List of female composers by name

Composers existed in all periods of music history, but in numbers far lesser extent than composers. This was due in particular to the social environment that until recent time rarely allowed a professional musical education for women, especially in composition. The systematic study of biographies and works a composing women only began in the late 20th century.

A

  • Els Aarne (1917-1995) AND OTHERS
  • Keiko Abe ( born 1937 ) J
  • Rosalina Abejo (1922-1992) RP
  • Isabelle Aboulker (* 1938) F
  • Rosalie Adams ( * 1927)
  • Ella Adaïewsky (1846-1926) R
  • Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720-1795) I
  • Maria Theresa of Ahlefeldt (1755-1810) D / DÄ
  • Sieglinde Ahrens ( b. 1936 ) D
  • Vittoria Raffaella Aleotti (1575 - after 1646) I
  • Liana Alexandra (1947-2011) RO
  • Firəngiz Əlizadə (* 1947) AZ
  • Maria de Alvear ( born 1960 ) E / D
  • Maryanne Amacher (* 1943) USA
  • Amalia of Saxony (1794-1870) D
  • Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe- Weimar -Eisenach (1739-1807) D
  • Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia (1723-1787) D
  • Laura Andel (* 1970) ARG / U.S.
  • Laurie Anderson ( born 1947 ) United States
  • Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929) SWE
  • Kerry Andrew ( b. 1978 ) GB
  • Caecilia Andriessen ( born 1931 ) NL
  • Caroline Ansink (* 1959) NL
  • Violet Archer (1913-2000) CDN
  • Claude Arrieu (1903-1990) F
  • Caterina Assandra ( about 1590 - after 1618) I
  • Marianne Auenbrugger (1759-1782) A
  • Lera Auerbach ( b. 1973 ) R
  • Christine Aufderhaar (* 1972) CHE
  • May Aufderheide (1888-1972) United States
  • Laura Valborg Aulin (1860-1928) SWE

B

  • Bacewicz (1909-1969) PL
  • Maria Bach (1896-1978) A
  • Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847-1907) N
  • Lotte Backes (1901-1990) D
  • Tekla Bądarzewska (1834-1861) PL
  • Elsa Barraine (1910-1999) F
  • Florence Baschet (* 1955) F
  • Carola Bauckholt (* 1959) D
  • Marion Bauer (1882-1955) United States
  • Amy Beach (1867-1944) United States
  • Sally Beamish ( b. 1956 )
  • Janet Beat ( * 1937 ) GB
  • Beatrice de Dia (1160-1212) F
  • Norma Beecroft ( b. 1934 ) CDN
  • Hanna Beekhuis (1889-1980), NL
  • Eve Belgarian (* 1958) USA
  • Antonia Bembo ( 1640 to 1710) I
  • Juliane Benda, married Reichardt (1752-1783) D
  • Maria Carolina Benda, married Wolff (1742-1820) D
  • Josefina Benedetti (* 1953), Venezuela
  • Cathy Berberian (1925-1983) United States
  • Birch Bertels Meier ( born 1981 ) D
  • Louise Bertin (1805-1877) F
  • Jeanne Beyerman - Walraven (1878-1966)
  • Renate Birnstein (* 1946) D
  • Charlotte Blake (1885-1979) United States
  • Carla Bley (* 1938) USA
  • Ruth Bodenstein Hoyme (1924-2006) D
  • Sylvie Bodorová (* 1954) CSSR
  • Anna Bon di Venezia ( 1739 -? ) I
  • Mélanie Bonis (1858-1937) F
  • Henriėtte Bosmans (1895-1952) NL
  • Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) F
  • Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) F
  • Caroline von Brandenstein (1754-1830) D
  • Charlotte Bray ( b. 1982 ) GB
  • Carolyn Bremer ( b. 1957 ) USA
  • Thérèse Brenet (* 1935) F
  • Bettina von Arnim (1785-1859) D
  • Joanna Bruzdowicz (* 1943) PL
  • Filipina Brzezińska (1800-1886) PL
  • Barbara Buczek (1940-1993) PL
  • Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724-1780) D

