List of female composers by name

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This article provides a list of female composers by name, alphabetically. For lists of female composers by date, see List of female composers.

[edit] A

• Mary Anne A'beckett (1817–1863)
• Keiko Abe (born 1937)
• Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
• Lora Aborn (1907-2005)
• Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
• Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926)
• Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
• Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
• Graciela Agudela (born 1945)
• Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
• Sieglinda Ahrens (born 1936)
• Doris Akers (1923–1995)
• Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
• Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century)
• Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
• Luna Alcalay (born 1928)
• Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
• Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620)
• Leni Alexander (1924-2005)
• Liana Alexandra (born 1947)
• Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
• Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
• Kristi Allik (born 1952)
• Frances Allitsen (1849–1912)
• Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
• Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
• Martha Alter (1904–1976)
• Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
• Berta Alves de Sousa (born 1906)
• Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
• Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
• Solange Ancona (born 1943)
• Laura Andel (born 1968)
• Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
• Avril Anderson (born 1953)
• Beth Anderson (born 1950)
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
• Ruth Anderson (born 1928)
• Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
• Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787)
• Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913)
• Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
• Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
• Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
• Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
• Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (born 1927)
• Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
• Violet Archer (1913–2000)
• Isabel Aretz (born 1913)
• Anneli Arho (born 1951)
• Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
• Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
• Elinor Armer (born 1939)
• Claude Arrieu (born 1903)
• Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
• Caterina Assandra (1580–1632)
• Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
• Marianna von Auenbrugger (d. 1786)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
• Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
• Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
• Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
• Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
• Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)

[edit] B

• Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
• Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
• Maria Bach (1896–1978)
• Carola Backholt (born 1959)
• Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710)
• Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
• Maya Badian (born 1945)
• Vera Baeva (born 1930)
• Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
• Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
• Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–after 1910)
• Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
• Puchi Balseiro (1926-2007)
• Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
• Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
• Cacilda Borges Barbosa (born 1914)
• Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
• Alice Barnett (1886–1975)
• Carol E Barnett (born 1949)
• Ethel Barns (1880-1948)
• Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
• Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
• Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
• Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
• Françoise Barrière (born 1944)
• Bebe Barron (born 1927)
• Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840)
• Maria Barthélemon (c. 1749–1799)
• Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640)
• Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
• Alison Bauld (born 1944)
• Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
• Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
• Amy Beach (1867–1944)
• Sally Beamish (born 1956)
• Janet Beat (born 1937)
• Betty Beath (born 1932)
• Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)
• Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
• Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
• Andelka Bego-Šimunic (born 1941)
• Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
• Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
• Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
• Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
• Barbara Benary (born 1946)
• Chiara Benati (born 1956)
• Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893)
• Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
• Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
• Christine Berl (born 1943)
• Lauren Bernofsky (born 1967)
• Catalina Berroa (1849–1911)
• Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
• Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
• Lycia de Biase Bidart (born 1910)
• Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
• Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
• Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951)
• Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818)
• Judith Bingham (born 1952)
• Renate Birnstein (born 1946)
• Roberta Bitgood (born 1908)
• Helen Blackwood (1807–1867)
• Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
• Blanche of Castile (1188–1252)
• Olga De Blanck Martín (born 1916)
• Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838)
• Carla Bley (born 1938)
• Patricia Blomfield Holt (born 1910)
• Sonia Bo (born 1960)
• Berta Bock (1857–1945)
• Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660)
• Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
• Josina Anna Petronella van Boetzelaer (1733–1787)
• Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944)
• Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
• Anne Boleyn (1507–1536)
• Anna Bon di Venezia (born 1738/1739)
• Carrie Bond (1862–1946)
• Victoria Bond (born 1945)
• Margaret Allison Bonds (1913–1972)
• Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982)
• Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
• Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945)
• Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
• Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
• Edith Borroff (born 1925)
• Maura Bosch (born 1958)
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
• Marianna Bottini (1802–1858)
• Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
• Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
• Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
• Joséphine Boulay (1869-1925)
• Helen Bowater (born 1952)
• Anne Boyd (born 1946)
• Ina Boyle (1889–1967)
• Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
• May Hannah Brahe (1884–1956)
• Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
• Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910)
• Caroline M Breece (born 1977)
• Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)
• Bettina Brentano (1785–1859)
• Dora Bright (1862–1951)
• Radie Britain (1899–1994)
• Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822)
• Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981)
• Ingeborg von Bronsart (1840–1913)
• Augusta Browne (1820–1882)
• Harriet Browne (1790–1858)
• Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
• Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
• Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
• Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)
• Olivia Buckley (born mid-1790s–after 1845)
• Margaret Buechner (1922-1998)
• Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
• Diana Burrell (born 1948)

