Julius Giere - Clara Wieck im Alter von 15 Jahren (Lithographie 1835)

Women

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

s of

Western classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

are disproportionately absent from music textbooks and concert programs that constitute the

Western canon The Western canon is the body of high culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that are highly valued in the West; works that have achieved the status of classics. However, not all these works originate in the Western world, and ...

, even though many women have composed music. The reasons for women's absence are various. The musicologist Marcia Citron writing in 1990 noted that many works of musical history and anthologies of music had very few, or sometimes no, references to and examples of music written by women. Among the reasons for historical under-representation of women composers Citron has adduced problems of access to musical education and to the male hierarchy of the musical establishment (performers, conductors, impresarios etc.); condescending attitudes of male reviewers, and their association of women composers with "salon music" rather than music of the concert platform; and denial of female creativity in the arts by philosophers such as

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolu ...

and

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

. All this needs to be considered in the perspective of restrictions against women's advancement in cultural, economic and political spheres over a long historical period. Such discrimination against women composers can be considered in the context of general societal attitudes about

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures u ...

or perceived roles of men and women, many

musicologists Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

and critics have come to incorporate

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field ...

in assessing the history and practice of the art. Some notable Western composers include:

Hildegard von Bingen Hildegard of Bingen (german: Hildegard von Bingen; la, Hildegardis Bingensis; 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher ...

(1098–1179), a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath;

Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era who was also known as Fanny (Cäcilie) Mendelssohn Bartholdy and, after her marriage, Fanny Hensel (as well as Fanny Mendelssohn He ...

(1805–1847);

Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Schumann (; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course of a ...

(1819–1896);

Ethel Smyth Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (; 22 April 18588 May 1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas. Smyth tended t ...

(1858–1944);

Amy Beach Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in ...

(1867–1944); Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979);

Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as ''Les Six''. Biography Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Sai ...

(1892–1983);

Lili Boulanger Marie Juliette "Lili" Boulanger (; 21 August 189315 March 1918) was a French composer and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize. Her older sister was the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. Biography ...

(1893–1918);

Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, link=no , tt-Cyrl, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established ...

(1931–); and

Kaija Saariaho Kaija Anneli Saariaho (; ; born 14 October 1952) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho has received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Inter ...

(1952–). Women composers are also listed alphabetically at

List of women composers by name This article provides a list of women composers, sorted alphabetically by surname. For a list of women composers sorted by year of birth, see List of women composers by birth date. __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N ...

Before 16th century

Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen (german: Hildegard von Bingen; la, Hildegardis Bingensis; 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher ...

(1098–1179) *

Herrad of Landsberg Herrad of Landsberg ( la, Herrada Landsbergensis; 1130 – July 25, 1195) was a 12th-century Alsatian nun and abbess of Hohenburg Abbey in the Vosges mountains. She was known as the author of the pictorial encyclopedia '' Hortus deliciarum'' (' ...

(c. 1130–1195) * Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century) *

Iseut de Capio N'Iseut de Capio"N'", contraction of "Na", is an Occitan honorific meaning "Lady". Her first name, sometimes spelled ''Iseuz'', is the Occitan form of Isolde. (born ''c''. 1140) was a noblewoman and trobairitz from Gévaudan. She was a neighbour ...

(c.1140–?) *

Tibors Tibors de Sarenom (French ''Tiburge''; c. 1130 – aft. 1198) is the earliest attestable trobairitz, active during the classical period of medieval Occitan literature at the height of the popularity of the troubadours. Biography Tibors is ...

(fl. mid-12th century) *

Marie de France Marie de France ( fl. 1160 to 1215) was a poet, possibly born in what is now France, who lived in England during the late 12th century. She lived and wrote at an unknown court, but she and her work were almost certainly known at the royal court ...

(1175?–1225?) *

Alamanda de Castelnau Alamanda was a trobairitz whose only surviving work is a ''tenso'' with Giraut de Bornelh called '.Alamanda de Castelnau (1160–1223) ''S'ie us qier conseill, bella amia Alamanda'' Classical music online. In the past she was usually considered fic ...

(fl. second half of 12th century) *

Maria de Ventadorn Maria de Ventadorn (or Ventedorn) (french: Marie de Ventadour) was a patron of troubadour poetry at the end of the 12th century. Maria was one of ''las tres de Torena'', "the three of Turenne", the three daughters of viscount Raymond II of Turenn ...

(fl. late 12th century) *

Beatritz de Dia The Comtessa de Dia (Countess of Die), possibly named Beatritz or Isoarda (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212), was a trobairitz (female troubadour). She is only known as the ''comtessa de Dia'' in contemporary documents, but was most likely the daughter of ...

(fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries) *

Blanche of Castile Blanche of Castile ( es, Blanca de Castilla; 4 March 1188 – 27 November 1252) was Queen of France by marriage to Louis VIII. She acted as regent twice during the reign of her son, Louis IX: during his minority from 1226 until 1234, and during ...

(1188–1252) * Castelloza (fl. early 13th century) * Dame Margot (fl. 13th century) *

Gertrude of Dagsburg Gertrude of Dagsburg (died 30 March 1225) was the reigning countess of Metz and County of Dagsburg, Dagsburg (Dabo) between 1212 and 1225. She was duchess consort of Lorraine by marriage to Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine, Theobald. She was a trouvè ...

(fl. 13th century) * Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. 13th century) * Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century) * Sainte des Prez (fl. 13th century) * Lorete (fl. 13th century) * Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century) *

Birgitta of Sweden Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373) born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, also Birgitta of Vadstena, or Saint Birgitta ( sv, heliga Birgitta), was a mystic and a saint, and she was also the founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after t ...

(c.1303–c.1373)

16th century

Gaspara Stampa Gaspara Stampa (1523 – 23 April 1554) was an Italian poet. She is considered to have been the greatest woman poet of the Italian Renaissance, and she is regarded by many as the greatest Italian woman poet of any age. Biography Gaspara's fa ...

(1523–1554) * Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590) * Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585) *

Lucia Quinciani Lucia Quinciani (c. 1566, ''fl.'' 1611) was an Italian composer. She is the earliest known published female composer of monody.Thomas W. Bridges. "Lucia Quinciani", ''Grove Music Online'', ed. L. Macy (accessed November 5, 2006)grovemusic.com(subs ...

(born c. 1566, fl. 1611) * Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–between 1613 and 1619) * Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597) * Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–''after'' 1620) * Sulpitia Cesis (1577–''after'' 1619) *

Adriana Basile Adriana Basile (c. 1580 – c. 1640) was an Italian composer and singer. Life She was born in Posillipo, and died in Rome. From 1610, she worked for the Gonzagas in Mantua. Members of her family also worked for the court, including her brothers ...

(c. 1580–c. 1640) *

Francesca Caccini Francesca Caccini (; 18 September 1587 – after 1641) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the nickname "La Cecchina" , given to her by the Florentines and probably a ...

(1587–1640?) *

Caterina Assandra Caterina Assandra (c. 1590 – after 1618) was an Italian composer and Benedictine nun. In her surviving motet book, ''Motetti a due a tre voci op.2'', Assandra alludes to her birthplace being in the Province of Pavia. She became famous as an orga ...

(c. 1590–''after'' 1618) * Alba Trissina (ca.1590–''after'' 1638) *

Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (also "Lucretia") (3 July 1590 – 7 May 1662) was an Italian singer, organist, and composer. She entered the Camaldolese convent of S Christina in Bologna in 1598. She was taught by her aunt, Camilla Bombacci, who was the ...

(1590–1662) *

Settimia Caccini Settimia Caccini (6 October 1591 – , Italy) was a well-known Italian singer and composer during the 1600s, being one of the first women to have a successful career in music. Caccini was highly regarded for her artistic and technical work with mu ...

(1591–1638?) * Claudia Rusca (1593–1676) * Clementine de Bourges (Unknown date – 1562)

17th century

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (27 November 1602 – ca. 1676–1678), was a Baroque music composer, singer and Benedictine nun. She spent her adult life cloistered in the convent of Santa Radegonda, Milan, where she served as prioress and abbess and ...

(1602–1678) * Leonora Duarte (1610–1678) *

Leonora Baroni Leonora Baroni (December 1611 – 6 April 1670)Pannella was an Italian singer, theorbist, lutenist, viol player, and composer. Biography She was the daughter of Adriana Basile, a '' virtuosa'' singer, and Mutio Baroni. Leonora Baroni was born ...

(1611–1670) *

Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (20 August 1613 – 12 July 1676) was a German poet, composer and impresario. Life She began studying music at the court of her father, Duke John Albert II of Mecklenburg-Güstro ...

(1613–1676) * Francesca Campana (c. 1615–1665) * Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) * Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704) *

Mlle Bocquet Mlle Bocquet (either Anne or Marguerite) (early 17th century–''after'' 1661) was a French lutenist and composer. She ran a Salon (gathering), Salon with a Madeleine de Scudéry, Mlle de Scudéry from 1653–1659. She was in contact with members a ...

(early 17th century–''after'' 1660) *

Lady Mary Dering Mary, Lady Dering (née Mary Harvey), (''bap.'' 3 September 1629 – 7 February 1704) was an English composer. The daughter of Daniel Harvey and Elizabeth Kynnersley, Mary Harvey was baptised in Croydon on 3 September 1629, and therefore pro ...

(1629–1704) * Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (c. 1640–1680) * Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (1640–''after'' 1685) * Amalia Catharina (1640–1697) *

Antonia Bembo Antonia Padoani Bembo (c. 1640 – c. 1720) was an Italian composer and singer. Life She was born in Venice, the daughter of Giacomo Padoani (1603–1666), a doctor, and Diana Paresco (1609–1676); she married the Venetian noble Lorenzo Bembo (1 ...

(c. 1640–c. 1720) * Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675) * Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665) * Mme Sicard (fl.1678) * Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710) *

Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662 – 19 April 1708) was an Italians, Italian composer and painter. Biography Angiola Moratori was born in Bologna, the daughter of a Bolognese physician, and married Tomaso Scanabecchi Monetta. She studied ...

(1662–1708) *

Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sc ...

(1665–1729) * Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (1679–1745) * Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703) *

Michielina Della Pietà Michielina (also known as Michaelis or Michieletta) della Pietà (''fl. ca.'' 1700 – 1744) was an Italian composer, violinist, organist, and teacher of music. A foundling admitted in infancy to the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, della Pi ...

