List of female composers
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The following is a list of famous female composers:
- Keiko Abe (born 1937)
- Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720 - 1795)
- Frances Allitsen (1849 - 1912)
- Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
- Anna Amalia Princess of Prussia (1723 - 1787)
- Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739 - 1807)
- Beth Anderson (born 1950)
- Ruth Anderson (born 1928)
- Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847 - 1907)
- Anne Boleyn (1507 - 1536)
- Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918)
- Caterina Assandra (1580 - 1632)
- Tekla Badarzewska (1834 - 1861)
- Cecilia Maria Barthelemon (c.1769 - 1840)
- Marion Bauer (1882 - 1955)
- Amy Beach (1867 - 1944)
- Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
- Gertrude van den Bergh (1793 - 1843)
- Marie Bigot (1786 - 1820)
- Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768 - 1818)
- Carla Bley (born 1938)
- Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918)
- Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979)
- Francesca Caccini (1587 - 1640?)
- Settimia Caccini (1591 - 1638?)
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
- Maddalena Cassulana (c.1540 - c.1590)
- Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
- Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
- Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
- Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901 - 1953)
- Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1848)
- Sophia Corri Dussek (1775 - 1847)
- Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
- Ruth Gipps (1921 - 1999)
- Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
- Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847 - 1907)
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
- Guy d'Hardelot (1858 - 1936)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179)
- Augusta Holmès (1847 - 1903)
- Eleanor Hovda
- Vitezslava Kapralova (1915 - 1940)
- Johanna Mathieux Kinkel (1810 - 1858)
- Antoinette Kirkwood
- Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805 - 1847)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179)
- Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
- Joan La Barbara (born 1947)
- Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)
- Elodie Lauten (born 1950)
- Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
- Elisabeth Lutyens (1906 - 1983)
- Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994)
- Maria Malibran (1808 - 1836)
- Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
- Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 - 1847)
- Meredith Monk (born 1942)
- Helene de Montgeroult (1764 - 1836)
- Angela Morley (born 1924)
- Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
- Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808 - 1877)
- Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
- Maria Hester Park (1775 - 1822)
- Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
- Louise Reichardt (1779 - 1826)
- Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908 - 1933)
- Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
- Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944)
- Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
- Elizabeth Stirling (1819 - 1895)
- Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677)
- Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789 - 1831)
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983)
- Louise Talma (1906 - 1996)
- Joan Tower (born 1938)
- Usha Khanna
- Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
- Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)
- Judith Weir (born 1954)
- Grace Williams (1906 - 1977)
- Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
- Ellen Wright (born 1904)
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)
See also:
- Category:Women classical composers
- Category:Women jazz composers
- List of composers
- List of 20th century classical composers
- List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual composers
Further reading
- And Don't Call Them 'Lady' Composers (http://music.dartmouth.edu/~wowem/noboys/lady.html) by Pauline Oliveros
- Historical Anthology of Music by Women. James R. Briscoe, ed. Indiana University Press, 1986 (ISBN 0253212960)