[edit] C

• Gayane C'ebotaryan (born 1918)
• Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
• Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
• Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
• Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
• Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914)
• Francesca Campana (died 1665)
• Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941)
• Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
• Marta Canales (1893–1986)
• Edith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)
• Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
• Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
• Matilde Capuis (born 1913)
• Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
• Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
• Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
• Teresa Carreño (1853–1917)
• Dinorá de Carvalho (1905–1980)
• Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
• Ernestina Lecuona Casado (1882–1951)
• Luisa Casagemas (1863–after 1894)
• Felicita Casella (c. 1820–after 1865)
• Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979)
• Castelloza (fl. early 13th century)
• Graciela Castillo (born before 1945)
• Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
• Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590)
• Amalia Catharina (1640–1697)
• Eunice Catunda (born 1915)
• Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)
• Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)
• Julia Cenova (born 1948)
• Sulpitia Cesis (fl. 1619)
• Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
• Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)
• Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805)
• Gayane Chebotarian (1918–1998)
• Maria Chefaliady-Taban (1863–1932)
• Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)
• Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
• Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)
• Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
• Tat'yana Chudova (born 1944)
• Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
• Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
• Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
• Dolores Claman (born 1927)
• Laura Clayton (born 1943)
• Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795)
• Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)
• Adrienne Clostre (born 1921)
• Gloria Coates (born 1938)
• Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
• Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)
• Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
• Ulric Cole (1905–1992)
• Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)
• Avril Coleridge-Taylor (born 1903)
• Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
• Comtessa de Dia (more commonly as Beatriz de Dia, fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries)
• Graziella Concas (born 1970)
• Eleanor Cory (born 1943)
• Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
• Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
• Mildred Couper (1887–1974)
• Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
• Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
• Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)

[edit] D

• Melanie Ruth Daiken (born 1945)
• Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
• Kathleen Dale (1895–1984)
• Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
• Dame Margot (fl. 13th century) (see: Dames Margot and Maroie)
• Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century) (see: Dames Margot and Maroie)
• Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
• Tina Davidson (born 1952)
• Katherine K. Davis (1892-1980)
• Miss Davis (c. 1726–after 1755)
• Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802)
• Claire Delbos (1906–1959)
• Carmelina Delfin (c. 1900–after 1948)
• Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930)
• Sophia Dellaporta (fl. second half of the 19th century)
• Hélène-Louise Demars (b. c. 1736)
• Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
• Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704)
• Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939)
• Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)
• Jody Diamond (born 1953)
• Hilda Dianda (born 1925)
• Ellen Dickson (1819–1878)
• Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
• Consuelo Díez (born 1958)
• Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974)
• Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
• Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
• Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)
• Dora Draganova (born 1946)
• Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
• Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
• María Enma Botet Dubois (born 1903)
• Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
• Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676)
• Duchess of Lorraine (fl. 13th century)
• Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807)
• Anne Dudley (born 1956)
• Katerina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833)
• Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847)
• Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775)
• Judith Dvorkin (born c. 1927)
• Lesya Dychko (born 1939)
• Maria Dziewulska (born 1909)

[edit] E

• Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
• Clara Edwards (1887–1974)
• Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861)
• Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
• Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
• Jean Eichelberger Ivey (born 1923)
• Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
• Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
• Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)
• Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
• Eleonora Eksanishvili (born 1919)
• Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
• Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
• Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (born 1918)
• Katerina Emingerová (1856–1934)
• Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
• Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
• Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)
• Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
• María Escribano (born 1954)
• Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
• Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)

[edit] F

• Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
• Evelyn Faltis (1890–1937)
• Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
• Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
• Sarah Feigin (born 1928)
• Johanne Amelie Fenger (1836–1913)
• Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)
• Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907)
• Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
• Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
• Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
• Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
• Graciane Finzi (born 1945)
• Elena Firsova (born 1950)
• Helen Fisher (born 1942)
• Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946)
• Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
• Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
• Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)
• Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
• Erika Fox (born 1936)
• Ludmila Frajt (born 1919)
• Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
• Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)
• Joan Franks Williams (born 1930)
• Shena Fraser (born 1910)
• Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
• Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)
• Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926)
• Ilsa Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)
• Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
• Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)
• Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
• Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
• Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)
• Jessie Furze (1903–1984)