(''fl. c.'' 1701–1744) *

Caterina Benedicta Grazianini Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (''1685-1715'') was an Italian composer of oratorios in Vienna. She was among the female composers of oratorios in Vienna who, according to Wellesz, were regular canonesses, rather than employed at the court. This gro ...

(fl. 1705–15 .ca.1685 *

Camilla de Rossi Camilla de Rossi ( fl. 1670–1710) was an Italian composer known for composing oratorios in Vienna during the early 1700s. Although several women are known to have composed music in Northern Italy and Austria during this period, there is little ...

(fl. 1707–1710) * Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737) * Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. 1713–1718 .ca.1690 * Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715) *

Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (26 August 1695 – 1793) (known as Mademoiselle Quinault , the elder) was a French singer and composer. Quinault was born in Strasbourg. Her father was the actor (1656–1728), and one of her brothers was Jean-Ba ...

(1695–1791)

1701–1750

* Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (1704 or 1705–after 1742) *

Zanetta Farussi Zanetta Farussi, known as " La Buranella" (27 August 1707, Venice – 29 November 1776, Dresden), was an Italian comedic actress. Her eldest son was the famous adventurer Giacomo Casanova. Biography Born Maria Giovanna Farussi, her father, Girol ...

(1707–1776) *

Wilhelmine of Bayreuth Princess Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia (3 July 170914 October 1758) was a princess of Prussia (the older sister of Frederick the Great) and composer. She was the eldest daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of H ...

(1709–1758) *

Mlle Guédon de Presles Anne Madeleine Guédon de Presles, known as Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century – c. 1754) was a French singer, composer and actress. She was probably the daughter of Honoré Claude Guédon de Presles who often performed at court. Mlle ...

(early 18th century–1754) *

Barbara of Portugal Barbara of Portugal (Maria Madalena Bárbara Xavier Leonor Teresa Antónia Josefa; 4 December 1711 – 27 August 1758) was an Infanta of Portugal, and a Queen of Spain by marriage to Ferdinand VI of Spain. Life Princess of Portugal The marriage ...

(1711–1758) * Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762) *

Santa della Pietà Santa (also known as Sanza or Samaritana) della Pietà (''fl. ca.'' 1725 – ''ca.'' 1750, died after 1774) was an Italian singer, composer, and violinist. A foundling admitted in infancy to the Ospedale della Pietà, della Pietà received a ful ...

(c. 1715?–after 1774) (''fl. c.'' 1725–1750) *

Philippine Charlotte of Prussia Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (13 March 1716, in Berlin – 17 February 1801, in Brunswick) was Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by marriage to Duke Charles I. Philippine Charlotte was a known intellectual in contemporary Germany. ...

(1716–1801) * Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775) * Elisabeth de Haulteterre (c. 1720?–after 1768) (fl. 1737–1768) * Agata Della Pietà (c. 1720?–?) (''fl. c.'' 1800) * Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795) * Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787) *

Maria Antonia of Bavaria Maria Antonia, Princess of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (18 July 1724 – 23 April 1780) was a German princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron of the arts, known particularly for her operas: ''Il trionfo della fedeltà'' (“The ...

(1724–1780) *

Diamante Medaglia Faini Diamante Medaglia Faini (28 August 1724 – 13 June 1770) was an Italian poet. She was a member of the academies Accademia degli Agiati (1751), Accademia degli Orditi in Padua, under the name Nisea Corcirense, and Accademia dell'Arcadia in Rome ...

(1724–1770) * Miss Davis (c. 1726–''after'' 1755) *

Elisabetta de Gambarini Elisabetta de Gambarini (7 September 1730 – 9 February 1765) was an English composer, mezzo-soprano, organist, harpsichordist, pianist, orchestral conductor and painter of the 18th century. Elisabetta's music is considered late Baroque music ...

(1731–1765) *

Josina van Aerssen Josina Anna Petronella van Aerssen, married name ''Baroness Giustina Boetzelaer'' (3 January 1733 – 3 September 1797) was a Dutch composer, painter, lady in waiting and noble. Life She was born in The Hague to Cornelis van Aerssen and Anna Alb ...

(Baroness Boetzelaer) (1733–1787) *

Mme Papavoine Madame Papavoine née Pellecier (born c. 1735, fl. 1755-61) was a French composer. She married violinist Louis-August Papavoine some time before 1755. Nothing else is known about Madame Papavoine; even her first name is a mystery. After 1761, he ...

(born c. 1735, fl. 1755–61) * Hélène-Louise Demars (''b. c.'' 1736) * Anna Bon (born 1738–1739) * Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807) * Mlle Guerin (born c. 1739, fl. 1755) *

Isabelle de Charrière Isabelle de Charrière (20 October 174027 December 1805), known as Belle van Zuylen in the Netherlands, née Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, and adameIsabelle de Charrière (married name) elsewhere, was a Dutch and ...

(Belle van Zuylen) (1740–1805) * Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828) *

Maria Carolina Wolf Maria Carolina Wolf, née Benda, (1742 – 2 August 1820) was a German pianist, singer and composer. Maria Carolina Wolf's father was Franz Benda, first violinist and composer at the court of Frederick II, her aunt Anna Franziska Hattasch wa ...

(1742–1820) * Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy, née Boyvin d'Hardancourt (1744–1824) * Marianna von Martines (1744–1812) * Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818) * Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825) * Genovieffa Ravissa de Turin (1745/50–1807) * Henriette Adélaïde Villard de Beaumesnil (1748–1813) *

Gertrud Elisabeth Mara Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (née Schmeling) (23 February 1749 – 20 January 1833) was a German operatic soprano. Life She was born in Kassel, the daughter of a poor musician, Johann Schmeling. From him she learnt to play the violin, and while ...

(1749–1833) *

Polly Young Polly Young (also known as Mary Young, Maria Young, Polly Barthélemon and Maria Barthélemon) (7 July 1749 – 20 September 1799) was an English soprano, composer and keyboard player. She was part of a well-known English family of musicians th ...

, or Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799) * Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828) *

Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von (van) Hagen (1750–1809) was a Dutch pianist, music educator and composer who lived and worked in the United States. Biography She was born in Amsterdam and married Rotterdam composer, violinist and organist Pet ...

(1750–1809–10)

1751–1800

Maria Anna Mozart Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart (30 July 1751 – 29 October 1829), called "Marianne" and nicknamed Nannerl, was a musician, the older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) and daughter of Leopold (1719–1787) and Anna Maria Moz ...

(1751–1829) * Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802) *

Juliane Reichardt Juliane Reichardt, née Benda (14 May 1752 – 9 or 11 May 1783), was a Bohemian pianist, singer and composer. Biography Reichardt was born in Potsdam, the youngest of the six children of violinist and composer Franz Benda (1709–1786), who was ...

(Juliane Benda) (1752–1783) * Jane Savage (1752/3–1824) *

Jeanne Renee de Bombelles Jeanne-Renée de Bombelles, Marquise de Travanet (3 May 1753 – 4 May 1828) was a French composer and poet who is best remembered today for the French folk song ''Pauvre Jacques''. Early life Travanet's parents were Henri Francois de Bombelles, ...

(1753–1828) * Charlotte von Brandenstein (1754–1813) *

Josepha Duschek Josepha Duschek (née Hambacher) (1754–1824) was an outstanding soprano of the Classical era. She was a friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who wrote a few works for her to sing. Her name is most often given in its German version as above. I ...

(1754–1824) *

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(1755–1810) * Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845) *

Francesca Lebrun Francesca Lebrun (née Danzi; 24 March 1756 – 14 May 1791) was a noted 18th-century German singer and composer. Her talent extended beyond the stage to music composition and keyboard performance. As a composer, her twelve sonatas, six each in ...

(1756–1791) *

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; ; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she wa ...

(1757–1806) *

Charlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Bachmann Charlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Bachmann, née Stöwe (2 November 1757 – 19 August 1817) was a German soprano singer, harpsichordist and composer. She was born in Berlin, the daughter of musician Wilhelm Heinrich Stöwe, and studied singing and harp ...

(1757–1817) * Harriett Abrams (1758–1821) *

Josepha Barbara Auernhammer Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (25 September 1758 – 30 January 1820) was an Austrian pianist and composer. Biography Auernhammer was born in Vienna, the eleventh of fifteen children born to Johann Michael Auernhammer and Elisabeth (nee Timmer, ...

(1758–1820) * Marianna von Auenbrugger (1759–1782) * Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833) *

Maria Theresia von Paradis Maria Theresia von Paradis (May 15, 1759 – February 1, 1824) was an Austrian musician and composer who lost her sight at an early age, and for whom her close friend Mozart may have written his Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major. She was a ...

(1759–1824) * Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838) *

Christina Charlotta Cederström Christina may refer to: People * Christina (given name), shared by several people * Christina (surname), shared by several people Places * Christina, Montana, unincorporated community, United States * Christina, British Columbia, Canada * Chr ...

(1760–1832) * Katerina Maier (c. 1760–''after'' 1800) *

Maria Hester Park Maria Hester Park (née Reynolds) (29 September 1760 – 7 June 1813) was a British composer, pianist, and singer. She was also a noted piano teacher who taught many students in the nobility, including the Duchess of Devonshire and her daughte ...

, (1760–1813) * Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1759–1809) *

Dorothea Jordan Dorothea Jordan, née Bland (21 November 17615 July 1816), was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time mistress (lover), mistress of Duke of Clarence, Prince William, Duke of Clarence, later William IV, and the moth ...

(1761–1816) *

Yekaterina Sinyavina Yekaterina Alexeyevna Sinyavina (1761–1784) was a Russian composer and pianist. In 1781, at the court of Catherine II she was the harpsichordist for what was probably the first performance of a harpsichord concerto by Giovanni Paisiello. She co ...

(1761–1784) *

Adelheid Maria Eichner Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787) was a German composer, singer and pianist who was noted during her brief lifetime for her fine three-octave singing voice and vocal technique. She was the only child of bassoonist and composer Ernst Eichner an ...

(1762–1787) * Jane Mary Guest (c. 1762–1846) *

Ann Valentine Ann Valentine (11 January 1762 – 13 October 1842 or 13 October 1845) was an English organist and composer, part of a talented family of Leicester musicians. Life Ann Valentine was born on 11 January 1762 in Leicester and christened on 15 Marc ...

(1762–1842) *

Anna Maria Crouch Anna Maria Crouch (20 April 1763 – 2 October 1805), often referred to as Mrs Crouch, was a singer and stage actress in the London theatre. She was (briefly) a mistress of George, Prince of Wales. Biography Born Anna Maria Phillips, she firs ...

