (Kyle Smith, curator) in the Free Library of Philadelphia has acquired the performance library of The Women's Philharmonic. Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the Women's Philharmonic has been pivotal in the growing prominence of women composers and conductors in the U.S. Their concerts and recordings, prior to the disbanding of the orchestra in 2004, are counted as turning points in the careers of many women musicians. Included in the gift are scores and parts to works by Esther Williamson Ballou, Lili Boulanger, Teresa Carreno, Emma Lou Diemer, Jacqueline Fontyn, Fanny Mendelssohn, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Florence Price, ...