Female Composers

Mary Anne à 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) Sieglinde 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 (1928–2012) 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) Esther Allan (1914–1985) 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 (1906–1997) 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) Kerry Andrew (born 1978) Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787) Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913) Caroline Ansink (born 1959) Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828) Yoshino Aoki (born 1971) Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938) Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884) Izabella Arazova (born 1936) Violet Archer (1913–2000) Isabel Aretz (1913–2005) 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 (1759–1782) Lera Auerbach (born 1973) Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820) May Aufderheide (1888–1972) Valborg Aulin (1860–1928) Dorothea Austin (1921–2011) Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938) Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961) Florence Aylward (1862–1950) Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century) Svitlana Azarova (born 1976) Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)

B

Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940) Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) Maria Bach (1896–1978) 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)

Bára Gísladóttir (born 1989) Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758) Mansi Barberis (1899–1986) Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914–2010) Elaine Barkin (born 1932) Alice Barnett (1886–1975) Carol E Barnett (born 1949) Ethel Barns (1874–1948) 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 (1749–1799) Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965) Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640) Carola Bauckholt (born 1959) Marion Bauer (1882–1955) Alison Bauld (born 1944) Sophie Bawr (1773–1860) Christabel Baxendale (1886–?) Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825) Amy Beach (1867–1944) Sally Beamish (born 1956) Janet Beat (born 1937) Betty Beath (born 1932) Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries) Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964) Norma Beecroft (born 1934) Sonja Beets (born 1953) Eve Beglarian (born 1958) Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (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) Josefina Benedetti (born 1953) Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893) Cathy Berberian (1925–1983) Charlotte Bray (born 1982) Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840) Christine Berl (born 1943) Catalina Berroa (1849–1911) Louise Bertin (1805–1877) Johanna Beyer (1888–1944) Lycia de Biase Bidart (1910–1990) Gillian Bibby (born 1945) Marie Bigot (1786–1820) Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951) Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818) Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968) Judith Bingham (born 1952) Renate Birnstein (born 1946) Roberta Bitgood (1908–2007) Annesley Black (born 1979) Helen Blackwood (1807–1867) Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885) Blanche of Castile (1188–1252) Olga De Blanck Martín (1916–1998) Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838) Carla Bley (born 1938) Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003) 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) 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) Teresa Borràs i Fornell (1923–2010) 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 Brahe (1884–1956) Gena Branscombe (1881–1977) Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910) 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) Canary Lee Burton (born 1942)

C

Gayane C'ebotaryan (1918–1998) Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?) Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)

Geneviève Calame (1946–1993) Ann Callaway (born 1949) 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) Nicole Carignan (born 1952) 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 y 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 1940) Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956) Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590) Amalia Catharina (1640–1697) Eunice Catunda (1915–1991) Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944) Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936) Julia Cenova (1948–2010) 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) Pearle Christian (born 1955) Tatyana Chudova (born 1944) Suzanne Ciani (born 1946) Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858) Maya Ciobanu (born 1952) Dolores Claman (born 1927) Zana Clarke (born 1965) Laura Clayton (born 1943) Siobhán Cleary (born 1970) Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795) Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945) Adrienne Clostre (1921–2006) 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) Valerie Coleman (born 1970) Avril Coleridge-Taylor (born 1903) Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924) Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922) Graziella Concas (born 1970) Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962) Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913–1981) Eleanor Cory (born 1943) Monica Cosachov (born 1946) Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985) Jean Coulthard (1908–2000) Mildred Couper (1887–1974) Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678) Anna Cramer (1873–1968) Zulema de la Cruz (b. 1958) Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)

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) Beth Denisch (b. 1958) Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704) Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939) Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993) Alma Deutscher (born 2005) Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (1765-?1834) 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 (1903–?) Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858) Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676) 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 (1909–2006)

E

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974) Lotten Edholm (1839–1930) Clara Edwards (1880–1974) Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861) Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961) Margriet Ehlen (born 1943) 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 (1954–2002) Reena Esmail (born 1983) Margaret Essex (1775–1807) Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949) Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977)

F

Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948) Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006) Evelyn Faltis (1887–1937) Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953) Louise Farrenc (1804–1875) Zanetta Farussi (1707–1776) Hélène-Frédérique de Faye-Jozin (1871–1942) (name often abbreviated as Fréd. de