(1763–1805) * Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836) *

Charlotte Wilhelmina Franziska Brandes Charlotte Wilhelmina Franziska Brandes (Minna) (21 May 1765 – 13 June 1788) was a German singer, pianist, actress and composer. She was born in Berlin, the daughter of actress Esther Charlotte Brandes and playwright , and toured with her parents ...

(1765–1788) *

Elizabeth Billington Elizabeth Billington (27 December 1765, in London25 August 1818, in Venice) was a British opera singer. Life She was born on 27 December 1765 in Litchfield Street, Soho, London. She was the daughter of Carl Weichsel, a native of Freiberg, in ...

(1765–1818) * Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (1765–?1834) *

Magdalene Stirling Magdalene Stirling (1765 – 1846) was a Scottish composer best known for ''Twelve Tunes Composed by Miss Stirling of Ardoch'', which she had printed privately in 1796. Stirling was the youngest of five daughters born in Ardoch, Perthshire, to ...

(1765–1846) * Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813) *

Harriet Wainwright Harriet Wainwright Stewart (c. 1766–1843) was a British composer, singer, and writer. A musical entrepreneur, she developed a subscription list of several hundred people and sold at least two of her compositions (''Comala'' and ''Seringapatam'') ...

(c. 1766–1843) * Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835) * Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (1767–1859) *

Julie Candeille Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ...

(1767–1834) *

Margarethe Danzi Maria Margarethe Danzi ( Marchand; 1768 – 11 June 1800) was a German composer and soprano. Maria Margarethe Marchand was born in Germany. Some sources give her birthplace as Munich and others Mannheim, and it was possible that the family was on ...

(1768–1800) * Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838) * Kateřina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833) *

Nannette Streicher Nannette Streicher (née Anna-Maria Stein; 2 January 1769, Augsburg – 16 January 1833, Vienna) was a German piano maker, composer, music educator, writer and a close friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. Life Nannette Streicher was the sixth child ...

(1769–1833) * Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century) *

Marianne Sessi Marianne Sessi Natorp (died 10 March 1847) was an Italian soprano and composer. Her birth date is listed as 1770,1771, 1773, or 1776 in various sources. She was best known as a member of the musical Sessi dynasty and a renowned operatic soprano who ...

(177?–1847) *

Klementyna Grabowska (Countess Clementine) Klementyna Grabowska née Wyganowska (1771–1831) was a Polish pianist and composer. She was born in the Duchy of Poznań and composed for solo piano, two sonatas, variations and polonaises. She was considered a good piano player in her time. She ...

(1771–1831) *

Lucile Grétry Lucile-Angélique-Dorothée-Louise Grétry (July 15, 1772 – March 1790) was a French composer. The second daughter of the famous composer André Grétry and the painter Jeanne-Marie Grandon, Lucile was trained by her father who introduced her to ...

(1772–1790) * Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822) * Sophie Bawr (1773–1860) *

Maria Brizzi Giorgi Maria Brizzi Giorgi (7 August 1775 – 7 January 1812 in Bologna) was an Italian organist, composer and pianist noted for her improvisational ability. Biography She was born in Bologna into a musical family and began to perform in public at an e ...

(1775–1822) *

Sophia Corri Dussek Sophia Giustina Dussek (née Corri; later Moralt; Edinburgh, 1 May 1775 – London, ca. 1831) was a Scottish singer, pianist, harpist, and composer of Italian descent. In 1792, Dussek married the composer Jan Ladislav Dussek. Following Jan's de ...

(1775–1847) * Margaret Essex (1775–1807) *

Sophie Gail Edmee Sophie Gail née Garre (28 August 1775 – 24 July 1819) was a French singer and composer. Life Sophie Garre was born in Paris in the parish of Saint Sulpice, the daughter of Marie-Louise Adelaide Colloz and surgeon Claude-Francois Ga ...

(1775–1819) *

Wilhelmine von Troschke und Rosenwehrt Wilhelmine Auguste Charlotte Helene Apollonia von Troschke und Rosenwerth (1775-1830) was born in Lower Silesia and is considered to be a German composer. She published piano music under the name Wilhelmine von Troschke und Rosenwerth. Wilh ...

(1775–1830) *

Sophie Gay Marie Françoise Sophie Gay (born Nichault de la Valette; 1 July 1776 – 2 March 1852) was a French author who was born in Paris. Biography Marie Françoise Sophie Nichault de la Vallette was the child of Francesca Peretti, an Italian woman and ...

(1776–1852) *

Mme. Tarbé des Sablons Michelle Catherine Josephine Guespereau Tarbé des Sablons (1777–1855) was a French author and composer. She was best known for her "moral" novels, but also composed several operas. She was generally known as Mme. Tarbé des Sablons. She marrie ...

(1777–1855) * Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858) *

Louise Reichardt Louise Reichardt or Luise Reichardt (11 April 1779 – 17 November 1826) was a German composer and choral conductor. Her German songs or Lieder, written in an accessible style akin to folk music, were popular, and she was influential in the musica ...

(1779–1826) *

Ekaterina Likoshin Ekaterina Likoshin (Russian: Екатерина Ликошин; fl. 1800–1810) was a Russian pianist and composer who published short works for keyboard in St. Petersburg through publisher F.A. Dittmar. She is thought to have been employed by ...

(fl. 1800–1810) *

Sophie Lebrun Sophie Lebrun Dülken (20 July 1781 – 23 July 1863) was a German pianist and composer, the daughter of Munich court oboist Ludwig August Lebrun and singer and composer Francesca Lebrun (Franziska Danzi). Sophie Lebrun was born in London whil ...

(1781–1863) *

Charlotta Seuerling Charlotta Antonia "Charlotte Antoinette" Seuerling (1782/1784 – 25 September 1828), was a blind Swedish concert singer, harpsichordist, composer and poet, known as "The Blind Song-Maiden". She was active in Sweden, Finland and Russia. Her las ...

(1782–1828) *

Hortense de Beauharnais Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (; , ; 10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen consort of Holland. She was the stepdaughter of Emperor Napoléon I as the daughter of his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais. Hortense later married Napol� ...

(1783–1837) * Henriette Löfman (1784–1836) *

Therese Emilie Henriette Winkel Therese Emilie Henriette Winkel (20 December 1784 – 7 March 1867) was a German artist, author, composer, and harpist. She also published under the pseudonyms Comala and Theorosa. Winkel was born in Weissenfels, but moved to Dresden in 1788 when ...

(1784–1867) *

Bettina von Arnim Bettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) (4 April 178520 January 1859), born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist. Bettina (or Bettine) Brentano was a writer, publisher, composer, singer, visual art ...

(Bettina Brentano) (1785–1859) *

Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch Catherina Maria Leopoldina Cibbini-Kozeluch (Katerina Koželuh) (b. 20 February 1785, d. 12 August 1858) was a pianist and composer in the AUstrian Empire of Bohemian ancestry. She was born in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code ...

(1785–1858) *

Isabella Colbran Isabella Angela Colbran (2 February 1785 – 7 October 1845) was a Spanish opera soprano and composer. She was known as the muse and first wife of composer Gioachino Rossini. Early years Colbran was born in Madrid, Spain, to Giovanni Colbran ...

(1785–1845) * Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815) *

Marie Bigot Marie Kiéné Bigot de Morogues (3 March 1786 – 16 September 1820) was a French pianist and composer. She is best known for her sonatas and études. Career Marie Kiéné was born in Colmar in Alsace. After marrying M. Bigot, she moved to Vienn ...

(1786–1820) *

Caroline Boissier-Butini Caroline Boissier-Butini (2 May 1786 – 9 March 1836) was a Swiss pianist and composer. Career Born Caroline Butini in Geneva, she was the eldest child of Pierre Butini (1759–1838) and Jeanne-Pernette, née Bardin (1764–1841). The musicia ...

(1786–1836) * Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786–''after'' 1805) *

Wilhelmine Schwertzell Wilhelmine von Schwertzell (1787-1863) was a German author, lieder composer, and folklorist who helped Wilhelm Grimm collect fairy tales. Schwertzell was born in Willingshausen to Luise Freiin von Bozenburg-Stadtfeld and Georg von Schwertzell. Li ...

(1787–1863) *

Elena Asachi Elena Asachi, née Teyber, (30 October 1789 – May 1877) was a Romanian pianist, singer and composer of Austrian birth. She was the daughter of Austrian composer Anton Teyber and niece of concertmaster Franz Teyber. Elena Teyber was born in ...

(1789–1877) *

Maria Agata Szymanowska Maria Szymanowska (Polish pronunciation: ; born Marianna Agata Wołowska; Warsaw, 14 December 1789 – 25 July 1831, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Polish composer and one of the first professional virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. She tour ...

(1789–1831) * Harriet Browne (1790–1858) * Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840) * Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870) *

Olivia Buckley Olivia Francisca Buckley née Dussek (1799–1847) was an English people, English harpist, organ (music), organist and composer. She was born in London, the daughter of Czechs, Czech composer Jan Ladislav Dussek and Scottish people, Scottish comp ...

(born mid-1790s–''after'' 1845) *

Mme Delaval Mme. Delaval or Madame De La Valle, birthname Adélaïde-Suzanne-Camille Larrivée, (October 12, 1763 – c. 1804) was a French harpist, pianist and composer. Delaval was born in Paris, France to opera singers Henri Larrivée and Marie-Jeanne Lar ...

(fl. 1791–1802) *

Hedda Wrangel Anna Hedvig "Hedda" Wrangel née ''Lewenhaupt'' (11 December 1792 in Forstena – 24 July 1833, in Ovesholm) was a Swedish composer. Hedda Wrangel was the daughter of colonel count Gustaf Julius Lewenhaupt and Anna Helena Alströmer, and marr ...

(1792–1833) *

Caroline Ridderstolpe Caroline Johanna Lovisa Ridderstolpe, née Kolbe (September 2, 1793 – October 8, 1878) was a Swedish composer and singer. Ridderstolpe was born in Berlin, the daughter of the chapel conductor, Carl Kolbe, and in 1816 married the Swedish govern ...

(1793–1878) *

Helene Liebmann Hélène Liebmann née Riese (16 December 1795 – 2 December 1869) was a German pianist and composer. She was born in Berlin and studied music with Franz Lauska and Ferdinand Ries. A child prodigy, she made her debut before age 13 and publishe ...

