List of female composers

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The following is a list of female composers, ordered by birthyear.

Contents

[edit] until 1500

[edit] 1500

[edit] 1600

[edit] 1650

  • Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (born 1658, fl. 1674)
  • Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710)
  • Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
  • Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (born 1680, fl. 1691)
  • Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
  • Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703)
  • Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
  • Camilla de Rossi ((fl. 1707–1710)
  • Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737)
  • Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715)
  • Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)

[edit] 1700

  • Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early 18th century)
  • Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. early 18th century)
  • Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (fl. 1723–1742)
  • Santa Della Pietà (fl. c. 1725–1750, d. after 1774)
  • Elisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768)
  • Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
  • Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
  • Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
  • Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775)
  • Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
  • Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787)
  • Maria Antonia Walpurgis (1724–1780)
  • Miss Davis (c. 1726–after 1755)
  • Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
  • Josina Anna Petronella van Boetzelaer (1733–1787)
  • Mme Papavoine (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 (1740–1805)
  • Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
  • Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
  • Marianne von Martínez (1744–1812)
  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
  • Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
  • Henriette Adélaïde Villard de Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
  • Maria Barthélemon (c. 1749–1799)

[edit] 1750

  • Marianna von Auenbrugger (d. 1786)
  • Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
  • Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
  • Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829)
  • Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796)
  • Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
  • Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
  • Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783)
  • Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
  • Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
  • Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
  • Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
  • Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
  • Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
  • Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
  • Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
  • Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
  • Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795)
  • Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
  • Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
  • Ann Valentine (1762–1842)
  • Luise Adelgunda Victoria Gottsched (died 1762)
  • Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
  • Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
  • Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
  • Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
  • Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818)
  • Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
  • Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840)
  • Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838)
  • Kateřina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833)
  • Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century)
  • Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. 18th century)
  • Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
  • Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
  • Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
  • Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
  • Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822)
  • Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847)
  • Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
  • Sophie Gail (1775–1819)
  • Maria Hester Park (1775–1822)
  • Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
  • Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
  • Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
  • Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
  • Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
  • Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837)
  • Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
  • Bettina Brentano (1785–1859)
  • Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
  • Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
  • Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
  • Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
  • Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786–after 1805)
  • Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
  • Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)
  • Harriet Browne (1790–1858)
  • Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
  • Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
  • Olivia Buckley (born mid-1790s–after 1845)
  • Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802)
  • Agata Della Pietà (fl. c. 1800)
  • Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
  • Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
  • Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
  • Mme Ravissa (fl. late 18th century)
  • Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799-1869)

[edit] 1800

  • Filipina Brzezińska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
  • Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
  • Marion Dix Sullivan (fl. 1840–50)
  • Marianna Bottini (1802–1858)
  • Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
  • Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
  • Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
  • Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
  • Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
  • Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
  • Helen Blackwood (1807–1867)
  • Emma Sophie Amalie Hartmann (1807–1851)
  • Maria Malibran (1808–1836)
  • Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
  • Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
  • Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
  • 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)
  • Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
  • Ann Mounsey (1811–1891)
  • Julia Baroni-Cavalcabò (1813–1887)
  • Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887)
  • Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865)
  • Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861)
  • Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
  • Mary Anne A'Beckett (1817–1863)
  • Caroline Orger (1818–1892)
  • Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892)
  • Ellen Dickson (1819–1878)
  • Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
  • Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895)
  • Augusta Browne (1820–1882)
  • Felicita Casella (c. 1820–after 1865)
  • Clara Angela Macirone (1821–1895)
  • Emilie Mayer (1821–1883)
  • Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885)
  • Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912)
  • Pauline Garcia-Viardot (1821–1910)
  • Mitzuki Simon (1822-1917)
  • Faustina Hasse Hodges (1822–1895)
  • Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895)
  • Marie Siegling (1824–1919)
  • Jane Sloman (1824–after 1850)
  • Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877)
  • Kate Loder (1825–1904)
  • Maria Lindsay (1827–1898)
  • Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
  • Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891)
  • Elizabeth Philp (1827–1885)
  • Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907)
  • Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
  • Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
  • Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
  • Julia Woolf (1831–1893)
  • Sophia Dellaporta (fl. second half of the 19th century)
  • Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
  • Tekla Badarzewska (1834–1861)
  • Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896)
  • Johanne Amelie Fenger (1836–1913)
  • Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918)
  • Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878)
  • Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911)
  • Pauline-Marie-Elisa Thys (c. 1836–1909)
  • Caroline Wichern (1836–1906)
  • Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907)
  • Georgina Weldon (1837–1914)
  • Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917)
  • Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c. 1876)
  • Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927)
  • Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
  • Ingeborg von Bronsart (1840–1913)
  • Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
  • Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841-1918)
  • Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910)
  • Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–after 1911)
  • Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919)
  • Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906)
  • Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931)
  • Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926)
  • Marie Jaëll (1846–1925)
  • Sophie Menter (1846–1918)
  • Valentina Serova (1846–1924)
  • Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883)
  • Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
  • Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
  • Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
  • Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
  • 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)
  • Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919)