Faye-Jozin) Sarah Feigin (born 1928) Johanne Amalie Fenger (1836–1913) Amber Ferenz (born 1972) Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)

Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907) Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921) Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937) Sylvia Fine (1913–1991) Vivian Fine (1913–2000) Mary Finsterer (born 1962) Graciane Finzi (born 1945) Elena Firsova (born 1950) Helen Fisher (born 1942) Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946) Hélène Fleury-Roy (1876–?) Eliza Flower (1803–1846) Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946) Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930) Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944) Jennifer Fowler (born 1939) Erika Fox (born 1936) Kalitha Dorothy Fox (1894–1934) Ludmila Frajt (born 1919) Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003) Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979) Joan Franks Williams (born 1930) Shena Fraser (1910–1993) Isadore Freed (1900–1960) Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942) Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926) Ilse 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)

G

Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877) Sophie Gail (1775–1819) Diamanda Galás (born 1955) Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912) Rachel Galinne (born 1949) Caterina Galli (ca. 1723–1804)

Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765) Kay Gardner (1941–2002) Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century) Lucija Garuta (1902–1977) Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (1903–?) Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967) Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930) Gerda Geertens (born 1955) Gertrude of Dagsburg (1205–1225) Ada Gentile (born 1947) Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929) Miriam Gideon (1906–1996) Helen Gifford (born 1935) Ruth Gipps (1921–1999) Suzanne Giraud (born 1958) Julie Giroux (born 1961) Janice Giteck (born 1946) Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998) Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990) Helen Glatz (1908–1996) Evelyn Glennie (born 1965) Julia Gomelskaya (1964–2016) Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935) Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915) Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946) Annie Gosfield (born 1960) Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933) Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762) 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) 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) Lynn Gumert (born 1961) Rosa Guraieb (born 1931) Nazife Güran (1921–1993) Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)

H

Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c. 1876) Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (born 1977) Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964) Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10) Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987) Pauline Hall (1890–1969) Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854) Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946) Olga Hans (born 1971) Kazuko Hara (born 1935) Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936) Halina Harelava (born 1951) Miina Härma (1864–1941) Ethel R. Harraden (1857–1917) Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956) Pamela Harrison (1915–1990) Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935) Emma 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) Mara Margaret Helmuth (born 1957) Moya Henderson (born 1941) Ig Henneman (born 1945) Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841–1918) Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)

Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946) Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971) Jennifer Higdon (born 1962) Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) Mirrie Hill (1892–1986) Rozalie Hirs (born 1965) Margriet Hoenderdos (1952–2010) Dulcie Sybil Holland (1913–2000) 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) Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854) Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954) Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

I

Regina Irman (born 1957) Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956) Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010) Adina Izarra (born 1959)

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 Jiráčková (born 1932) Sally Johnston Reid (born 1948) Betsy Jolas (born 1926) Victoria Jordanova (born 1952) Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929) Patricia Jünger (born 1951)

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) Laura Karpman Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940) Janice Kapp-Perry Sirvart Karamanuk (born 1912) Helene 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) Hiba Kawas (born 1972) 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) Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002) Usha Khanna (born 1942) Joelle Khoury (born 1963) Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954) Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858) Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956) Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930)

Melinda Kistétényi (1926–1999) Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973) Judy Klein (born 1943) Meri von KleinSmid (born 1974) Zhivka Klinkova (born 1924) Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944) Wilhelmina Koch (1845–1924) Barbara Kolb (born 1939) Nagako Konishi (born 1945) Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 1950) Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931) Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941) Dina Koston (1940–2009) Georgia Koumará (born 1991) Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944) Neva Krasteva (born 1946) Astrid Kruisselbrink Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813) Grazyna Krzanowska (born 1952) Halina Krzyzanowska (1860–1937) Christina Kubisch (born 1948) Mayako Kubo (born 1947) Felicitas Kukuck(1914–2001) Hanna Kulenty (born 1961) Izabella Kuliffay (1863–1945) Renata Kunkel (born 1954) Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953) Iryna Kyrylina (born 1955)