C

  • Francesca Caccini (1581-1640) I
  • Elsa Calcagno (1910-1978) ARG
  • Édith Canat de Chizy (* 1950) F
  • Mercè Capdevila (* 1946) E
  • Carmen Maria Cârneci (* 1957) RO
  • Maddalena Casulana Mezari ( 1540 - after 1586) I
  • Teresa Carreño (1853-1917) VEN
  • Cécile Chaminade (1854-1944) F
  • Unsuk Chin ( b. 1961 ) KOR
  • Maia Ciobanu ( born 1952 ) RO
  • Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) GR
  • Adrienne Clostre (1921-2006) F
  • Gloria Coates ( b. 1938 ) USA
  • Maria Rosa Coccia (1759-1833) I
  • Dora Cojocaru ( b. 1963 ) RO
  • Colin Jeanne (1924-1996)
  • Alice Coltrane (1937-2007) United States
  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602 ~ 1677) I
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) United States
  • Marilyn Crispell (* 1947) USA
  • Eva Crossman -Hecht (1930-1989) United States
  • Czernowin (* 1957) ISR

D

  • Maria Margarethe Danzi (1768-1800) D
  • Maria de Alvear ( born 1960 ) SP
  • Isabelle Delorme (1900-1991) CDN
  • Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968) F
  • Diana Demi
  • Mary Dickenson - Auner ( 1880-1965 * ) IR
  • Violeta Dinescu (* 1953) RO
  • Emma Lou Diemer (* 1927) USA
  • Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931-2000) United States
  • Monica Dominique ( b. 1940 )
  • Annette von Droste- Hulshoff (1797-1848) D
  • Leonora Duarte (1610-1679) NL
  • Pauline Duchambge (1778-1858)
  • Louise Duval (1704-1769)

E

  • Dorothee Eberhardt (* 1952) D
  • Sophie -Carmen Eckhardt - Gramatté (1899-1974) CDN
  • Susanne Erding (* 1955) D
  • Siegrid Ernst ( born 1929 ) D
  • Karolina Eiríksdóttir (* 1951) IS

F

  • Eibhlis Farrell ( b. 1953 )
  • Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) F
  • Tsippi Fleischer ( b. 1946 )
  • Jacqueline Fontyn (* 1930 ) B
  • Jelena Firsova (* 1950) R
  • Erica Fox ( b. 1936 ) A
  • Ilse Fromm- Michaels (1888-1986) D

G

  • Sophie Gail ( 1775-1819 * )
  • Elena Gantchikova (1967 ) RUS
  • Miriam Gideon (1906-1996) United States
  • Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) GB
  • Julie Giroux (1961 ) USA
  • Peggy Glanville - Hicks (1912-1990) OFF
  • Tekla Griebel Wandall (1866-1940)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina (* 1931) RUS
  • Gotkovsky Ida (* 1933) F

B

  • Ulrike Haage (* 1957) D
  • Dorothée Hahne ( born 1966 ) D
  • Keiko Harada (* 1968) J
  • Emma Hartmann (1807-1851) DK
  • Gabriele Hasler ( born 1957 ) D
  • Karin Haussmann (* 1962) D
  • Doris Hays ( b. 1941 )
  • Barbara Heller ( b. 1936 ) D
  • Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn (1805-1847) D
  • Deborah Henson - Conant ( born 1953 ) United States
  • Elizabeth of Herzogenberg (1847-1892) D
  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) D
  • Susanne Hinkelbein (* 1953) D
  • Adriana Hölszky (* 1953) RO
  • Augusta Holmès (1847-1903) F
  • Helen Hope Kirk (1856-1945)
  • Miriam Hyde (1913-2005)

I

J

  • Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1664-1729) F
  • Patricia disciples ( b. 1951 )
  • Eunshin Jung ( born 1976 ) KOR