[edit] 1850

  • Louise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927)
  • Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)
  • Edith Swepstone (fl. 1885–1930)
  • Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
  • Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
  • Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)
  • Helena Munktell (1852–1919)
  • Teresa Carreño (1853–1917)
  • Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937)
  • Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)
  • Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
  • Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930)
  • Kateřina Emingerová (1856–1934)
  • Clotilde Kainerstorfer (fl. second half 19th century)
  • Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
  • Natalia Janotha (1856–1932)
  • Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)
  • Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938)
  • Berta Bock (1857–1945)
  • Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
  • Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
  • Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944)
  • Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
  • Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
  • Catherine Rennes (1858–1940)
  • Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
  • Hilda Sehested (1858–1936)
  • Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
  • Stella Stocker (1858–1925)
  • 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)
  • Louísa Leonarda (1859–1926)
  • Elisabeth Meyer (1859–1927)
  • Ida Georgina Moberg (1859–1947)
  • Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946)
  • Hope Temple (1859–1938)
  • Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
  • Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
  • Halina Krzyżanowska (1860–1937)
  • Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919)
  • Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938)
  • Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915)
  • Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
  • Carrie Bond (1862–1946)
  • Dora Bright (1862–1951)
  • Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
  • Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
  • 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)
  • Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
  • Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)
  • Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)
  • Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)
  • Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
  • Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
  • Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945)
  • Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941)
  • Laura Lemon (1866–1924)
  • Adela Maddison (1866–1929)
  • Tekla Griebel Wandall (1866–1940)
  • Amy Beach (1867–1944)
  • Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912)
  • Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–after 1915)
  • Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
  • Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95)
  • Signe Lund (1868–1950)
  • Annie Patterson (1868–1934)
  • Joséphine Boulay (1869-1925)
  • Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941)
  • Maria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926)
  • Caro Roma (1869–1937)
  • Patty Stair (1869–1926)
  • Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
  • Mon Schjelderup (1870–1934)
  • Jane Vieu (1871–1955)
  • Alicia Adélaide Needham (1872–1945)
  • María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)
  • Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
  • Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Celeste (1873–1938)
  • Emma Lomax (1873–1963)
  • Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
  • Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)
  • R. Ethel Harraden (fl. late 19th century–early 20th century)
  • Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
  • Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
  • Henriette Renié (1875-1956)
  • Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
  • Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913)
  • Armande de Polignac (1876-1962)
  • Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968)
  • Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)
  • Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953)
  • Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
  • Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914)
  • Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878–1941)
  • Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942)
  • Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
  • Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962)
  • Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
  • Poldowski (1879–1932)
  • Johanna Senfter (1879–1961)
  • Ethel Scarborough (1880–1956)
  • Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
  • Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
  • Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
  • Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974)
  • Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
  • Mary Howe (1882–1964)
  • Eleni Lambiri (c. 1882-8–1960)
  • Ernestina Lecuona Casado (1882–1951)
  • Mary Lucas (1882–1952)
  • Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
  • Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)
  • May Hannah Brahe (1884–1956)
  • Blanche Selva (1884-1942]
  • María Grever (1885–1951)
  • Eva Jessye (1885–1992)
  • Mana Zucca (1885–1981)
  • Dora Pejačević (1885–1923)
  • Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–after 1910)
  • Alice Barnett (1886–1975)
  • Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
  • Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)
  • Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)
  • Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
  • Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
  • Mildred Couper (1887–1974)
  • Clara Edwards (1887–1974)
  • Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
  • Florence Bea Price (1887–1953)
  • Lily Strickland (1887–1958)
  • Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
  • Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
  • Ilsa Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)
  • Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973)
  • Julie Reisserová (1888–1938)
  • Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
  • Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949)
  • Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987)
  • Ina Boyle (1889–1967)
  • Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)
  • Vally Weigl (1889–1982)
  • Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
  • Evelyn Faltis (1890–1937)
  • Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
  • Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951)
  • Giulia Recli (1890–1970)
  • Frida Kern (1891–1988)
  • Florentina Mallá (1891–1973)
  • Morfydd Owen (1891–1918)
  • Catherine Murphy Urner (1891–1942)
  • Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
  • Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
  • Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
  • Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
  • Marta Canales (1893–1986)
  • Dorothy Gow (1893–1982)
  • Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)
  • Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
  • Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
  • Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973)
  • Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
  • Kathleen Dale (1895–1984)
  • Kathleen Richards (1895–1984)
  • Maria Bach (1896–1978)
  • Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
  • María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982)
  • María Luisa Sepúlveda (1896–1958)
  • Lucie Vellère (1896–1966)
  • Benna Moe (1897–1983)
  • Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
  • Kay Swift (1897–1993)
  • Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)
  • Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
  • Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979)
  • Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
  • Radie Britain (1899–1994)
  • Marcelle de Manziarly (1899–1989)
  • Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)