(1796–1835) *

Mathilda d'Orozco ''Mathilda'' Valeria Beatrix d'Orozco also by marriage known as Cenami, Montgomery-Cederhjelm and Gyllenhaal, (14 June 1796 – 19 October 1863) was a Swedish (originally Spanish-Italian) noble and salonist, composer, poet, writer, singer, amate ...

(1796–1863) *

Emilie Zumsteeg Emilie Zumsteeg (9 December 1796 – 1 August 1857) was a German choral conductor, singer, composer, and pianist. Biography Zumsteeg was born Stuttgart where she lived for her whole life. She was one of seven children of the composer Johann R ...

(1796–1857) *

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Baroness Anna Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (; 10 January 179724 May 1848), was a 19th-century German poet, novelist, and composer of Classical music. She was ...

(1797–1848) * Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799–1869) *

Maria Fredrica von Stedingk Maria "Marie" Frederica von Stedingk (31 October 1799 – 15 June 1868) was a Swedish composer and courtier. Stedingk was born in Saint Petersburg to the Swedish Field Marshal Count Kurt von Stedingk and his Swedish housekeeper Ulrika Fredrika ...

(1799–1868) * Filipina Brzezińska-Szymanowska (1800–1886) * Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)

1801–1850

* Marianna Bottini (1802–1858) * Marion Dix Sullivan (1802–1860) *

Eliza Flower Eliza Flower (1803 – 12 December 1846) was a British musician and composer. In addition to her own work, Flower became known for her friendships including those with William Johnson Fox, Robert Browning, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor. B ...

(1803–1846) *

Anna Sick Anna (or Anne) Laura Sick (born ''Mahir''; 10 July 1803 – 19 February 1895, Berlin?) was a German composer and pianist who served as the court pianist and Mistress of Piano to the court in Stuttgart. Sick was born on 10 July 1803, in Munich as A ...

(1803–1895) *

Isidora Zegers Isidora Zegers Montenegro (also known as Isidora Zegers de Huneeus or Isidora Zegers; 1 January 1803 – 14 July 1869) was a Spanish musician and composer. She is known for her contributions to Chilean culture during the 19th century. Biography I ...

(1803–1869) *

Louise Farrenc Louise Farrenc (née Jeanne-Louise Dumont; 31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. Her compositions include three symphonies, a few choral works, numerous chamber pieces and a ...

(1804–1875) * Louise Bertin (1805–1877) *

(1805–1847) * Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865) * Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884) * Helen Blackwood (1807–1867) * Emma Hartmann (1807–1851) * H. Servier (1807–1858) * Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844) * Caroline Wiseneder (1807–1868) * Maria Malibran (1808–1836) * Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) * Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880) * Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885) * Hanna Brooman (1809–1887) * Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809–1875) * Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858) * Louise Geneviève de Le Hye (1810–1838) * Loïsa Puget (1810–1889) * Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900) * Josefa Somellera (1810–1885) * Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885) * Ann Mounsey (1811–1891) * Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) * Amalia Redec (1812–1885) * Sophie Seipt (1812–1889) * Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabò (1813–1887) * Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887) * Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865) * Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861) * Josephine Lang (1815–1880) * Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863) * Harriet Anne Smart (1817–1883) * Caroline Orger (1818–1892) * Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892) * Ellen Dickson (1819–1878) *

(1819–1896) * Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895) * Augusta Browne (1820–1882) * Felicita Casella (c. 1820–''after'' 1865) * Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854) * Clara Angela Macirone (1821–1895) * Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885) * Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912) * Pauline Viardot (1821–1910) * Betty Boije (1822–1854) * Faustina Hasse Hodges (1822–1895) * Hermine Rudersdorff (1822–1882) * Louise Strantz (1823–1909) * Maria Vespermann (1823–1882) * Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895) * Marie Siegling (1824–1919) * Jane Sloman (1824–''after'' 1850) * Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877) * Kate Loder (1825–1904) * Nina Stollewerk (1825–1914) * Maria Lindsay (1827–1898) * Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904) * Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891) * Elizabeth Philp (1827–1885) * Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907) * Ellen R. Thompson (1928–2014) * Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869) * Charlotte Tardieu (1829–1890) * Aurore von Haxthausen (1830–1888) * Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879) * Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892) * Julia Woolf (1831–1893) * Modesta Sanginés Uriarte (1832–1887) * Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild (1832–1924) * Sophia Dellaporta (fl. second half of the 19th century) * Clotilde Kainerstorfer (1833–1897) * Kate Lucy Ward (1833–1915) * Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917) * Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861) * Teckla Juel (1834–1904) * Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896) * Helen Tretbar (1835–1902) * Johanne Amelie Fenger (1836–1913) * Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918) * Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878) * Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911) * Charlotte Sporleder (1836–1915) * Pauline Thys (c.1836–1909) * Caroline Wichern (1836–1906) * Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907) * Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915) * Georgina Weldon (1837–1914) * Harriet Maitland Young (1838–1923) * Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917) * Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c. 1876) * Lotten Edholm (1839–1930) * Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927) * Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884) * Ingeborg von Bronsart (1840–1913) * Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922) * Mary Helena Synge (1840–1917) * Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929) * Clara H. Scott (1841–1897) * Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841–1918) * Julie Waldburg-Wurzach (1841–1914) * Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910) * Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–1922) * Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919) * Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890) * Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906) * Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931) * Ika Peyron (1845–1922) * Giuseppina Vitali (1845–1915) * Regina Watson (1845–1913) * Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926) * Marie Jaëll (1846–1925) * Sophie Menter (1846–1918) * Valentina Serova (composer), Valentina Serova (1846–1924) * Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883) * Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846–1896) * Eliza Mazzucato Young (1846–1937) * Eloísa D'Herbil (1847–1943) * Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907) * Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935) * Augusta Holmès (1847–1903) * Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925) * Josephine Amann-Weinlich (1848–1887) * Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919) * Teresa Seneke (1848–1875) * Frances Allitsen (1849–1912) * Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893) * Catalina Berroa (1849–1911) * Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930) * Ludmila Jeske-Choińska-Mikorska (1849–1898) * Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935) * Felicia Tuczek (1849–1905) * Pauline Volkstein (1849–1925) * Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919) * Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927) * Carrie Burpee Shaw (1850–1946) * Kate Simmons (1850–1926) * Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)

1851–1875

* Maria Wilhelmj (185?–1930) * Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935) * Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921) * Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944) * Kate Vanderpoel (born 1851) * Helena Munktell (1852–1919) * Marie Townsend (1851–1912) * Antha Minerva Virgil (c. 1852–1939) * Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894) * Teresa Carreño (1853–1917) * Susan Trew (born 1853) * Josephine Troup (1853–1912) * Mary Augusta Wakefield (1853–1910) * Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937) * Hendrika van Tussenbroek (1854–1935) * Nellie Bangs Skelton (1855–1911) * Maude Valérie White (1855–1937) * Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930) * Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930) * Kateřina Emingerová (1856–1934) * Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945) * Natalia Janotha (1856–1932) * Gilda Ruta (1856–1932) * Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938) * Fannie Lovering Skinner (1856–1938) * Berta Bock (1857–1945) * Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944) * Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924) * Ethel R. Harraden (1857–1917) * Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944) * Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944) * Emma Wooge (1857–1935) * Emma Mundella (1858–1896) * Carrie B. Wilson Adams (1858–1940) * Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937) * Catharina van Rennes (1858–1940) * Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936) * Hilda Sehested (1858–1936) *

(1858–1944) * Stella Stocker (1858–1925) * Lydia Kunz Venth (1858–1931) * Adelheid Wette (1858–1916) *Sophie Wolff-Fritz (1858–1938) * Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944) * Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927) * Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926) * Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–''after'' 1924) * Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935) * Elisabeth Meyer (composer), Elisabeth Meyer (1859–1927) * Ida Georgina Moberg (1859–1947) * Margit Sztaray (1859–?) * Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946) * Bertha Tapper (1859–1915) * Hope Temple (1859–1938) * Agnes Tschetschulin (1859–1942) * Ellen Wright (1859–1904) * Laura Valborg Aulin (1860–1928) * Alicia Van Buren (1860–1922) * Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928) * Halina Krzyżanowska (1860–1937) * Ella May Dunning Smith (1860–1934) * Isabel Stewart North (1860–1929) * Hilda Wilson (1860–1918) * Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919) * Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938) * Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915) * Erika Stang (1861–1898) * Anna Teichmüller (1861–1940) * Florence Aylward (1862–1950) * Carrie Bond (1862–1946) * Dora Bright (1862–1951) * Liza Lehmann (1862–1918) * Adela Maddison (1862–1929) * Mona McBurney (1862–1932) * Edith Swepstone (1862–1930) * Marian Arkwright (1863–1922) * Luisa Casagemas (1863–''after'' 1894) * Maria Chefaliady-Taban (1863–1932) * Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929) * Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949) * Izabella Kuliffay (1863–1945) * Alicia Adélaide Needham (1863–1945) * Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943) * Caroline Holme Walker (1863–1955) * Elisabeth Wintzer (1863–1933) * Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949) * Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942) * Alice Tegnér (1864–1943) * Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938) * Lillian Tait Sheldon (1865–1925) * Fannie Morris Spencer (1865–1943) * Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956) * Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945) * Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941) * Laura Lemon (1866–1924) * Alice Sauvrezis (1866–1946) * Tekla Griebel Wandall (1866–1940) * Mary Louisa White (1866–1935) *

(1867–1944) * Margherita Galeotti (1867–''after'' 1912) * Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–''after'' 1915) * Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972) * Alexandra Thomson (1867–1907) * Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95) * Signe Lund (1868–1950) * Annie Patterson (1868–1934) * Anna Diller Starbuck (1868–1929) * Joséphine Boulay (1869–1925) * Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941) * Maria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926) * Caro Roma (1869–1937) * Patty Stair (1869–1926) * Else Streit (1869–?) * Therese Wittman (1869–1942) * Grace Chadbourne (1870–1919) * Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946) * Mon Schjelderup (1870–1934) * Pauline B. Story (1870–1952) * Pamela Motley Verrall (1870–1948) * Lola Carrier Worrell (1870–1929) * Hélène-Frédérique de Faye-Jozin (1871–1942) (name often abbreviated as Fréd. de Faye-Jozin) * Nellie von Gerichten Smith (1871–1952) * Anita Socola Specht (1871–1958) * Florence Turner-Maley (1871–1962) * Jane Vieu (1871–1955) * Bessie Marshall Whitely (1871–1944) * Louise Tunison (1872–1899) * Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940) * Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948) * Mabel Madison Watson (1872–1952) * Annette Thoma (1872–1959) * Eliza Woods (1872–1961) * María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957) * Elise Fellows White (1873–1953) * Ethel Barns (1874–1948) * Frances Tarbox (1874–1959) * Josephine Trott (1874–1950) * Anna Cramer (1873–1968) * Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Celeste (1873–1938) * Emma Lomax (1873–1963) * Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957) * Anice Potter Terhune (1873–1964) * Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958) * Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961) * Lena Stein-Schneider (1874–1958) * Elsa Swartz (1874–1948) * Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953) * Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale (1875–1958) * Katharine Lucke (1875–1962) * Adele Bloesch-Stöcker (1875–1978) * Irène Fuerison (1875–1931) * Henriette Renié (1875–1956) * Satella Waterstone (1875–1938) * Vilma von Webenau (1875–1953) * Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)