K

  • Yōko Kanno (* 1964) J
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915-1940) Czechoslovakia
  • Eleni Karaindrou (* 1939) GR
  • Laura Karpman (* 1959) USA
  • Frida core (1891-1988) A
  • Erika Kickton (1896-1967) D
  • Johanna Kinkel (1810-1858) D
  • Juliane Klein (born 1966 ) D
  • Barbara Kluntz (1661-1730) D
  • Malika Kishino (born 1971 ) J
  • Meri of KleinSmid ( b. 1979 )
  • Babette Koblenz ( * 1956 ) D
  • Barbara Kolb ( b. 1939 ) USA
  • Sadie Koninsky (1879-1952) United States
  • Mathilde Kralik of Meyrswalden (1857-1944) A
  • Katrina Krimsky ( * 1938 ) USA / CH
  • Astrid Kruisselbrink ( b. 1972 )
  • Mayako Kubo (* 1947), J
  • Felicitas Kukuck (1914-2001) D
  • Kulenty Hanna (* 1961) P
  • Elisabeth Johanna L. Kuyper (1877-1953) NL

L

  • Sophie Lacaze ( b. 1963 )
  • Josephine Caroline Lang (1815-1880) D
  • Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972) United States
  • Libby Larsen ( born 1950 ) United States
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850-1927) D
  • Franziska Lebrun (1756-1791) D
  • Lejet Edith (* 1941) F
  • Tania León ( b. 1943 )
  • Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) I
  • Marina Leonardi ( b. 1970 )
  • Sara Levina (1906-1976) RUS
  • Helene Liebmann (1795 - after 1859 ) D
  • Ruth Lomon (* 1930) CDN
  • Ivana Loudová (* 1941) Czech Republic
  • Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983) GR

M

  • Alma Mahler -Werfel (1879-1964) A
  • Anne McGinty (* 1945) USA
  • Cindy McTee (* 1953) USA
  • Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) GB
  • Nina Makarova (1908-1976) RUS
  • Maria Malibran (1808-1836) SP
  • Marcelle de Manziarly (1899-1989) RUS / FR
  • Miriam Marbé (1931-1997) RU
  • Tera de Marez Oyens (1932-1996) NL
  • Giovanna Marini ( born in 1937 ) I
  • Lilo Martin (1908-1986) D
  • Marianna Martines (1744-1812) A
  • Jarmila Mazourová (* 1941) CS
  • Emilie Mayer (1812-1883) D
  • Mela Hans Meier ( b. 1961 ) CH
  • Sophie Menter (1846-1918) D
  • Elena Mogilevskaya (* 1960) RUS / D
  • Meredith Monk ( b. 1942 ) USA
  • Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836) FR
  • Ikue Mori ( b. 1953 ) J
  • Catherine of Mosel (1789-1832)
  • Colette Mourey (born 1954 )
  • Johanna Müller -Hermann (1878-1941) A
  • Isabel Mundry (* 1963) D
  • Thea Musgrave ( b. 1928 ) GB / USA

N

O

  • Karola upper Müller ( * 1977 ) D
  • Jane O'Leary (* 1946) USA / IR
  • Pauline Oliveros ( born 1932 ) United States
  • Yoko Ono ( born 1933 ) J
  • Anne -Marie Ørbeck (* 1911) N
  • Agnes Elizabeth Overbeck, pseudonym " Baron Eugene Borisovich Onégin " (1870-1919) D

P

  • Younghi Pagh -Paan (* 1945) KOR
  • Maria Panayotova (* 1976 ) BGR
  • Isabelle Panneton (* 1955) CDN
  • Maria Theresia Paradis (1759-1824) A
  • Julia Perry (1924-1979) United States
  • Elena Petrová (* 1929) Czech Republic
  • Mrs Philarmonica, pseudonym, 17-18. Century GB?
  • Armande de Polignac, (1876-1962) France
  • Sibylle Pomorin (* 1956) D
  • Jocelyn Pook ( born 1960 ) England
  • Rachel Portman ( b. 1960 ) England
  • Ida Presti (1924-1967) F
  • Wilhelmina of Prussia (1709-1758) D
  • Florence Beatrice Price (1888-1953) United States
  • Violaine Prince ( b. 1958 ) F
  • Teresa Procaccini (* 1934) I
  • Marta Ptaszynska (* 1943) PL

