This volume in the series of Women Composers for the guitar contains 20 compositions by the American composer Caroline V. Hayden. In the 19th century a large quantity of music for plucked string instruments, such as the guitar, banjo, mandolin and harp was published in America. Popular were dances such as the Polka, Waltz, Mazurka, Gavotte, Schottische, March and Galop. Caroline V. Hayden was an important representative of this musical movement.