[edit] 1900

  • Carmelina Delfin (c. 1900–after 1948)
  • Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979)
  • Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
  • Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979)
  • Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991)
  • 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)
  • Freda Swain (1902–1985)
  • Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989)
  • Claude Arrieu (born 1903)
  • María Enma Botet Dubois (born 1903)
  • Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor (born 1903)
  • Lillian Fuchs (1903–1991)
  • Jessie Furze (1903–1984)
  • Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (born 1903)
  • Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986)
  • Joanídia Sodré (1903–1975)
  • Martha Alter (1904–1976)
  • Dinorá de Carvalho (1904–1980)
  • Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
  • Dorothy Parke (1904–1990)
  • Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
  • Ellen Wright (born 1904)
  • Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982)
  • Ulric Cole (1905–1992)
  • Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
  • Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990)
  • Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991)
  • Claire Delbos (1906–1959)
  • Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
  • Zara Levina (1906–1976)
  • Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
  • Berta Alves de Sousa (born 1906)
  • Louise Talma (1906–1996)
  • Grace Williams (1906–1977)
  • Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933)
  • Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)
  • Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967)
  • Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
  • Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
  • Abdïlas Maldïbayev (1907–1978)
  • Roberta Martin (1907–1969)
  • Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (born 1907)
  • Roberta Bitgood (born 1908)
  • Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
  • Helen Glatz (born 1908)
  • Joan Mary Last (born 1908)
  • Alice Samter (born 1908)
  • Ida Vivado (1908–1989)
  • Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
  • Maria Dziewulska (born 1909)
  • Minna Keal (born 1909)
  • Ljubica Marić (1909–2003)
  • Dana Suesse (1909–1987)