L

Joan La Barbara (born 1947) Zulema de La Cruz (born 1958) Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729) Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992) Susan Cohn Lackman (born 1948) Lila Lalauni (1910–1996) Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954) Marta Lambertini (born 1937) Eleni Lambiri (c. 1889–1960) 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) Hannah Lash (born 1981) Joan Mary Last (born 1908) Anne Lauber (born 1943) Elodie Lauten (born 1950) Luise 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 (composer) (born 1931/36) Nicola LeFanu (born 1947) Ethel Leginska (1886–1970) Liza Lehmann (1862–1918) Clarisse Leite (1917–2003) 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) Marina Leonardi (born 1970) 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) Anne Linnet (born 1953) Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845) Liu Zhuang (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) Maria de Lourdes Martins (born 1926) Mary Lucas (1882–1952) Katharine Lucke (1875–1962) 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) Monica Lynn (Living, born in the 20th-century)

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 (1862/63–1929) Mary Mageau (born 1934) Ester Mägi (born 1922) Alma Mahler (1879–1964) Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800) Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809–1875) Maria Malibran (1808–1836) Florentina Mallá (1891–1973) Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (1916–2005) Maria Dolores Malumbres (born 1931) Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016) Lam Manyee (born 1950) Marcelle de Manziarly (1899–1989) Soe Tjen Marching (born 1971) Myriam Marbe (1931–1997)

Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (fl. 1723–1742) Bunita Marcus (born 1952) Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996) Catya Maré (composer and violinist) 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) Pamela J. Marshall (born 1954) Roberta Martin (1907–1969) Marianna von Martines (1744–1812) Odaline de la Martinez (born 1949) Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585) Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865) Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937) Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Faria (1873–1938) Bernadetta Matuszczak (born 1937) Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) Eta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (1917–?)) Marilyn Mazur (born 1955) Mona McBurney (1862–1932) Mary McDonald (born in the 20th century) Cecilia McDowall (born 1951) Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918) Diana McIntosh (born 1937) Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972) 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) Kate Moore (born 1979) 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) Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (born 1928) Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928) Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar (1924–2009) Ann Mounsey (1811–1891) Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944) 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)

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) Alberta Nichols (1898–1957) Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891) Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993) Eva Noer Kondrup (born 1964) Ilza Nogueira (born 1948) Gladys Nordenstrom (born 1924)

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975) Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)

O

Ai Otsuka (born 1982) 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) Edewede Oriwoh (born 1981) Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964) Michiru Oshima (born 1961) Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971) Linda Woodaman Ostrander (born 1937) Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880) Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963) Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918) Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007) María Luisa Ozaita (born 1939) Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996)

P

Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965) Else Marie Pade (born 1924) Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945) Priti Paintal (born 1960) Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)

Juliet Palmer (born 1969) 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) Maria Hester Park (1760–1813) Dorothy Parke (1904–1990) Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822) Alice Parker (born 1925) Annie Patterson (1868–1934) Marcela Pavia (born 1957) Alla Pavlova (born 1952) Maggi Payne (born 1945) Sarah Peebles (born 1964) Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004) Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923) Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (1907–1995) 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) Irena Pfeiffer (1912–1996) 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 (1918–2003) Piera Pistono (born 1938) Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815) Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (born 1949) Poldowski (1879–1932)

Victoria Poleva (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) Rosephanye Powell (born 20th century) Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796) Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919) Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953) María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982) Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665) Teresa Procaccini (born 1934) Marie Proksch (1836–1900) Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947) Marta Ptaszynska (born 1943) Loïsa Puget (1810–1889)

Q

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

R

Erika Radermacher (born 1936) Eliane Radigue (born 1932) Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986) Teresa Rampazzi (1914–2001) Shulamit Ran (born 1949) Eda Rapoport (1890–1968) Elizabeth Raum (born 1945) Irma Ravinale (1937–2013) 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)

Andrea Reinkemeyer (born 1976) 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) Angela Ro Ro (born 1949) 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 (1923–1996) Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933) Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894) Clotilde Rosa (born 1930) Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710) Doina Rotaru (born 1951) Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild (1832–1924) Anna Rubin (born 1946) Vivian Adelberg Rudow (born 1936) Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999) Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941) Claudia Rusca (1593–1676) Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)

S

Kaija Saariaho (born 1952) Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)