[edit] G

• Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877)
• Sophie Gail (1775–1819)
• Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
• Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912)
• Rachel Galinne (born 1949)
• Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
• Pauline Garcia-Viardot (1821–1910)
• Kay Gardner (1941–2002)
• Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century)
• Lucija Garuta (1902–1977)
• Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (born 1903)
• Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967)
• Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930)
• Gerda Geertens (born 1955)
• Ada Gentile (born 1947)
• Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929)
• Maura Ghoneim (born 1955)
• Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
• Helen Gifford (born 1935)
• Teodora Ginés (c. 1530–after 1598)
• Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
• Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)
• Janice Giteck (born 1946)
• Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)
• Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
• Helen Glatz (born 1908)
• Evelyn Glennie (born 1965)
• Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
• Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915)
• Annette vande Gorne (born 1946)
• Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
• Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
• Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933)
• Luise Adelgunda Victoria Gottsched (died 1762)
• Dorothy Gow (1893–1982)
• Janet Graham (born 1948)
• Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
• Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907)
• Micki Grant (born 1941)
• Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early 18th century)
• Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95)
• Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
• María Grever (1885–1951)
• Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
• Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. early 18th century)
• Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. 18th century)
• Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
• Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
• Mlle Guerin (born c. 1739, fl. 1755)
• Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
• Rosa Guraieb (born 1931)
• Nazife Güran (1921–1993)
• Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)

[edit] H

• Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c. 1876)
• Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)
• Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
• Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)
• Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
• Minako Hamano (born in the 20th Century)
• Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)
• Kazuko Hara (born 1935)
• Guy d' Hardelot (1858–1936)
• Halina Harelava (born 1951)
• R. Ethel Harraden (fl. late 19th century–early 20th century)
• Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
• Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
• Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)
• Emma Sophie Amalie Hartmann (1807–1851)
• Irina Hasnas (born 1954)
• Faustina Hasse Hodges (1822–1895)
• Elisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768)
• Birgit Havenstein (born 1954)
• Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
• Elizabeth Hayden Pizer (born 1954)
• Sorrel Hays (born 1941)
• Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
• Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
• Barbara Heller (born 1936)
• Moya Henderson (born 1941)
• Ig Henneman (born 1945)
• Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841-1918)
• Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)
• Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946)
• Maria Hester Park (1775–1822)
• Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)
• Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
• Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
• Margriet Hoenderdos (born 1952)
• Dulcie Sybil Holland (born 1913)
• Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
• Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
• Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
• Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
• Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)
• Katherine Hoover (born 1937)
• Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
• Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
• Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–after 1915)
• Eleanor Hovda (born 1940)
• Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
• Mary Howe (1882–1964)
• Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
• Zhun Huang (born 1926)
• Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)
• Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)
• Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

[edit] I

• Regina Irman (born 1957)
• Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)
• Adina Izarra (born 1959)

[edit] J

• Najla Jabor (born 1915)
• Marie Jaëll (1846–1925)
• Dorothy James (1901–1982)
• Viera Janárceková (born 1941)
• Natalia Janotha (1856–1932)
• Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948)
• Hilda Jerea (1919–1980)
• Ludmila Jeske-Choinska-Mikorska (1849–1898)
• Eva Jessye (1885–1992)
• Marta Jirácková (born 1932)
• Sally Johnston Reid (born 1948)
• Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
• Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
• Patricia Jünger (born 1951)