1876–1900

Portrait of Nora Holt by Carl Van Vechten

* Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–''after'' 1913) * Madelene Van Aardt (1896–1982) * Hélène Fleury-Roy (1876–1957) * Armande de Polignac (1876–1962) * Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968) * Jean E. Williams (1876–1965) * Addie Anderson Wilson (1876–1966) * Elsa Laura Wolzogen (1876–1945) * Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971) * Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953) * Anna Schytte (1877–1953) * Anna Suszczynska (1877–1931) * Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969) * Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914) * Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878–1941) * Hope Squire (1878–1936) * Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942) * Wanda Landowska (1879–1959) * Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure (1879–1960) * Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962) * Alma Mahler (1879–1964) * Poldowski (1879–1932) * Johanna Senfter (1879–1961) * Louise Siddall (1879–1935) * Nannie Louise Wright (1879–1958) * Ethel Scarborough (1880–1956) * Elena Stanekaite-Laumyanskene (1880–1960) * Geertruida van Vladeracken (1880–1947) * Florence Wickham (1880–1962) * Gena Branscombe (1881–1977) * Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971) * Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949) * Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974) * Cecile Paul Simon (1881–1970) * Marion Bauer (1882–1955) * Mary Howe (1882–1964) * Verdi Karns (1882–1925) * Ernestina Lecuona y Casado (1882–1951) * Mary Lucas (1882–1952) * Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950) * Eva Ruth Spalding (1883–1969) * Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938) * Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964) * May Brahe (1884–1956) * Nora Holt (1884–1974) * Giulia Recli (1884–1970) * Gisela Selden-Goth (1884–1975) * Blanche Selva (1884–1942) * Maria Elizabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen (1885–1980) * María Grever (1885–1951) * Eva Jessye (1885–1992) * Mana Zucca (1885–1981) * Dora Pejačević (1885–1923) * Louise Cooper Spindle (1885–1968) * J. Lilian Vandevere (1885–1957) * Edith Weiss-Mann (1885–1851) * Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–''after'' 1910) * Christabel Baxendale (1886–''after'' 1951) * Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979) * Ellen Coleman (composer), Ellen Coleman (1886–1973) * Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970) * Ethel Leginska (1886–1970) * Margaret McClure Stitt (1886–1979) * Herma Studeny (1886–1973) * Annette Thoma (1886–1974) * Leonie Tonel (died 1886) * Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) * Mildred Couper (1887–1974) * Clara Edwards (composer), Clara Edwards (1887–1974) * Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972) * Florence Price, Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953) * Margarete Schweikert (1887–1957) * Anne Stratton (1887–1977) * Lily Strickland (1887–1958) * Bertha Tideman-Wijers (1887–1976) * Bertha Weber (1887–1961) * May Aufderheide (1888–1972) * Carmen Barradas (1888–1963) * Johanna Beyer (1888–1944) * Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986) * Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973) * Julie Reisserová (1888–1938) * Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967) * Elna Sherman (1888–1964) * Lyubov Streicher (1888–1958) * Jeanette Tillett (1888–1965) * Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949) * Gertrude Hoag Wilson (1888–1968) * Amy Aldrich Worth (1888–1967) * Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987) * Ina Boyle (1889–1967) * Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971) * Eleni Lambiri (1889–1960) * Elsa Stuart-Bergstrom (1889–1970) * Celia Torrá (1889–1962) * Hanna Vollenhoven (1889–1972) * Vally Weigl (1889–1982) * Helen Searles Westbrook (1889–1967) * E. Florence Whitlock (1889–1978) * Lydia Boucher (1890–1971) * Marguerite Canal (1890–1978) * Evelyn Faltis (1890–1937) * Pauline Hall (composer), Pauline Hall (1890–1969) * Grace LeBoy (1890–1983) * Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951) * Eda Rapoport (1890–1968) * Sara Opal Search (1890–1961) * Alice Marion Shaw (born 1890) * Margaret Hoberg Turrell (1890–1948) * Frida Kern (1891–1988) * Florentina Mallá (1891–1973) * Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918) * Tamara Antonovna Shaverzashvili (1891–1955) * Catherine Murphy Urner (1891–1942) * Frances Turgeon Wiggin (1891–1985) * Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971) * Mirrie Hill (1892–1986) * Katherine K. Davis (1892–1980) * Louise E. Stairs (1892–1975) *

(1892–1983) * Anne Upton (1892–1970) * Ella May Walker (1892–1960) * Mildred Weston (1892–1975) * Helen Wing (1892–1981) * Margareta Xenopol (1892–1979) *

(1893–1918) * Marta Canales (1893–1986) * Dorothy Gow (1893–1982) * Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964) * Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972) * Philippine Schick (1893–1970) * Theodora Troendle (1893–1972) * Tamara Vakhvakhishvili (1893–1976) * Kalitha Dorothy Fox (1894–1934) * Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929) * Elsa Respighi (1894–1996) * Mildred Souers (1894–1977) * Helen Steele (born 1894) * Viola Van Katwijk (1894–1980) * Awilda Villarini (1894–1989) * Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973) * Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952) * Kathleen Dale (1895–1984) * Kathleen Richards (1895–1984) * Esther Cox Todd (1895–1971) * Mildred Lund Tyson (1895–1989) * Vera Vinogradova (1895–1982) * Maria Bach (1896–1978) * Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977) * María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982) * Anna Renfer (1896–1984) * María Luisa Sepúlveda (1896–1958) * Lucie Vellère (1896–1966) * Rossini Vrionides (1896–1943) * Benna Moe (1897–1983) * Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984) * Muriel Emily Herbert (1897–1984) * Kay Swift (1897–1993) * Ruth Tripp (1897–1971) * Mildred Cozzens Turner (1897–1992) * Kathe Volkart-Schlager (1897–1976) * Dorothy Wanderman (1897–1988) * Mimi Wagensonner (1897–1970) * Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998) * Dorothy Howell (composer), Dorothy Howell (1898–1982) * Grace Vamos (1898–1992) * Stefania Turkewich (1998–1977) * Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979) * Svea Nordblad Welander (1898–1985) * Glad Robinson Youse (1898–1985) * Mansi Barberis (1899–1986) * Radie Britain (1899–1994) * Marcelle de Manziarly (1899–1989) * Lili Wieruszowski (1899–1971) * Edith Wire (1899–1973) * Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001) * Carmelina Delfin (c. 1900–''after'' 1948)

1900s

* Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979) * Florence Margaret Spencer Palmer (1900–1987) * Gladys Marie Stein (1900–1989) * Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979) * Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991) * Gertrude Price Wollner (1900–1985) * Lotte Backes (1901–1990) * Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953) * Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974) * Dorothy James (1901–1982) * Emmy Wegener (1901–1973) * Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979) * Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977) * Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982) * Doris Gertrude Sheppard (1902–1982) * Irene Skovgaard (1902–1982) * Freda Swain (1902–1985) * Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989) * Pava Turtygina (1902–1985) * Claude Arrieu (1903–1990) * Helza Cameu (1903–1995) * María Enma Botet Dubois (1903–?) * Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000) * Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998) * Lillian Fuchs (1903–1991) * Jessie Furze (1903–1984) * Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (1903–1992) * Priaulx Rainier, Ivy Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986) * Miriam Shatal (1903–1983) * Joanídia Sodré (1903–1975) * Iet Stants (1903–1968) * Heidi Sundblad-Halme (1903–1973) * June Weybright (1903–1996) * Maria Semyonovna Zavalishina (born 1903) * Martha Alter (1904–1976) * Dinorá de Carvalho (1904–1980) * Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989) * Lita Spena (1904–1989) * Dorothy Parke (1904–1990) * Esther Rofe (1904–2000) * Anne Terrier Laffaille (1904–1971) * Mary Wiggins (1904–1974) * Margaret Wigham (1904–1972) * Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek (1904–1972) * Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982) * Ulric Cole (1905–1992) * Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987) * Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990) * Constance Cochnower Virtue (1905–1992) * Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991) * Claire Delbos (1906–1959) * Miriam Gideon (1906–1996) * Zara Levina (1906–1976) * Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983) * Berta Alves de Sousa (1906–1997) * Louise Talma (1906–1996) * Elinor Meissner Traeger (1906–1983) * Clara Wildschut (1906–1950) * Grace Williams (1906–1977) * Ludmila Anatolievna Yaroshevskaya (1906–1975) * Esther Zweig (1906–1981) * Ann Ronell (1906/1908–1993) * Lora Aborn (1907–2005) * Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993) * Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967) * Imogen Holst (1907–1984) * Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994) * Roberta Martin (1907–1969) * Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (1907–1995) * Hazel Volkart (1907–1985) * Claude Porter White (1907–1975) * Florence Wickham (1907–1991) * Aimee Wiele (1907–1981) * Roberta Bitgood (1908–2007) * Jean Coulthard (1908–2000) * Helen Glatz (1908–1996) * Joan Mary Last (1908–2002) * Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004) * Trude Rittmann (1908–2005) * Alice Samter (1908–2004) * Michiko Toyama (1908–2000) * Ida Vivado (1908–1989) * Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) * Maria Dziewulska (1909–2006) * Minna Keal (1909–1999) * Ljubica Marić (1909–2003) * Alice Streatch (1909–1999) * Dana Suesse (1909–1987) * Cecile Vashaw (1909–1985) * Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova (born 1909)