[edit] 1910

  • Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
  • Lycia de Biase Bidart (born 1910)
  • Patricia Blomfield Holt (born 1910)
  • Shena Fraser (born 1910)
  • Lila Lalauni (1910–1996)
  • Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
  • Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
  • Anne-Marie Ørbeck (born 1911)
  • Julia Smith (1911–1989)
  • Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
  • Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
  • Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)
  • Sirvart Karamanuk (born 1912)
  • Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
  • Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994)
  • Josephine Troup (died 1912)
  • Violet Archer (1913–2000)
  • Isabel Aretz (born 1913)
  • Margaret Allison Bonds (1913–1972)
  • Matilde Capuis (born 1913)
  • Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
  • Dulcie Sybil Holland (born 1913)
  • Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)
  • Netty Simons (1913–1994)
  • Peggy Stuart-Coolidge (1913–1981)
  • Cacilda Campos Borges Barbosa (born 1914)
  • Teresa Rampazzi (born 1914)
  • Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (born 1914)
  • Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
  • Eunice Catunda (born 1915)
  • Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)
  • Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
  • Najla Jabor (born 1915)
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
  • Eunice Katunda (1915–1991)
  • Joan Trimble (1915–2000)
  • Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (born 1915)
  • Olga De Blanck Martín (born 1916)
  • Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (born 1916)
  • Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (born 1916)
  • Erna Tauro (1916–1993)
  • Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)
  • Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
  • Clarisse Leite (born 1917)
  • Geraldine Mucha (born 1917)
  • Maj Sønstevold (born 1917)
  • Ėta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (born 1917)
  • Erna Woll (born 1917)
  • Lina Pires de Campos (born 1918)
  • Gayane Č'ebotaryan (born 1918)
  • Gayane Chebotarian (1918–1998)
  • Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (born 1918)
  • Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (born 1918)
  • Matilde Salvador (born 1918)
  • Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991)
  • Jórunn Viðar (born 1918)
  • Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981)
  • Eleonora Eksanishvili (born 1919)
  • Ludmila Frajt (born 1919)
  • Dorothy Whitson Freed (born 1919)
  • Hilda Jerea (1919–1980)
  • Qu Xixian (born 1919)
  • Galina Ustvolskaya (born 1919)

[edit] 1920

  • Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
  • Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
  • Adrienne Clostre (born 1921)
  • Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
  • Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
  • Nazife Güran (1921–1993)
  • Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
  • Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
  • Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
  • Ester Mägi (born 1922)
  • Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
  • Doris Akers (1923–1995)
  • Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
  • Jean Eichelberger Ivey (born 1923)
  • Dika Newlin (born 1923)
  • Elena Romero (born 1923)
  • Ludmila Ulehla (born 1923)
  • Leni Alexander (born 1924)
  • Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
  • Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
  • Zhivka Klinkova (born 1924)
  • Angela Morley (born 1924)
  • Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (born 1924)
  • Tat'yana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
  • Gladys Nordenstrom (born 1924)
  • Else Marie Pade (born 1924)
  • Julia Perry (1924–1979)
  • Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
  • Jitka Snížková (1924–1989)
  • Erzsébet Szőnyi (born 1924)
  • Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
  • Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005)
  • Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
  • Edith Borroff (born 1925)
  • Hilda Dianda (born 1925)
  • Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925)
  • Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
  • Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
  • Alice Parker (born 1925)
  • Amado Santos Ocampo (born 1925)
  • Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)
  • Ruth White (born 1925)
  • Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
  • Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)
  • Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
  • Zhun Huang (born 1926)
  • Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
  • Melinda Kistétényi (born 1926)
  • Marina de Lourdes Martins (born 1926)
  • Carmen Petra-Basacopol (born 1926)
  • Claire Polin (1926–1995)
  • Marga Richter (born 1926)
  • Esther Scliar (1926–1978)
  • Natela Svanidze (born 1926)
  • Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926)
  • Ruth Zechlin (born 1926)
  • Marilyn J Ziffrin (born 1926)
  • Bebe Barron (born 1927)
  • Dolores Claman (born 1927)
  • Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
  • Judith Dvorkin (born c. 1927)
  • Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)
  • Eva Schorr (born 1927)
  • Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (born 1927)
  • Gaziza Zhubanova (born 1927)
  • Margrit Zimmermann (born 1927)
  • Luna Alcalay (born 1928)
  • Ruth Anderson (born 1928)
  • Sarah Feigin (born 1928)
  • Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
  • Ursula Mamlok (born 1928)
  • Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928)
  • Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
  • Adelaide Pereira da Silva (born 1928)
  • Zlata Tcaci (born 1928)
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
  • Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
  • Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)
  • Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)
  • Nada Ludvig-Pečar (born 1929)
  • Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
  • Elena Petrová (born 1929)
  • Irma Urteaga (born 1929)