[edit] K

• Clotilde Kainerstorfer (fl. second half 19th century)
• Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
• Trisutji Kamal (born 1936)
• Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
• Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
• Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
• Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
• Janice Kapp-Perry
• Sirvart Karamanuk (born 1912)
• Elena Karastoyanova (born 1933)
• Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948)
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (born 1918)
• Kassia (c.810–before 867)
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
• Eunice Katunda (1915–1991)
• Minna Keal (1909-1999)
• Denise Kelly (born 1954)
• Hope Anne Keng-Wai Lee (born 1953)
• Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786–after 1805)
• Frida Kern (1891–1988)
• Usha Khanna (born 1942)
• Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
• Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858)
• Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956)
• Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930)
• Melinda Kistétényi (born 1926)
• Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973)
• Judy Klein (born 1943)
• Meri von KleinSmid (living; born in the 20th Century)
• Zhivka Klinkova (born 1924)
• Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
• Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
• Nagako Konishi (born 1945)
• Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 1950)
• Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931)
• Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941)
• Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944)
• Neva Krasteva (born 1946)
• Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
• Grazyna Krzanowska (born 1952)
• Halina Krzyzanowska (1860–1937)
• Christina Kubisch (born 1948)
• Mayako Kubo (born 1947)
• Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
• Izabella Kuliffay (1863–1945)
• Renata Kunkel (born 1954)
• Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953)
• Iryna Kyrylina (born 1955)

[edit] L

• Joan La Barbara (born 1947)
• Zulema de La Cruz (born 1958)
• Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
• Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992)
• Lila Lalauni (1910–1996)
• Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954)
• Marta Lambertini (born 1937)
• Eleni Lambiri (c. 1882-8–1960)
• Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
• Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
• Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
• Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
• Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
• Ana Lara (born 1959)
• Libby Larsen (born 1950)
• Joan Mary Last (born 1908)
• Anne Lauber (born 1943)
• Elodie Lauten (born 1950)
• Louise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927)
• Louise Geneviève de Le Hye (1810–1838)
• Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911)
• Anne LeBaron (born 1953)
• Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
• Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
• Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
• Young-ja Lee (born 1931)
• Nicola LeFanu (born 1947)
• Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
• Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
• Clarisse Leite (born 1917)
• Vânia Dantas Leite (born 1945)
• Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
• Edith Lejet (born 1941)
• Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979)
• Laura Lemon (1866–1924)
• Tania León (born 1943)
• Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
• Louísa Leonarda (1859–1926)
• Zara Levina (1906–1976)
• Claire Liddell (born in the 20th Century)
• Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
• Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935)
• Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
• Lili'uokalani (1838–1917)
• Liza Lim (born 1966)
• Maria Lindsay (1827–1898)
• Hannah Linklater (born 1984)
• Anne Linnet (born 1953)
• Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
• Zhuang Liu (born 1932)
• Beatriz Lockhart (born 1944)
• Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951)
• Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
• Kate Loder (1825–1904)
• Emma Lomax (1873–1963)
• Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
• Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
• Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
• Ivana Loudová (born 1941)
• Alexina Louie (born 1949)
• Marina de Lourdes Martins (born 1926)
• Mary Lucas (1882–1952)
• Nada Ludvig-Pecar (1929–2008)
• Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940)
• Enid Luff (born 1935)
• Gudrun Lund (born 1930)
• Signe Lund (1868–1950)
• Deborah Lurie (born 1972)
• Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
• Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925)

[edit] M

• Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895)
• Marianella Machado (born 1959)
• Clara Angela Macirone (1821–1895)
• Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962)
• Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
• Adela Maddison (1866–1929)
• Vanessa-Mae (born 1978)
• Mary Mageau (born 1934)
• Ester Mägi (born 1922)
• Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
• Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
• Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809-1875)
• Abdïlas Maldïbayev (1907–1978)
• Maria Malibran (1808–1836)
• Florentina Mallá (1891–1973)
• Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (born 1916)
• Maria Dolores Malumbres (born 1931)
• Ursula Mamlok (born 1928)
• Lam Manyee (born 1950)
• Marcelle de Manziarly (1899–1989)
• Myriam Marbe (1931–1997)
• Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (fl. 1723–1742)
• Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
• Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996)
• Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703)
• Maria de Ventadorn (fl. late 12th century)
• Ljubica Maric (1909–2003)
• Marie de France (c. 1160–1215)
• Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. 13th century)
• Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–after 1911)
• Roberta Martin (1907–1969)
• Odaline de la Martinez (born 1949)
• Marianne von Martínez (1744–1812)
• Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
• Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
• Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
• Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Celeste (1873–1938)
• Bernadetta Matuszczak (born 1937)
• Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
• Eta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (born 1917)
• Marilyn Mazur (born 1955)
• Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
• Cecilia McDowall (born 1951)
• Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918)
• Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
• Priscilla McLean (born 1942)
• Jenny Helen McLeod (born 1941)
• Cindy McTee (born 1953)
• Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997)
• Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
• Sophie Menter (1846–1918)
• María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)
• Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (born 1934)
• Elisabeth Meyer (1859–1927)
• Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
• Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
• Zarrina Mirshakar (born 1947)
• Haruna Miyake (born 1942)
• Ida Georgina Moberg (1859–1947)
• Benna Moe (1897–1983)
• Meredith Monk (born 1942)
• Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
• Dorothy Rudd Moore (born 1940)
• Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
• Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
• Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
• Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799-1869)
• Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
• Junko Mori (born 1948)
• Angela Morley (born 1924)
• Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)
• Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928)
• Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar (born 1924)
• Ann Mounsey (1811–1891)
• Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944)
• Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829)
• Geraldine Mucha (born 1917)
• Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878–1941)
• Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
• Isabel Mundry (born 1963)
• Helena Munktell (1852–1919)
• Catherine Murphy Urner (1891–1942)
• Thea Musgrave (born 1928)

