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About this list: This is by no means the ultimate database of women composers.
In fact, this list represents only a tiny fraction of more than 6000 women composers about whom a record exists (e.g. Aaron Cohen's Encyclopedia of Women Composers lists 6,196 women composers).
Only composers of classical music whose works have been released on compact disc, have been included in this database. [For composers of electroacoustic and experimental music, jazz composers, and composers specialized in film music please refer to this list.]
In this database, composers are listed in alphabetical order, and their name is followed by their date and country of birth (which may in some cases differ from their country of residence).
Where a link to online resources exists, it has also been provided. If you know of a woman composer who meets the above criteria but whose name has been omitted, write to us at: society[at]kapralova[dot]org. If you are proposing a contemporary artist, please note that only professionally trained composers whose music has been released by a professional label will be considered, and that the society reserves the right to approve your nomination.
A
- Aborn, Lora [1907-2005] USA
- Aboulker, Isabelle [1938] France [site in French]
- Acqua, Eva dell [1856-1930] Belgium
- Agnesi, Maria Teresa [1720-1795] Italy
- Agudelo Murguia, Graciela [1945] Mexico
- Alberga, Eleanor [1949] Jamaica
- Albert, Adrienne [20th cent.] USA
- Alcalay, Luna [1928] Croatia
- Alexander, Leni [1924-2005] Chile
- Alexandra, Liana [1947] Romania
- Ali-zadeh, Franghiz [1947] Azerbaijan
- Allitsen, Frances [1849-1912] England
- Alotin, Yardena [1930-1994] Israel
- Alston, Lettie Beckon [1953] USA
- Anderson, Beth [1950] USA
- Anderson, Ruth [1928] USA
- Andrée, Elfrida [1841-1929] Sweden
- Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia [1723-1787]
- Anna Amalia von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach [1739-1807]
- Anna Inglese [c15th Cent] Italy
- Ansink, Caroline [1959] Holland
- (van) Appledorn, Mary Jeanne [1927] USA
- Archer, Violet [1913-2000] Canada
- Armer, Elinor [1939] USA
- Arrieu, Claude [1903-1990] France
- Assandra, Caterina [c1580-1622?] Italy (Lombardy)
- Auenbrugger, Marianna von [?-1786] Austria
- Aulin, Laura Valborg [1860-1928] Sweden
- Auster, Lydia [1912-1993] Kazakhstan
- Austin, Elizabeth [1938] USA
B
- Bacewicz, Grazyna [1909-1969] Poland
- Bach, Maria [1896-1978] Austria
- Badarzewska-Baranowska, Tekla [1834-1861] Poland
- Badalla, Rosa Giacinta [c1660-c1715] Italy (Milan)
- Badian, Maya [1945] Romania
- Ballou, Esther WIlliamson [1915-1973] USA
- Baptista, Gracia [c16th cent.] Spain
- Barnett, Carol [1949] USA
- Barraine, Elsa [1910-1999] France
- Barthélemon, Cecilia Maria [1770-?] England
- Barthélemon, Mary Polly [1749-1799] England
- Basacopol, Carmen Petra [1926] Romania
- Bauckholt, Carola [1959] Germany
- Bauer, Marion [1882-1955] USA
- Bauld, Alison [1944] Australia
- Bayreuth, Wilhelmine von [1709-1758] Germany
- Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney [1867-1944] USA
- Beamish, Sally [1956] England