1910s

* Ana Serrano Redonnet (191?–1993) * Elsa Barraine (1910–1999) * Lycia de Biase Bidart (1910–1990) * Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003) * Shena Fraser (1910–1993) * Lila Lalauni (1910–1996) * Paule Maurice (1910–1967) * Evelyn La Rue Pittman (1910–1992) * Friederike Schwarz (1910–1945) * Dagmara Slianova-Mizandari (1910–1983) * Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova (1910–1980) * Alliene Brandon Webb (1910–1965) * Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981) * Louise Yazbeck (1910–1995) * Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986) * Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996) * Marina Scriabina (1911–1998) * Julia Smith (composer), Julia Smith (1911–1989) * Phyllis Tate (1911–1987) * Margaret Jones Wiles (1911–2000) * Ilse Gerda Wunsch (1911–2003) * :de:Lydia Auster, Lydia Auster (1911–1989) * Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988) * Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990) * Gisela Hernández (1912–1971) * Sirvart Karamanuk (1912–2008) * Barbara Pentland (1912–2000) * Irena Pfeiffer (1912–1996) * Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994) * Violet Archer (1913–2000) * Isabel Aretz (1913–2005) * Margaret Allison Bonds (1913–1972) * Matilde Capuis (1913–2017) * Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913–1981) * Sylvia Fine (1913–1991) * Vivian Fine (1913–2000) * Dulcie Holland (1913–2000) * Miriam Hyde (1913–2005) * Netty Simons (1913–1994) * Rodica Sutzu (1913–1979) * Jane Vignery (1913–1974) * Esther Allan (1914–1985) * Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914–2010) * Suzanne Joly (1914–2012) * Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002) * Teresa Rampazzi (1914–2001) * Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (1914–2002) * Regina Hansen Willman (1914–1965) * Esther Ballou (1915–1973) * Eunice Catunda (1915–1991) * Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987) * Pamela Harrison (composer), Pamela Harrison (1915–1990) * Najla Jabor (1915–2001) * Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940) * Eunice Katunda (1915–1991) * Marjo Tal (1915–2006) * Joan Trimble (1915–2000) * Pamela Motley Verrall (1915–1996) * Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (1915–2005) * Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002) * Ann Wyeth McCoy (1915–2005) * Jane Corner Young (1915–2001) * Olga De Blanck Martín (1916–1998) * Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (1916–2005) * Erna Tauro (1916–1993) * Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989) * Beatrice Witkin (1916–1990) * Els Aarne (1917–1995) * Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989) * Clarisse Leite (1917–2003) * Geraldine Mucha (1917–2012) * Maj Sønstevold (1917–1996) * Ėta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (1917–2008) * Erna Woll (1917–2005) * Frances Ziffer (1917–1996) * Lila-Gene George (1918–2017) * Lina Pires de Campos (1918–2003) * Gayane Č'ebotaryan (1918–1998) * Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (1918–2012) * Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1918–2008) * Matilde Salvador (1918–2007) * Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991) * Jórunn Viðar (1918–2017) * Norma Wendelburg (1918–2016) * Yevgania Yosifovna Yakhina (1918–1983) * Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981) * Eleonora Eksanishvili (1919–2003) * Ludmila Frajt (1919–1999) * Dorothy Whitson Freed (1919–2000) * Hilda Jerea (1919–1980) * Tamara Maliukova Sidorenko (1919–2005) * Qu Xixian (1919–2008) * Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006) * Constance Walton (1919–2017)

1920s

* Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006) * Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003) * Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (1920–1998) * Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs (1920–2005) * Janina Skowronska (1920–1992) * Marion Vree (1920–2012) * Helen L. Weiss (1920–1948) * Chaya Arbel (1921–2007) * Dorothea Austin (1921–2011) * Adrienne Clostre (1921–2006) * Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968) * Ruth Gipps (1921–1999) * Nazife Güran (1921–1993) * Mara Petrova (1921–1997) * Alice Sirooni (1921–2011) * Hanna Skalska-Szemioth (1921–1964) * Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991) * Margaret Buechner (1922–1998) * Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003) * Odette Gartenlaub (1922–2014) * Ester Mägi (1922–2021) * Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961) * Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999) * Virginia Seay (1922–2015) * Nadezhda Simonyan (1922–1997) * Dorothy Geneva Styles (1922–1984) * Doris Akers (1923–1995) * Teresa Borràs i Fornell (1923–2010) * Madeleine Dring (1923–1977) * Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010) * Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016) * Dika Newlin (1923–2006) * Elena Romero (composer), Elena Romero (1923–1996) * Maria Schüppel (1923-2011) * Mira Sulpizi (born 1923) * Asya Sultanova (1923–2021) * Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009) * Katharine Mulky Warne (1923–2015) * Elisabet Wentz-Janacek (1923–2014) * Shafiga Akhundova (1924–2013) * Leni Alexander (1924–2005) * Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924) * Zhivka Klinkova (1924–2002) * Angela Morley (1924–2009) * Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (1924–2009) * Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993) * Gladys Nordenstrom (1924–2016) * Else Marie Pade (1924–2016) * Julia Perry (1924–1979) * Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006) * Jitka Snížková (1924–1989) * Sylvia Soublette (1924–2020) * Erzsébet Szőnyi (1924–2019) * Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004) * Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005) * Bebe Barron (1925–2008) * Cathy Berberian (1925–1983) * P. Bhanumathi (1925–2005) * Edith Borroff (1925–2019) * Hilda Dianda (born 1925) * Ginette Keller (1925–2010) * Lyudmila Lyadova (1925–2021) * Nelly Moretto (1925–1978) * Daphne Oram (1925–2003) * Alice Parker (born 1925) * Amado Santos Ocampo (1925–2009) * Jeanne Ellison Shaffer (1925–2009) * Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000) * Margaret Shelley Vance (1925–2008) * Estelle White (1925–2011) * Ruth White (composer), Ruth White (1925–2013) * Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007) * Modesta Bor (1926–1998) * Janine Charbonnier (1926–2022) * Irina Elcheva (1926–2013) * Zhun Huang (born 1926) * Betsy Jolas (born 1926) * Melinda Kistétényi (1926–1999) * Maria de Lourdes Martins (1926–2009) * Carmen Petra-Basacopol (born 1926) * Claire Polin (1926–1995) * Marga Richter (1926–2020) * Esther Scliar (1926–1978) * Natela Svanidze (1926–2017) * An-Ming Wang (born 1926) * Irina Yel'cheva (1926–2013) * Ruth Zechlin (1926–2007) * Valentine Yanovna Zhubinskaya (1926–2013) * Marilyn J Ziffrin (1926–2018) * Dolores Claman (1927–2021) * Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927) * Elaine Hugh-Jones (1927–2021) * Eva Schorr (1927–2016) * Williametta Spencer (born 1927) * Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (1927–2014) * Marcelle Villin (born 1927) * Chris Mary Francine Whittle (born 1927) * Rolande Maxwell Young (1927–2015) * Gaziza Zhubanova (1927–1993) * Margrit Zimmermann (1927–2020) * Luna Alcalay (1928–2012) * Ruth Anderson (composer), Ruth Anderson (1928–2019) * Betty Jackson King (1928–1994) * Judith Dvorkin (1928–1995) * Sarah Feigin (1928–2011) * Beverly Grigsby (born 1928) * Lena McLin (born 1928) * Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (born 1928) * Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928) * Thea Musgrave (born 1928) * Adelaide Pereira da Silva (1928–2021) * Mary McCarty Snow (1928–2012) * Mira J. Spektor (1928–2021) * Louise Spizizen (1928–2010) * Arlene Buckneberg Ydstie (born 1928) * Zlata Tkach (1928–2006) * Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929) * Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989) * Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929) * Siegrid Ernst (1929–2022) * Micki Grant (1929–2021) * Dina Koston (1929–2009) * Nada Ludvig-Pečar (1929–2008) * Lata Mangeshkar (1929–2022) * Meena Mangeshkar (born 1931) * Pierrette Mari (born 1929) * Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929) * Elena Petrová (1929–2002) * Irma Urteaga (1929–2022) * Jeannine Vanier (born 1929)

1930s

* Yardena Alotin (1930–1994) * Vera Baeva (1930–2017) * Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930) * Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003) * Antoinette Kirkwood (1930–2014) * Kay Lande (born 1930) * Ruth Lomon (1930–2017) * Gudrun Lund (1930–2020) * Jana Obrovská (1930–1987) * Betty Roe (born 1930) * Clotilde Rosa (1930–2017) * E. Anne Schwerdtfeger (1930–2008) * Naomi Shemer (1930–2004) * Ann Loomis Silsbee (1930–2003) * Helen Camille Stanley (born 1930) * Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930) * Marion Verhaalen (1930–2020) * Monica Witni (born 1930) * Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931) * Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000) * Felicia Donceanu (1931–2022) *

(born 1931) * Rosa Guraieb (1931–2014) * Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931) * Young-ja Lee (born 1931) * Maria Dolores Malumbres (1931–2019) * Myriam Marbe (1931–1997) * Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997) * Phillipa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967) * Alida Vázquez (1931–2018) * Elaine Barkin (born 1932) * Betty Beath (born 1932) * Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932) * Marta Jiráčková (born 1932) * Liu Zhuang (musician), Liu Zhuang (1932–2011) * Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996) * Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016) * Eliane Radigue (born 1932) * Dorothy Ashby (1932–1986) * Kilza Setti (born 1932) * Gitta Steiner (1932–1990) * Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932) * Pozzi Escot (born 1933) * Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933) * Elena Karastoyanova (born 1933) * Yoko Ono (born 1933) * Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991) * Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933) * Rocio Sanz (1933–1993) * Alicia Urreta (1933–1987) * Tatyana Voronina (born 1933) * Joan Dolores Wilson (born 1933) * Huguang Xin (1933–2011) * Norma Beecroft (born 1934) * Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992) * Mary Mageau (1934–2020) * Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (1934–2019) * Teresa Procaccini (born 1934) * Beatrice Siegrist (born 1934) * Alicia Terzian (born 1934) * Arlene Zallman (1934–2006) * Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova (1934–2012) * Thérèse Brenet (born 1935) * Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935) * Helen Gifford (born 1935) * Kazuko Hara (1935–2014) * Enid Luff (1935–2022) * Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975) * Clara Sinde Ramallal (born 1935) * Mirjana Sistek-Djordjevic (born 1935) * Julia Stilman-Lasansky (1935–2007) * Ivana Marburger Themmen (born 1935) * Mary Lynn Twombly (born 1935) * Shirley Walker (1935–2006) * Wang Qiang (composer), Qiang Wang (born 1935) * Mirjana Živković (1935–2020) * Sieglinda Ahrens (born 1936) * Izabella Arazova (born 1936) * Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936) * Erika Radermacher (born 1936) * Erika Fox (born 1936) * Barbara Heller (born 1936) * Trisutji Kamal (1936–2021) * Sheila Mary Nelson (1936–2020) * Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936) * Vivian Adelberg Rudow (born 1936) * Brunhilde Sonntag (1936–2002) * Myra Brooks Turner (1936–2017) * Keiko Abe (born 1937) * Janet Beat (born 1937) * Constança Capdeville (1937–1992) * Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001) * Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937) * Irina Odăgescu (born 1937) * Katherine Hoover (1937–2018) * Marta Lambertini (1937–2019) * Claire Liddell (born 1937) * Diana McIntosh (born 1937) * Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937) * Bernadetta Matuszczak (1937–2021) * Irma Ravinale (1937–2013) * Sharda (singer) (born 1937) * Darinka Simic-Mitrovic (born 1937) * Ann Southam (1937–2010) * Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaia (born 1937) * Isabelle Aboulker (born 1938) * Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009) * Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938) * Carla Bley (born 1938) * Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938) * Gloria Coates (born 1938) * Piera Pistono (born 1938) * Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985) * Tona Scherchen (born 1938) * Shakhida Shaimardanova (born 1938) * Mieko Shiomi (composer), Mieko Shiomi (born 1938) * Cornelia Tăutu (1938–2019) * Joan Tower (born 1938) * Betty Ann Wong (born 1938) * Elinor Armer (born 1939) * Wendy Carlos (born 1939) * Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939) * Lesya Dychko (born 1939) * Maija Einfelde (born 1939) * Jennifer Fowler (born 1939) * Barbara Kolb (born 1939) * Annea Lockwood (born 1939) * María Luisa Ozaita (1939–2017) * Katherine Teck (born 1939) * Inger Wikström (born 1939) * Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939) * Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