[edit] N

• Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (c. 1640–1680)
• Alicia Adélaide Needham (1872–1945)
• Sheila Mary Nelson (born 1936)
• Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
• Vojna Nešic (born 1947)
• Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927)
• Amy X Neuburg (living; born in the 20th Century)
• Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
• Dika Newlin (born 1923)
• Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891)
• Tat'yana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
• Ilza Nogueira (born 1948)
• Gladys Nordenstrom (born 1924)
• Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
• Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
• Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)

[edit] O

• Jane O'Leary (born 1946)
• Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
• Amado Santos Ocampo (born 1925)
• Irina Odagescu (born 1937)
• Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
• Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906)
• Elisabeth Olin (1740-1828)
• Vivienne Olive (born 1950)
• Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
• Betty Olivero (born 1954)
• Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
• Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
• Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
• Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
• Caroline Orger (1818–1892)
• Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964)
• Michiru Oshima (born 1961)
• Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
• Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
• Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963)
• Morfydd Owen (1891–1918)
• María Luisa Ozaita (born 1939)
• Anne-Marie Ørbeck (born 1911)

[edit] P

• Else Marie Pade (born 1924)
• Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
• Priti Paintal (born 1960)
• Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
• Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
• Mme Papavoine (born c. 1735, fl. 1755-61)
• Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
• Graciela Paraskevaidis (born 1940)
• Hilda Paredes (born 1959)
• Dorothy Parke (1904–1990)
• Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
• Alice Parker (born 1925)
• Annie Patterson (1868–1934)
• Maggi Payne (born 1945)
• Sarah Peebles (born 1964)
• Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923)
• Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (born 1907)
• Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
• Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
• Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (born 1916)
• Lourdes Perez (born 1961)
• Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878)
• Julia Perry (1924–1979)
• Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896)
• Rosica Petkova (born 1947)
• Carmen Petra-Basacopol (born 1926)
• Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
• Elena Petrová (born 1929)
• Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715)
• Liz Phillips (born 1951)
• Elizabeth Philp (1827–1885)
• Maria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926)
• Agata Della Pietà (fl. c. 1800)
• Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
• Santa Della Pietà (fl. c. 1725–1750, d. after 1774)
• Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737)
• Lina Pires de Campos (born 1918)
• Piera Pistono (born 1938)
• Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
• Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (born 1949)
• Poldowski (1879–1932)
• Viktoriya Valeriyevna Polevaya (born 1962)
• Armande de Polignac (1876-1962)
• Claire Polin (1926–1995)
• Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century)
• Jeanne Pool (born 1951)
• Chris Poole (born 1952)
• Rachel Portman (born 1960)
• Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
• Genevieve Poston (born 1990)
• Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796)
• Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919)
• Florence Bea Price (1887–1953)
• Florence Beatrice Price (1888-1953)
• María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982)
• Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
• Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
• Grazyna Pstrokonska-Nawratil (born 1947)
• Marta Ptaszynska (born 1943)
• Loïsa Puget (1810–1889)

[edit] Q

• Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
• Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611)