- Beath, Betty [1932] Australia
- Beatrice de Romans [c13th Cent] France
- Beatriz de Dia [1160-1212] France
- (le) Beau, Luise Adolpha [1850-1927] Germany [official website in German]
- Beclard d'Harcourt, Marguerite [1884-1964] France
- Beecroft, Norma [1934] Canada
- Bell, Elizabeth [1928] USA
- Bembo, Antonia [1643-c1715] Italy (Venice)
- Benedetti, Josefina [1953] Venezuela
- Bergh, Gertrude van den [1793-1840] Netherlands
- Bertin, Louise Angelique [1805-1877] France
- Bingen, Hildegard (von) [1098-1179] see also Hildegard's Giant" Codex
- Bigot, Marie [1786-1820] France
- Birgitta of Sweden [c1303-c1373]
- Bitgood, Roberta [1908] USA
- Blanche of Castile [c1188-1252] Spain
- Bliss, Marilyn [1954] USA
- Bodorova, Sylvie [1954] Czech Republic
- Boleyn, Anne [1507-1536] England
- Bon di Venezia, Anna [c1738-c1767] Italy (Venice) [brief bio in French]
- Bond, Victoria [1945] USA
- Bonis, Melanie [1858-1937] France
- Borisova-Ollas, Victoria [1969] Russia
- Borroff, Edith [1925] USA
- Bosanquet, Caroline [1940] England
- Bosmans, Henriëtte Hilda [1895-1952] The Netherlands
- Bottini, Marianna [1802-1858] Lucca [Italy]
- Bouchard, Linda [1957] Canada
- Boulanger, Lili [1893-1918] France
- Boulanger, Nadia [1887-1979] France
- Boyd, Anne [1946] Australia
- Brake, May Hannah [1885-1956] England
- Brandman, Margaret [1951] Australia
- Brenet, Thérèse [1935] France
- Bright, Dora Estella [1863-1951] United Kingdom
- Britton, Dorothy Guyver [1922] USA
- Brockman, Jane [1949] USA
- Brouwer, Margaret [1940] USA
- Brusa, Elisabetta [1954] Italy
- Bruzdowicz, Joanna [1943] Poland
- Buchanan, Dorothy [1945] New Zealand
- Buechner, Margaret [1922-1998] Germany
- Byström, Britta [1977] Sweden
C
- Caccini, Francesca [1587-c1645] Italy (Florence)
- Canal, Marguerite [1890-1978] France
- Capdeville, Constança [1937-1992] Portugal
- Capio, Iseut de [c1140-?] France
- Capuis, Matilde [1913] Italy
- Carignan, Nicole [1952] Canada
- Carr-Boyd, Ann [1938] Australia
- Carreño, Teresa [1853-1917] Venezuela
- Cartier, Marguerite (Rhené Jaque) [1918] Canada
- Carwithen, Doreen [1922-2003] England
- Case, Anna [1889-1938] USA
- Castelloza, Dame [c13th Cent] France
- Castelnau, Almucs de [c1140] France
- Casulana, Maddalena [c1540-c1590] Italy
- Cernovska, Zoja [1960] Czech Republic
- Cervenkova, Milada [1947] Czech Republic
- Chaminade, Cecile [1857-1944] France
- Chandler, Mary [1911-1996] England
- Charrière, Caroline [1960] Switzerland [bio in French]
- Chen Yi [1953] China
- Chizy, Edith Canat de [1950] France [bio in French]
- Chretien, Hedwige [1859-1944] France
- Ciobanu, Maia [1952] Romania
- Clarke, Rebecca [1886-1979] England
- Clingan, Judith [1945] Australia
- Cloud, Judith [20th cent.] USA
- Coates, Gloria [1938] USA
- Cohen, Alla Elana [20th cent.] Russia
- Cory, Eleanor [1943] USA
- Coulthard, Jean [1908-2000] Canada
- Cox, Cindy [1961] USA
- Cozzolani, Chiara Margarita [1602-c1678] Italy (Milan)
- Cramer, Anna [1873-1968] Holland
- Crawford-Seeger, Ruth [1901-1953] USA
- (de la) Cruz, Juana Inez [1648-1695] Mexico
D
- Dalberg, Nancy [1881-1949] Denmark
- Daniels, Mabel [1878-1971] USA
- Dare, Margaret Marie [1902-1976] Scotland