1940s

* Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940) * Margaret Brouwer (born 1940) * Graciela Castillo (born 1940) * Eleanor Hovda (1940–2009) * Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940) * Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940–2022) * Graciela Paraskevaidis (1940–2017) * Chitra Singh (born 1940) * Awilda Villarini (born 1940) * Eleni Karaindrou (born 1941) * Adrienne Albert (born 1941) * Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941) * Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941) * Kay Gardner (composer), Kay Gardner (1941–2002) * Sorrel Hays (1941–2020) * Moya Henderson (born 1941) * Viera Janárčeková (born 1941) * Usha Khanna (born 1941) * Edith Lejet (born 1941) * Ivana Loudová (1941–2017) * Jenny Helen McLeod (born 1941) * Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941) * Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007) * Ferdousi Rahman (born 1941) * Magaly Ruiz, Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941) * Dorothy Strutt (born 1941) * Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (born 1941) * Gillian Whitehead (born 1941) * Birgitte Alsted (born 1942) * Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942) * Canary Burton (born 1942) * Helen Fisher (composer), Helen Fisher (born 1942) * Priscilla McLean (born 1942) * Haruna Miyake (born 1942) * Meredith Monk (born 1942) * Kyungsun Suh (born 1942) * Diane Thome (born 1942) * Solange Ancona (born 1943) * Christine Berl (born 1943) * Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943) * Joanna Bruzdowicz (1943–2021) * Laura Clayton (born 1943) * Eleanor Cory (born 1943) * Margriet Ehlen (born 1943) * Judy Klein (born 1943) * Anne Lauber (born 1943) * Tania León (born 1943) * Marta Ptaszynska (born 1943) * Michèle Reverdy (born 1943) * Alice Shields (born 1943) * Elżbieta Sikora (born 1943) * Pril Smiley (born 1943) * Iwonka Bogumila Szymanska (born 1943) * Françoise Barrière (1944–2019) * Alison Bauld (born 1944) * Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944) * Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944) * Tatyana Chudova (1944–2021) * Gloria González (composer), Gloria González (born 1944) * Elsa Justel (born 1944) * Beatriz Lockhart (1944–2015) * Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944) * Claire Renard (born 1944) * Marisa Rezende (born 1944) * Rhian Samuel (born 1944) * Margaret Scoville (1944–1978) * Silvia Sommer (born 1944) * Graciela Agudela (1945–2018) * Maya Badian (born 1945) * Gillian Bibby (born 1945) * Victoria Bond (born 1945) * Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945) * Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945) * Melanie Ruth Daiken (1945–2016) * Graciane Finzi (born 1945) * Ig Henneman (born 1945) * Nagako Konishi (born 1945) * Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945) * Vânia Dantas Leite (1945–2018) * Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945) * Maggi Payne (born 1945) * Elizabeth Raum (born 1945) * Carol Sams (born 1945) * Marielli Sfakianaki (born 1945) * Laurie Spiegel (born 1945) * Toyoko Takami (born 1945) * Julia Usher (born 1945) * Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945) * Barbara Benary (1946–2019) * Renate Birnstein (born 1946) * Anne Boyd (born 1946) * Geneviève Calame (1946–1993) * Suzanne Ciani (born 1946) * Dora Draganova (born 1946) * Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946) * Janice Giteck (born 1946) * Ann-Elise Hannikainen (1946–2012) * Ho Wai-On (born 1946) * Neva Krasteva (born 1946) * Joyce Solomon Moorman (born 1946) * Jane O'Leary (born 1946) * Anna Rubin (born 1946) * Claire Schapira (born 1946) * Daria Semegen (born 1946) * Marilyn Shrude (born 1946) * Sheila Silver (born 1946) * Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946) * Joelle Wallach (born 1946) * Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946) * Barbara Maria Zakrzewska-Nikiporczyk (born 1946) * Pınar Köksal (1946–2019) * Liana Alexandra (1947–2011) * Laurie Anderson (performance artist), Laurie Anderson (born 1947) * Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947) * Ruth Bakke (born 1947) * Ada Gentile (born 1947) * Mayako Kubo (born 1947) * Joan La Barbara (born 1947) * Nicola LeFanu (born 1947) * Zarrina Mirshakar (born 1947) * Vojna Nešić (born 1947) * Rosica Petkova (born 1947) * Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947) * Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947) * Valerie Vonpechy (born 1947) * Hilary Tann (born 1947) * Karen Tarlow (born 1947) * Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947) * Susan Cohn Lackman (born 1947) * Betty Rose Wishart (born 1947) * Hsiung-Zee Wong (born 1947) * Gisèle Barreau (born 1948) * Diana Burrell (born 1948) * Julia Tsenova, Julia Cenova (1948–2010) * Janet Graham (born 1948) * Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948) * Christina Kubisch (born 1948) * Junko Mori (composer), Junko Mori (born 1948) * Ilza Nogueira (born 1948) * Sally Johnston Reid (1948–2019) * Shoshana Riseman (born 1948) * Ilona Sekacz (born 1948) * Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948) * Bernadette Speach (born 1948) * Ivana Stefanović (born 1948) * Julia Tsenova (1948–2010) * Carol Ann Weaver (born 1948) * Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948) * Eleanor Alberga (born 1949) * Carol E Barnett (born 1949) * Ann Callaway (born 1949) * Rachel Galinne (born 1949) * Alexina Louie (born 1949) * Odaline de la Martinez (born 1949) * Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (born 1949) * Shulamit Ran (born 1949) * Angela Ro Ro (born 1949) * Sharon Ruchman (born 1949) * Kimi Sato (born 1949) * Judith Shatin (born 1949) * Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949) * Rain Worthington (born 1949)

1950s

* Lejla Agolli (born 1950) * Beth Anderson (composer), Beth Anderson (born 1950) * Édith Canat de Chizy (born 1950) * Elena Firsova (born 1950) * Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950) * Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 1950) * Libby Larsen (born 1950) * Elodie Lauten (born 1950) * Lam Manyee (born 1950) * Vivienne Olive (born 1950) * Synne Skouen (born 1950) * Nancy Telfer (born 1950) * Anneli Arho (born 1951) * Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951) * Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951) * Nancy Galbraith (born 1951) * Halina Harelava (born 1951) * Patricia Jünger (born 1951) * Joëlle Léandre (born 1951) * Cecilia McDowall (born 1951) * Liz Phillips (born 1951) * Jeannie G. Pool (born 1951) * Marcela Rodríguez (composer), Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951) * Doina Rotaru (born 1951) * Tat'yana Sergeyeva (born 1951) * Elizabeth Swados (1951–2016) * Lois V Vierk (born 1951) * Kristi Allik (born 1952) * Judith Bingham (born 1952) * Helen Bowater (born 1952) * Nicole Carignan (born 1952) * Maya Ciobanu (born 1952) * Tina Davidson (born 1952) * Janet Dunbar (born 1952) * Margriet Hoenderdos (1952–2010) * Grażyna Krzanowska (born 1952) * Runa Laila (born 1952) * Bunita Marcus (born 1952) * Alla Pavlova (born 1952) *