[edit] R

• Erika Radermacher (born 1936)
• Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
• Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986)
• Teresa Rampazzi (born 1914)
• Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
• Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
• Irma Ravinale (born 1937)
• Mme Ravissa (fl. late 18th century)
• Giulia Recli (1890–1970)
• Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
• Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783)
• Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
• Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892)
• Julie Reisserová (1888–1938)
• Claire Renard (born 1944)
• Henriette Renié (1875-1956)
• Catherine Rennes (1858–1940)
• Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
• Michèle Reverdy (born 1943)
• Sylvia Rexach (1922-1961)
• Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
• Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
• Kathleen Richards (1895–1984)
• Marga Richter (born 1926)
• Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968)
• Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
• Shoshana Riseman (born 1948)
• Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937)
• Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
• Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
• Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
• Betty Roe (born 1930)
• Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
• Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931)
• Caro Roma (1869–1937)
• Elena Romero (born 1923)
• Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933)
• Clotilde Rosa (born 1930)
• Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
• Doina Rotaru (born 1951)
• Anna Rubin (born 1946)
• Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
• Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941)
• Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
• Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)

[edit] S

• Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
• Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
• Sahakduxt (fl. early 8th century)
• Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885)
• Matilde Salvador (born 1918)
• Alice Samter (born 1908)
• Rhian Samuel (born 1944)
• Marie Samuelsson (born 1956)
• Rocio Sanz (1933–1993)
• Sappho (born c. 612 BCE)
• Kimi Sato (born 1949)
• Rebecca Saunders (born 1967)
• Rachel Sauvé (born 1985)
• Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
• Carla Scaletti (born 1956)
• Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
• Ethel Scarborough (1880–1956)
• Claire Schapira (born 1946)
• Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887)
• Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
• Mon Schjelderup (1870–1934)
• Annette Schlünz (born 1964)
• Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
• Eva Schorr (born 1927)
• Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
• Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967)
• Esther Scliar (1926–1978)
• Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900)
• Amy Scurria (born 1973)
• Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927)
• Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
• Hilda Sehested (1858–1936)
• Ilona Sekacz (born 1948)
• Blanche Selva (1884-1942)
• Daria Semegen (born 1946)
• Johanna Senfter (1879–1961)
• Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (born 1680, fl. 1691)
• María Luisa Sepúlveda (1896–1958)
• Tat'yana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
• Valentina Serova (1846–1924)
• Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–between 1613 and 1619)
• Kilza Setti (born 1932)
• Charlotta Seuerling (1782-1828)
• Marielli Sfakianaki (born 1945)
• Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955)
• Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
• Judith Shatin (born 1949)
• Naomi Shemer (1930–2004)
• Alice Shields (born 1943)
• Chen Shihui (born 1962)
• Pan Shiji (born 1957)
• Yoko Shimomura (born 1967)
• Mieko Shiomi (born 1938)
• Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990)
• Marilyn Shrude (born 1946)
• Marie Siegling (1824–1919)
• Arlene Sierra (born 1970)
• Elzbieta Sikora (born 1943)
• Adelaide Pereira da Silva (born 1928)
• Sheila Silver (born 1946)
• Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947)
• Mitzuki Simon (1822-1917)
• Netty Simons (1913–1994)
• Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
• Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
• Synne Skouen (born 1950)
• Bettina Skrzypczak (born 1962)
• Jane Sloman (1824–after 1850)
• Pril Smiley (born 1943)
• Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
• Julia Smith (1911–1989)
• Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
• Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
• Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
• Jitka Snížková (1924–1989)
• Joanídia Sodré (1903–1975)
• Silvia Sommer (born 1944)
• Brunhilde Sonntag (born 1936)
• Ann Southam (born 1937)
• Isabel Soveral (born 1961)
• Maj Sønstevold (born 1917)
• Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
• Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
• Cristina Spinei(born 1984)
• Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
• Pamela St. John (born 1950)
• Patty Stair (1869–1926)
• Ivana Stefanovic (born 1948)
• Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956)
• Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)
• Gitta Steiner (1932–1990)
• Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895)
• Stella Stocker (1858–1925)
• Lily Strickland (1887–1958)
• Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
• Peggy Stuart-Coolidge (1913–1981)
• Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912)
• Dana Suesse (1909–1987)
• Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
• Marion Dix Sullivan (fl. 1840–50)
• Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
• Natela Svanidze (born 1926)
• Elizabeth Swados (born 1951)
• Freda Swain (1902–1985)
• Edith Swepstone (fl. 1885–1930)
• Kay Swift (1897–1993)
• Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994)
• Iris Szeghy (born 1956)
• Erzsébet Szonyi (born 1924)
• Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)