- Davidson, Tina [195?] Sweden
- De Castro-Robinson, Eve [1956] New Zealand
- De Dregnau de Lille, Maroie [13th Cent.] France
- De Kenessey, Stefania [1961] Hungary
- De Pastel, Karen [1949] USA [webpage in German]
- Del Riego, Theresa [1876-1968] England
- Demar, Theresia [1801-18?] France
- Demessieux, Jeanne [1921-1968] France
- Dering, Lady Mary (Mary Harvey) [1629-1704] England
- Desportes, Yvonne [1907-1993] France
- Bloomer Deussen, Nancy [1931] USA
- Dickenson-Auner, Mary [1880-1965] Ireland
- Diemer, Emma Lou [1927] USA
- Dinescu, Violeta [1953] Romania
- Dolgorouky, Princess Varvara N. [1769-1849] Russia
- Donceanu, Felicia [1931] Romania
- Drattell, Deborah [1956] USA
- Dring, Madeleine [1923-1977] England
- Dussek-Corri, Sophia [1775-1847?] Scotland
- (Mlle) Duval, Louise [1718?-1775?] France
- Dvorakova, Marketa [1977] Czech Republic
- Dychko, Lesia [20th cent.] Ukraine
E
- Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie-Carmen [1899-1974] Russia
- Eiriksdottir, Karolina [1951] Iceland
- Ekizian, Michelle [1956] USA
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England [1533-1603]
- Ellicott, Rosalind [1857-1924] England
- Epstein, Marti [1959] USA
- Erding-Swiridoff, Susanne [1955] Germany
- Escot, Pozzi [1933] USA
F
- Fabianska, Teresa [1760-18?] Poland
- Fábregas, Elisénda [1955] Spain
- Faisst, Clara [1872-1948] Germany
- Farrenc, Louise [1804-1875] France
- Faxon, Nancy [1914-2005] USA
- Ferrari, Carlotta [1831-1907] Italy
- Fine, Vivian [1913-2000] USA
- Firsova, Elena [1950] Russia
- Fisher, Helen [20th cent.] New Zealand
- Fleischer, Tsippi [1946] Israel
- Folio, Cynthia [1954] USA
- Fontyn, Jacqueline [1930] Belgium
- Fowler, Jennifer [1939] Australia
- Freed, Dorothy [1919-2000] New Zealand
- Freer, Eleanor Everest [1864-1942] USA
- French, Tania Gabrielle [1963] USA
- Frolyak, Bohdana [20th cent.] Ukraine
- Fromm-Michaels, Ilse [1888-1986] Germany
- Fuchs, Lillian [20th cent.] USA
G
- Gabriel, Mary Ann Virginia [1825-1877] England
- Galbraith, Nancy [1951] USA
- Galinne, Rachel [1949] Sweden
- (de) Gambarini, Elisabetta [1731-1765] England
- Gardiner, Mary [1932-2010] Canada
- Garrop, Stacy [20th cent.] USA
- Garsenda, Countess of Provence [1191-1215]
- Garuta, Lucija [1902-1977] Latvia
- Garwood, Margaret [1927] USA
- Gentile, Ada [1947] Italy [official website in Italian]
- Ghandar, Ann [1943] Australia
- Gideon, Miriam [1906-1996] USA
- Gifford, Helen [1935] Australia
- Gines, Teodora [c16th Cent] Cuba
- Gipps, Ruth [1921-1999] England
- Giraud, Suzanne [1958] France
- Glanville-Hicks, Peggy [1912-1990] Australia
- Golovina, (Countess) Varvara Nikolaievna [1766-1821] Russia
- Gomelskaya, Julia [1964] Ukraine
- Goolkasian Rahbee, Dianne [1938] USA
- Gorelova, Galina [1951] Belarussia
- Gotkovsky, Ida [1933] France
- Gould, Janetta [1926] Scotland
- Gourzi, Konstantia [1962] Greece
- Gow, Dorothy [1893-1982] United Kingdom
- Grandval, Marie [1830-1907] France
- Granillo, María [1962] Mexico
- Grenfell, Maria [1969] Malaysia
- Grier, Lita [1937] USA
- Grimstad, Birgitte [1935] Norway
- Grøndahl, Agathe Backer [1847-1907] Norway
- Gubaidulina, Sofia Asgatovna [1931] USSR (Russia)