(born 1952) * Jane Sinclair Wells (born 1952) * Lettie Alston (born 1953) * Avril Anderson (born 1953) * Sonja Beets (born 1953) * Josefina Benedetti (born 1953) * Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953) * Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953) * Chen Yi (composer), Chen Yi (born 1953) * Jody Diamond (born 1953) * Violeta Dinescu (born 1953) * Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953) * Adriana Hölszky (born 1953) * Anne LeBaron (born 1953) * Cynthia Cozette Lee (born 1953) * Anne Linnet (born 1953) * Cindy McTee (born 1953) * Lidia Zielińska (born 1953) * Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954) * Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954) * Judith Cloud (born 1954) * María Escribano (born 1954) * Susan Frykberg (born 1954) * Juliana Hall (born 1958) * Irina Hasnaş (born 1954) * Birgit Havenstein (born 1954) * Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954) * Denise Kelly (born 1954) * Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954) * Renata Kunkel (born 1954) * Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954) * Pamela J. Marshall (born 1954) * Ella Milch-Sheriff (born 1954) * Betty Olivero (born 1954) * Cecilie Ore (born 1954) * Elizabeth Hayden Pizer (born 1954) * Clare Shore (born 1954) * Judith Weir (born 1954) * Pearle Christian (born 1955) * Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955) * Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955) * Elisenda Fabregas (born 1955) * Diamanda Galás (born 1955) * Gerda Geertens (born 1955) * Anne La Berge (born 1955) * Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955) * Iryna Kyrylina (born 1955) * Lori Laitman (born 1955) * Marilyn Mazur (born 1955) * Karmella Tsepkolenko (born 1955) * Janika Vandervelde (born 1955) * Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956) * Sally Beamish (born 1956) * Chiara Benati (born 1956) * Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956) * Deborah Drattell (born 1956) * Anne Dudley (born 1956) * Michelle Ekizian (born 1956) * Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956) * Joan Jeanrenaud (born 1956) * Laura Kaminsky (born 1956) * Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956) * Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956) * Silvina Milstein (born 1956) * Onutė Narbutaitė (born 1956) * Marie Samuelsson (born 1956) * Carla Scaletti (born 1956) * Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956) * Iris Szeghy (born 1956) * Pamela Z (born 1956) * Linda Bouchard (born 1957) * Chaya Czernowin (born 1957) * Ellen Fullman (born 1957) * Regina Irman (born 1957) * Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957) * Marcela Pavia (born 1957) * Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957) * Pan Shiji (born 1957) * Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957) * Joan Szymko (born 1957) * Karen P. Thomas (born 1957) * Melinda Wagner (born 1957) * Janet Wheeler (born 1957) * Eve Beglarian (born 1958) * Maura Bosch (born 1958) * Rhona Clarke (born 1958) * Zulema de la Cruz (born 1958) * Beth Denisch (born 1958) * Consuelo Díez (born 1958) * Suzanne Giraud (born 1958) * Juliana Hall (born 1958) * Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958) * Miya Masaoka (born 1958) * Errollyn Wallen (born 1958) * Julia Wolfe (born 1958) * Barbara Woof (born 1958) * Sinta Wullur (born 1958) * Caroline Ansink (born 1959) * Carola Bauckholt (born 1959) * Sussan Deyhim (born ca. 1958) * Ilona Breģe (born 1959) * Adina Izarra (born 1959) * Laura Karpman (born 1959) * Ana Lara (born 1959) * Marianella Machado (born 1959) * Hilda Paredes (born 1959) * Stevie Wishart (born 1959) * Marti Epstein (born 1959) * Shimul Yousuf (born 1959)

1960s

* Barbara Arens (born 1960) * Maria de Alvear (born 1960) * Sonia Bo (born 1960) * Victoria Borisova-Ollas (born 1969) * Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960) * Andrea Clearfield (born 1960) * Annie Gosfield (born 1960) * Priti Paintal (born 1960) * Jocelyn Pook (born 1960) * Rachel Portman (born 1960) * Maria Schneider (musician), Maria Schneider (born 1960) * Ute Wassermann (born 1960) * Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961) * Enya (born 1961) * Unsuk Chin (born 1961) * Julie Giroux (born 1961) * Hanna Kulenty (born 1961) * Michiru Oshima (born 1961) * Janet Owen Thomas (1961–2002) * Lourdes Perez (born 1961) * Isabel Soveral (born 1961) * Karen Tanaka (born 1961) * Carolyn Yarnell (born 1961) * Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962) * Mary Finsterer (born 1962) * Jennifer Higdon (born 1962) * Amy X Neuburg (born 1962) * Victoria Poleva (born 1962) * Rosephanye Powell (born 1962) * Lolita Ritmanis (born 1962) * Laura Schwendinger (born 1962) * Alex Shapiro (born 1962) * Chen Shihui (born 1962) * Bettina Skrzypczak (born 1962) * Allison Cameron (composer), Allison Cameron (born 1963) * Keiko Fujiie (born 1963) * Joelle Khoury (born 1963) * Veronika Krausas (born 1963) * Sophie Lacaze (born 1963) * Ann Millikan (born 1963) * Isabel Mundry (born 1963) * Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963) * Lucia Ronchetti (born 1963) * Elena Ruehr (born 1963) * Calliope Tsoupaki (born 1963) * Hana Vejvodová (1963–1994) * Debbie Wiseman (born 1963) * Michiru Yamane (born 1963) * Julia Gomelskaya (1964–2016) * Gao Hong (born 1964) * Yoko Kanno (born 1964) * Eva Noer Kondrup (born 1964) * Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964) * Sarah Peebles (born 1964) * Annette Schlünz (born 1964) * Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964) * Mariana Villanueva (born 1964) * Diane Wittry (born 1964) * Jennifer Margaret Barker (born 1965) * Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965) * Zana Clarke (born 1965) * Evelyn Glennie (born 1965) * Rozalie Hirs (born 1965) * Yuki Kajiura (born 1965) * Sofia Levkovskaya (1965–2011) * Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965) * Charlotte Seither (born 1965) * Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965) * Dorothy Hindman (born 1966) * Melissa Hui (born 1966) * Liza Lim (born 1966) * Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966) * Irene Olla (born 1966) * Deirdre Gribbin (born 1967) * Yukie Nishimura (born 1967) * Rebecca Saunders (born 1967) * Yoko Shimomura (born 1967) * Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967) * Isidora Žebeljan (1967–2020) * Laura Andel (born 1968) * Lisa Bielawa (born 1968) * Kerani (born 1968) * Vanessa Lann (born 1968) * Elainie Lillios (born 1968) * Sarah MacDonald (musician) (born 1968) * Olga Neuwirth (born 1968) * Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968) * Ana Sokolovic (born 1968) * Anjelika Akbar (born 1969) * Johanna Doderer (born 1969)

1970s

* Siobhán Cleary (born 1970) * Graziella Concas (born 1970) * Marzena Komsta (born 1970) * Chihchun Chi-sun Lee (born 1970) * Lotta Wennäkoski (born 1970) * Marina Leonardi (born 1970) * Arlene Sierra (born 1970) * Aleksandra Vrebalov (born 1970) * Malika Kishino (born 1971) * Soe Tjen Marching (born 1971) * Katharina Rosenberger (born 1971) * Ingrid Stölzel (born 1971) * Jessica Grace Wing (1971–2003) * Natasha Barrett (composer), Natasha Barrett (born 1972) * Emily Doolittle (born 1972) * Amber Ferenz (born 1972) * Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972) * Hiba Kawas (born 1972) * Analia Llugdar (born 1972) * Deborah Lurie (born 1972) * Nkeiru Okoye (born 1972) * Helena Tulve (born 1972) * Sungji Hong (born 1973) * Lera Auerbach (born 1973) * Jessica Curry (born 1973) * Tansy Davies (born 1973) * Amy Scurria (born 1973) * Luna Pearl Woolf (born 1973) * Selma Björnsdóttir (born 1974) * Ellen C. Covito (born 1974) * Meri von KleinSmid (born 1974) * Ailís Ní Ríain (born 1974) * Sophie Viney (born 1974) * Jennifer Walshe (born 1974) * Dalit Warshaw (born 1974) * Hyo-Won Woo (born 1974) * Kati Agócs (born 1975) * Eugenia Manolidou (born 1975) * Linda Martinez (1975–2005) * Raminta Šerkšnytė (born 1975) * Annelies Van Parys (born 1975) * Svitlana Azarova (born 1976) * Rita Kassabian (born 1976) * Catherine Kontz (born 1976) * Andrea Reinkemeyer (born 1976) * Wang Ying (composer), Wang Ying (born 1976) * Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (born 1977) * Karola Obermueller (born 1977) * Deborah Pritchard (born 1977) * Jennifer Thomas (pianist) (born 1977) * Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir (Thorvaldsdottir) (born 1977) * Du Yun (born 1977) * Wu Fei (born 1977) * Kerry Andrew (born 1978) * Justine Electra (born 1978) * Emily Hall (born 1978) * Vanessa-Mae (born 1978) * Anna Meredith (born 1978) * Agata Zubel (born 1978) * Clarice Assad (born 1978) * Annesley Black (born 1979) * Emily Howard (born 1979) * Kate Moore (composer), Kate Moore (born 1979)

1980s

* Abbie Betinis (born 1980) * Anna Clyne (born 1980) * Cheryl Frances-Hoad (born 1980) * Wang Jie (composer), Wang Jie (born 1980) * Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (born 1980) * Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980) * Missy Mazzoli (born 1980) * Sarah Nemtsov (born 1980)
Christina Athinodorou
(born 1981) * Helen Grime (born 1981) * Hannah Lash (born 1981) * Angélica Negrón (born 1981) * Charlotte Bray (born 1982) * Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982) * Natalie Ann Holt (born 1982) * Shibani Kashyap (born 1982) * Catherine Lamb (born 1982) * Jessie Montgomery (born 1982) * Caroline Shaw (born 1982) * M. M. Srilekha (born 1982) * Ann Cleare (born 1983) * Reena Esmail (born 1983) * Sneha Khanwalkar (1983) * Sarah Hutchings (born 1984) * Sasha Siem (born 1984) * Cristina Spinei (born 1984) * Dafina Zeqiri (composer), Dafina Zeqiri (born 1984) * Isobel Waller-Bridge (born 1984) * Zosha Di Castri (born 1985) * Alissa Firsova (born 1986) * Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian (born 1986) * Kathryn Salfelder (born 1987) * Shiva Feshareki (born 1987) * Julia Adolphe (born 1988) * Cecilia Damström (born 1988) * Sarah Lianne Lewis (born 1988) * Bára Gísladóttir (born 1989) * Elizabeth Ogonek (born 1989) * Freya Waley-Cohen (born 1989)

1990s

*Sonya Belousova (born 1990) *Anja Plaschg (born 1990) *Lucy Armstrong (born 1991) *Georgia Koumará (born 1991) *Diana Ringo (born 1992) *Dani Howard (born 1993) *Lillie Harris (born 1994) *Grace-Evangeline Mason (born 1994)

2000s

* Emily Bear (born 2001) * Alma Deutscher (born 2005)

Unknown

* Mary McDonald (composer), Mary McDonald (living, born in the 20th century) * Winifred Phillips (living; born in the 20th century) * Shirley Thompson (composer), Shirley Thompson (living; born in the 20th century) * Yuka Tsujiyoko (living; born in the 20th century)

Sources

* Citron, Marcia J. (1990). "Gender, Professionalism and the Musical Canon", ''The Journal of Musicology'' vol. 8 no. 1, pp. 102–117. *List partially created using Grove's "Explore" function, ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove Music Online'', ed. L. Macy (accessed 23 September 2006)
grovemusic.com
. *"Women Composers: A Database by the Kapralova Society" (accessed 23 July 2013).

References

External links

International Alliance for Women in Music

a bibliography by Dr. Eugene Gates

by Kapralova Society
French women composers
(in French)

by Dr. Cecilia Piñero Gil

by Pauline Oliveros
Historical Notes for collection of melodies by women composers

Audio links Female Composers 19th, 20th en 21st century
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