[edit] 1930

  • Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
  • Vera Baeva (born 1930)
  • Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
  • Joan Franks Williams (born 1930)
  • Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930)
  • Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
  • Gudrun Lund (born 1930)
  • Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
  • Betty Roe (born 1930)
  • Clotilde Rosa (born 1930)
  • Naomi Shemer (1930–2004)
  • Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930)
  • Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
  • Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
  • Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
  • Rosa Guraieb (born 1931)
  • Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931)
  • Young-ja Lee (born 1931)
  • Maria Dolores Malumbres (born 1931)
  • Myriam Marbe (1931–1997)
  • Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997)
  • Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967)
  • Alida Vázquez (born 1931)
  • Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
  • Betty Beath (born 1932)
  • Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
  • Marta Jiráčková (born 1932)
  • Zhuang Liu (born 1932)
  • Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996)
  • Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
  • Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
  • 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)
  • Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
  • Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)
  • Rocio Sanz (1933–1993)
  • Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
  • Tat'yana Voronina (born 1933)
  • Huguang Xin (born 1933)
  • Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
  • Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992)
  • Mary Mageau (born 1934)
  • Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (born 1934)
  • Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
  • Alicia Terzian (born 1934)
  • Arlene Zallman (1934-2006)
  • Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)
  • Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)
  • Helen Gifford (born 1935)
  • Kazuko Hara (born 1935)
  • Enid Luff (born 1935)
  • Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
  • Shirley Walker (born 1935)
  • Qiang Wang (born 1935)
  • Mirjana Živković (born 1935)
  • 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 (born 1936)
  • Sheila Mary Nelson (born 1936)
  • Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
  • Brunhilde Sonntag (born 1936)
  • Keiko Abe (born 1937)
  • Janet Beat (born 1937)
  • Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
  • Irina Odăgescu (born 1937)
  • Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
  • Katherine Hoover (born 1937)
  • Marta Lambertini (born 1937)
  • Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
  • Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
  • Bernadetta Matuszczak (born 1937)
  • Irma Ravinale (born 1937)
  • Ann Southam (born 1937)
  • 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)
  • Mieko Shiomi (born 1938)
  • Cornelia Tăutu (born 1938)
  • Joan Tower (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 (born 1939)
  • Inger Wikström (born 1939)
  • Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
  • Ellen Zwilich (born 1939)

[edit] 1940

  • Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
  • Eleanor Hovda (born 1940)
  • Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940)
  • Dorothy Rudd Moore (born 1940)
  • Graciela Paraskevaidis (born 1940)
  • Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
  • Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)
  • Kay Gardner (1941–2002)
  • Micki Grant (born 1941)
  • Sorrel Hays (born 1941)
  • Moya Henderson (born 1941)
  • Viera Janárčeková (born 1941)
  • Edith Lejet (born 1941)
  • Ivana Loudová (born 1941)
  • Jenny Helen McLeod (born 1941)
  • Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
  • Terry Winter Owens (born 1941)
  • Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941)
  • Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (born 1941)
  • Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
  • Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
  • Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
  • Helen Fisher (born 1942)
  • Usha Khanna (born 1942)
  • Priscilla McLean (born 1942)
  • Haruna Miyake (born 1942)
  • Meredith Monk (born 1942)
  • Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
  • Diane Thome (born 1942)
  • Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
  • Solange Ancona (born 1943)
  • Christine Berl (born 1943)
  • Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
  • Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
  • 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)
  • Françoise Barrière (born 1944)
  • Alison Bauld (born 1944)
  • Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944)
  • Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)
  • Tat'yana Chudova (born 1944)
  • Beatriz Lockhart (born 1944)
  • Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944)
  • Claire Renard (born 1944)
  • Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
  • Rhian Samuel (born 1944)
  • Silvia Sommer (born 1944)
  • Graciela Castillo (born before 1945)
  • Graciela Agudela (born 1945)
  • 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 (born 1945)
  • Graciane Finzi (born 1945)
  • Ig Henneman (born 1945)
  • Nagako Konishi (born 1945)
  • Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
  • Vânia Dantas Leite (born 1945)
  • Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
  • Maggi Payne (born 1945)
  • Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
  • Marielli Sfakianaki (born 1945)
  • Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
  • Julia Usher (born 1945)
  • Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
  • Barbara Benary (born 1946)
  • 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)
  • Annette vande Gorne (born 1946)
  • Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)
  • Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
  • Neva Krasteva (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)
  • Liana Alexandra (born 1947)
  • 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)
  • Hilary Tann (born 1947)
  • Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
  • Ethel Barns (born 1948)
  • Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
  • Diana Burrell (born 1948)
  • Julia Cenova (born 1948)
  • Janet Graham (born 1948)
  • Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948)
  • Christina Kubisch (born 1948)
  • Junko Mori (born 1948)
  • Ilza Nogueira (born 1948)
  • Sally Johnston Reid (born 1948)
  • Shoshana Riseman (born 1948)
  • Ilona Sekacz (born 1948)
  • Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948)
  • Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
  • Ivana Stefanović (born 1948)
  • Yuliya Tsenova (born 1948)
  • Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948)
  • Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
  • Carol E Barnett (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)
  • Kimi Sato (born 1949)
  • Judith Shatin (born 1949)
  • Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949)