[edit] T

• Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
• Louise Talma (1906–1996)
• Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
• Hilary Tann (born 1947)
• Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
• Erna Tauro (1916–1993)
• Cornelia Tautu (born 1938)
• Zlata Tcaci (born 1928)
• Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)
• Nancy Telfer (born 1950)
• Hope Temple (1859–1938)
• Alicia Terzian (born 1934)
• Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989)
• Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
• Diane Thome (born 1942)
• Shirley J. Thompson (born 1958)
• Pauline-Marie-Elisa Thys (c. 1836–1909)
• Tibors (fl. mid 12th century)
• Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979)
• Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991)
• Joan Tower (born 1938)
• Joan Trimble (1915–2000)
• Alba Trissina (fl. 1622)
• Josephine Troup (died 1912)
• Yuliya Tsenova (born 1948)
• Karmella Tsepkolenko (born 1955)
• Calliope Tsoupaki (born 1963)
• Yuka Tsujiyoko (born in the 20th Century)
• Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938)
• Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883)

[edit] U

• Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
• Ludmila Ulehla (born 1923)
• Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
• Irma Urteaga (born 1929)
• Julia Usher (born 1945)
• Galina Ustvolskaya (born 1919)
• Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)

[edit] V

• Ann Valentine (1762–1842)
• Janika Vandervelde (born 1955)
• Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930)
• Alida Vázquez (born 1931)
• Hana Vejvodová (1963–1994)
• Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005)
• Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (born 1640)
• Lucie Vellère (1896–1966)
• Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942)
• Jórunn Viðar (born 1918)
• Lois V Vierk (born 1951)
• Jane Vieu (1871–1955)
• Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (born 1914)
• Mariana Villanueva (born 1964)
• Henriette Adélaïde Villard Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
• Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (born 1915)
• Ida Vivado (1908–1989)
• Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
• Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949)
• Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973)
• Tat'yana Voronina (born 1933)

[edit] W

• Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
• Shirley Walker (born 1935)
• Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
• Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
• Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780)
• Jennifer Walshe (born 1974)
• Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (born 1941)
• Tekla Griebel Wandall (1866–1940)
• Qiang Wang (born 1935)
• Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991)
• Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865)
• Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
• Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabo (1813-1874)
• Vilma von Webenau (1875-1953)
• Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
• Emmy Wegener (1901–1973)
• Vally Weigl (1889–1982)
• Judith Weir (born 1954)
• Georgina Weldon (1837–1914)
• Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
• Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949)
• Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
• Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
• Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)
• Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)
• Ruth White (born 1925)
• Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
• Dorothy Whitson Freed (born 1919)
• Caroline Wichern (1836–1906)
• Inger Wikström (born 1939)
• Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
• Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
• Grace Williams (1906–1977)
• Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
• Terry Winter Owens (born 1941)
• Debbie Wiseman (born 1963)
• Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
• Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
• Erna Woll (born 1917)
• Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919)
• Barbara Woof (born 1958)
• Julia Woolf (1831–1893)
• Ellen Wright (born 1904)
• Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
• Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
• Sinta Wullur (born 1958)
• Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938)
• Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919)
• Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)

[edit] X

• Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991)
• Huguang Xin (born 1933)
• Qu Xixian (born 1919)
• Xosroviduxt (fl. early 8th century)

[edit] Y

• Michiru Yamane (living; born in the 20th Century)
• Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926)
• Chen Yi (born 1953)

[edit] Z

• Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948)
• Arlene Zallman (1934-2006)
• Ruth Zechlin (born 1926)
• Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
• Gaziza Zhubanova (born 1927)
• Lidia Zielinska (born 1953)
• Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)
• Marilyn J Ziffrin (born 1926)
• Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
• Margrit Zimmermann (born 1927)
• Mirjana Živkovic (born 1935)
• Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987)
• Mana Zucca (1885–1981)
• Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
• Ellen Zwilich (born 1939)