- Gubitosi, Emilia [1887-1972] Italy
- Gyring, Elizabeth [1906-1970] Austria
H
- Hall, Juliana [1958] USA
- Hall, Pauline [1890-1969] Norway
- Hamer, Janice [1947] USA
- Harbach, Barbara [1946] USA
- Hardin, Elisabeth [c1770-?] England
- Harrison, Annie Fortescue [1851-1944] USA
- Harrison, Pamela [1915-1990] England
- Harrison, Sadie [1965] Australia
- Harrison, Susie Frances (Riley) [1859-1935] Canada
- Harvey, Mary (Lady Dering) [1629-1704] England
- Havrylets, Hanna [20th cent.] Ukraine
- Heller, Barbara [1936] Germany
- Henderson, Ruth Watson [1932] Canada
- Hensel, Fanny [1805-1847] Germany
- Herbert, Muriel [1897-1984] United Kingdom
- Herrad of Landsberg [1167-1195]
- Hewitt-Jones, Anita [1926] England
- Higdon, Jennifer [1962] USA
- Hildegard von Bingen [1098-1179] see also Hildegard's Giant" Codex
- Hill-Solomon, Mirrie [1892-1986] Australia
- Hoijer, Anna Ovena [17th cent.] The Netherlands
- Holland, Dulcie [1913-2000] Australia
- Holmes, Augusta [1847-1903] France [bio in French]
- Holmsen, Borghild [1865-1938] Norway
- Holst, Imogen [1907-1984] England
- Hölszky, Adriana [1953] Romania
- Holt, Nora Douglas [1885-1974] USA
- Holt, Patricia Blomfield [1910] Canada
- Hoover, Katherine [1937] USA
- Horrocks, Amy Elsie [1867-1920] England
- Hovda, Eleanor [1940] USA
- Howe, Mary [1882-1964] USA
- Howell, Dorothy [1898-1982] England
- Hubicki, Margaret [1915] England
- Hui, Melissa [1966] Hong Kong
- Hurh, Bang-Ja [1943] Korea
- Hwang, Serra Miyeun [20th cent.] Korea
- Hyde, Miriam [1913-2005] Australia
I
- Isabella Leonarda [1620-1704] Italy
- Ivanova, Advotia [18th Cent] Russia
J
- Jacquet de la Guerre, Elisabeth Claude [1665-1729] France
- Jadin, Hyacinthe [1769-1802] France
- Jaëll-Trautmann, Marie [1846-1925] France
- Janarcekova, Viera [1941] Slovakia
- Janotha, Natalia [1856-1932] Poland
- Jaque, Rhene (b. Marguerite Cartier) [1918-2006] Canada
- Jazwinski, Barbara [1950] Poland
- Jolas, Betsy [1926] France
K
- Kabat, Julie [1947] USA
- Kaminsky, Laura [1956] USA
- Kapralova, Vitezslava [1915-1940] Czechoslovakia
- Karamessini, Ekaterini [1967] USA
- Kassia [c810-c867] Greece
- Kats-Chernin, Elena [1957] Uzbekistan
- Kavanagh, Dale [20th cent.] Canada
- Kavina, Lydia [1967] Russia
- Keal, Minna [1909-1999] England
- (de) Kenessey, Stefania [1961] Hungary
- Ker, Dorothy [1965] New Zealand
- Kerr, Louise Lincoln [1892-1977] USA
- Kessler-Schumiatcher, Minuetta [1914] Russia
- Kiliç, Lenka [1971] Czech Republic
- King, Betty Jackson [1928-1994] USA
- Kinkel, Johanna [1810-1858] Germany
- Kladas, daughter of Ioannes [14th cent.] Greece
- Klotzman, Dorothy [1937] USA
- Kolb, Barbara [1939] USA
- Koster, Lou [1889-1973] Luxembourg
- Kourakina, (Princess) Natalia Ivanovna [1768?-1831] Russia
- Kouvaras, Linda [1960] Australia
- Kralik, Mathilde von [1857-1944] Austria
- Kruisselbrink, Astrid [1972] The Netherlands
- Kukuck, Felicitas [1914-2001] Germany [website in German]
- Kulenty, Hanna [1961] Poland
- Kuss, Margarita Ivanovna [1921] USSR
- Kuyper, Elisabeth [1877-1953] The Netherlands
- Kyrylina, Iryna [1953] Ukraine
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