R

  • Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986) ZA / GB
  • Shulamit Ran ( * 1949? ) ISR
  • Karin Rehnqvist (* 1957) S
  • Juliane Reichardt, born Benda (1752-1783) D, sister of Maria Carolina Benda, married Wolff
  • Louise Reichardt (1779-1826) D, daughter of Juliane Reichardt
  • Catharina van Rennes (1858-1940)
  • Michèle Reverdy (* 1943) F

(1779-1826) D

  • Marga Richter ( * 1926) USA
  • Sigrid squad Bauer ( b. 1961 ) A
  • Lolita Ritmanis (* 1962) USA
  • Trude Rittmann (1908-2005)
  • Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844-1931) United States
  • Ann Ronell (1906-1993) United States
  • Amanda X -Maier (1853-1894) S
  • Lucia Ronchetti (* 1963) I
  • Camilla de Rossi ( † 1710) I
  • Jeanine Rueff (1922-1999) F

S

  • Kaija Saariaho ( b. 1952 ) FIN
  • Olga Samaroff - Stokowski (1882-1948) United States
  • Alice Samter (1908-2004) D
  • Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo (1894-1996) I
  • Anne of damage (1763-1834) D
  • Dolphins of Schauroth (1813-1887) D
  • Magdalene Schauss - Flake (1921-2008) D
  • Philippine Schick (1893-1970) D
  • Eva Maria Schieffer (1971 ) D
  • Dodo Schielein (* 1968) D
  • Iris ter Schiphorst (* 1956) D
  • Annette Schlünz (* 1964) D / F
  • Mia Schmidt ( * 1952 ) D
  • Maria Schneider (* 1960) USA
  • Eva Schorr (* 1927) D
  • Clara Schumann (1819-1896) D
  • Margarete Schweikert (1887-1957) D
  • Since then, Charlotte (* 1965) D
  • Johanna Senfter (1879-1961) D
  • Verdina Shlonsky (1905-1990)
  • Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) GB
  • Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) GB
  • Silvia Sommer ( 1944) A
  • Marianne Steffen Wittek (* 1952) D
  • Nannette Streicher (1769-1833) D
  • Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) I
  • Edeltraud Studer ( * 1948 ) D
  • Ada Margaret Sutherland (1897-1984)
  • Kay Swift (1897-1993) United States
  • Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) PI

T

  • Dobrinka Tabakova (* 1980 ) BG
  • Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) F
  • Louise Talma (1906-1996) F
  • Karen Tanaka ( b. 1961 )
  • Erna Tauro (1916-1993)
  • Alice Tegnér (1864-1943) S
  • Nicola Termöhlen ( b. 1979 )
  • Tina Ternes (* 1969) D
  • Joan Tower ( b. 1938 ) USA
  • Joan Trimble (1915-2000) IR
  • Athanasia Tzanou ( b. 1971 )

U

  • Ludmila Ulehla (1923-2009) United States
  • Galina Ustwolskaja (1919-2006) RUS

V

  • Lucie vellere (1896-1966) B
  • Alice Verne - Bredt (1868-1958)
  • Pauline Viardot -Garcia (1821-1910) F
  • Alba Rosa Viëtor (1889-1979)
  • Jane Vieu (1871-1955) F
  • María Cecilia Villanueva (born 1964 ) ARG

W

  • Hedda Wagner (1876-1950) A
  • Julie of Webenau (1813-1887) A / D
  • Vilma of Webenau (1875-1953) A / D
  • Anna Weesner ( b. 1965 )
  • Judith Weir ( b. 1954 ) GB
  • Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709-1758) D
  • Jessica Grace Wing (1971-2003) United States
  • Erna Woll (1917-2005) D
  • Maria Carolina Wolff, born Benda (1742-1820), sister Juliane Reichard D
  • Barbara Woof (born 1958 ) AUS
  • Joanna Wozny (* 1973) PL
  • Sinta Wullur
  • Mary Wurm (1860-1938) GR

Y

  • Yasuko Yamaguchi ( b. 1969 )

Z

See also: List of jazz and improvisational musicians

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