Sahakdukht (fl. early 8th century) Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885) Matilde Salvador (born 1918) Alice Samter (1908–2004) Rhian Samuel (born 1944) Marie Samuelsson (born 1956) Rocio Sanz (1933–1993) Sappho (born c. 612 BCE) Antonia Sarcina (born 1963) Kimi Sato (born 1949) Rebecca Saunders (born 1967) 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) Maria Schneider (1960) Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006) Eva Schorr (born 1927) Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802) Clara Schumann (1819–1896) Phillipa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967) Laura Schwendinger (born 1962) Esther Scliar (1926–1978) Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900) Clara H. Scott (1841–1897) 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 (1679–1745) 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 Shi-hui (born 1962) Pan Shiji (born 1957) Yoko Shimomura (born 1967) Mieko Shiomi (born 1938) Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990) Clare Shore (born 1954) 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) 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 (1936–2002) Ann Southam (born 1937) Isabel Soveral (born 1961) Maj Sønstevold (1917–1996) Bernadette Speach (born 1948) Laurie Spiegel (born 1945) Cristina Spinei (born 1984)

Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965) 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) Lindsey Stirling (1986 – ) Stella Stocker (1858–1925) Ingrid Stölzel (born 1971) Lily Strickland (1887–1958) Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) 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) Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935) Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994) Iris Szeghy (born 1956) Erzsébet Szőnyi (born 1924) Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831) Joan Szymko (born 1957)

T

Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980) 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) Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)

Nancy Telfer (born 1950) Hope Temple (1859–1938) Alicia Terzian (born 1934) Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989) Jennifer Thomas (pianist) (born 1977) Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964) Diane Thome (born 1942) Shirley Thompson (b. ?) Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir (Anna Thorvaldsdottir) (b. 1977) Pauline-Marie-Elisa Thys (c. 1836–1909) Tibors (fl. mid-12th century) Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979) Serena Tideman Katia Tiutiunnik (1967) Zlata Tkach (1928–2006) Helen Tobias-Duesberg (1919–2010) Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991) Joan Tower (born 1938) Joan Trimble (1915–2000) Alba Trissina (fl. 1622) Josephine Troup (died 1912) Julia Tsenova (1948–2010) 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)

U

Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885) Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009) Alicia Urreta (1933–1987) Irma Urteaga (born 1929) Julia Usher (born 1945) Galina Ustvolskaya (born 1919) Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)

V

Ann Valentine (1762–1842)

Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (1927–2014) Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930) Annelies Van Parys (born 1975) Janika Vandervelde (born 1955) Alida Vázquez (born 1931) Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965) Hana Vejvodová (1963–1994) Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005) Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (born 1640) Lucie Vellère (1896–1966) Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (born 1941) Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942) Pauline Viardot (1821–1910) 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 (1915–2005) Ida Vivado (1908–1989) Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662) Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949) Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973) Tat'yana Voronina (born 1933) Anne van Schothorst (born 1974)

W

Ho Wai-On (born 1946) Josephine-Rosalie de Walckiers (1756–1836) Gwyneth Walker (born 1947) Shirley Walker (born 1945) Joelle Wallach (born 1946) Errollyn Wallen (born 1958) Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780) Jennifer Walshe (born 1974) Tekla Griebel Wandall (1866–1940) Qiang Wang (born 1935) Ying Wang (born 1976) 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 (1919–2000) Caroline Wichern (1836–1906) Inger Wikström (born 1939) Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758) Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939) Grace Williams (1906–1977) Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003) Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981) Debbie Wiseman (born 1963) Diane Wittry (born 1964) Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820) Julia Wolfe (born 1958) Erna Woll (1917–2005) Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944) Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919) Barbara Woof (born 1958) Julia Woolf (1831–1893) Ellen Riley Wright (1859–1904) Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796) Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835) Sinta Wullur (born 1958) Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938) Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919) Louisa Friderica (Luisa Friederike), Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, née von

Württemberg (1722–1792) Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)

X

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

Y

Michiru Yamane (born 1963) Kinuyo Yamashita (living; born in the 20th century) Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926) Chen Yi (born 1953)

Z

Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948) Arlene Zallman (1934–2006) Ruth Zechlin (1926–2007) Isidora Zegers (1803–1869) Dafina Zeqiri (composer) (born 1984) 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) Marija Zubova (1749–1799) Mana Zucca (1885–1981) Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857) Ellen Zwilich (born 1939)