[edit] 1950

  • Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
  • Beth Anderson (born 1950)
  • Edith 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)
  • Halina Harelava (born 1951)
  • Patricia Jünger (born 1951)
  • Liz Phillips (born 1951)
  • Jeanne Pool (born 1951)
  • Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
  • Doina Rotaru (born 1951)
  • Tat'yana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
  • Elizabeth Swados (born 1951)
  • Lois V Vierk (born 1951)
  • Kristi Allik (born 1952)
  • Judith Bingham (born 1952)
  • Helen Bowater (born 1952)
  • Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
  • Tina Davidson (born 1952)
  • Margriet Hoenderdos (born 1952)
  • Grażyna Krzanowska (born 1952)
  • Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
  • Chris Poole (born 1952)
  • Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
  • Avril Anderson (born 1953)
  • Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)
  • Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
  • Chen Yi (born 1953)
  • Jody Diamond (born 1953)
  • Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
  • Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
  • Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
  • Anne LeBaron (born 1953)
  • Hope Anne Keng-Wai Lee (born 1953)
  • Anne Linnet (born 1953)
  • Cindy McTee (born 1953)
  • Lidia Zielińska (born 1953)
  • Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
  • Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
  • María Escribano (born 1954)
  • Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
  • 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)
  • Lam Bun-ching (born 1954)
  • Betty Olivero (born 1954)
  • Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
  • Elizabeth Hayden Pizer (born 1954)
  • Judith Weir (born 1954)
  • Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
  • Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
  • Gerda Geertens (born 1955)
  • Maura Ghoneim (born 1955)
  • Iryna Kyrylina (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)
  • Anne Dudley (born 1956)
  • Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
  • Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)
  • Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
  • Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956)
  • Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
  • Marie Samuelsson (born 1956)
  • Carla Scaletti (born 1956)
  • Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956)
  • Iris Szeghy (born 1956)
  • Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)
  • Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
  • Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
  • Regina Irman (born 1957)
  • Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
  • Pan Shiji (born 1957)
  • Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
  • Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
  • Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
  • Maura Bosch (born 1958)
  • Consuelo Díez (born 1958)
  • Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)
  • Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
  • Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
  • Zulema de La Cruz (born 1958)
  • Shirley J. Thompson (born 1958)
  • Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
  • Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
  • Barbara Woof (born 1958)
  • Sinta Wullur (born 1958)
  • Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
  • Carola Backholt (born 1959)
  • Adina Izarra (born 1959)
  • Ana Lara (born 1959)
  • Marianella Machado (born 1959)
  • Hilda Paredes (born 1959)

[edit] 1960

[edit] 1970

[edit] Unknown

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

  • Historical Anthology of Music by Women. James R. Briscoe, ed. Indiana University Press, 1986 (ISBN 0-253-21296-0)
  • "Les Compositrices en France au XIXe siècle", by Florence Launay, Fayard, Paris, 2006. ISBN 2-213-62458-5

[edit] Sources

  • List partially created using Grove's "Explore" function, Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed September 23 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
  • The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, edited by Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel. Norton and Company, New York and London, 1995. ISBN 0-393-03487-9


[edit] External links

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