List of women composers by name

This article provides a list of women composers, sorted alphabetically by surname. For a list of women composers sorted by year of birth, see List of women composers by birth date.

A

• Els Aarne (1917–1995)
• Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863)
• Keiko Abe (born 1937)
• Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
• Lora Aborn (1907–2005)
• Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
• Mildred Adair (1895–1943)
• Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926)
• Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
• Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
• Graciela Agudela (1945–2018)
• 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 (1947–2011)
• 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)
• Lettie Alston (born 1953)
• Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
• Berta Alves de Sousa (1906–1997)
• Maryanne Amacher (1943–2009)
• Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
• Josephine Amann-Weinlich (1848–1887)
• 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 (1928–2019)
• 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)
• Anna Appleby (born 1993)
• 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)
• Lucy Armstrong (born 1991)
• Claude Arrieu (1903–1990)
• 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 (1930–2017)
• Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
• Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
• Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
• Laura Wilson Barker (1819–1905)
• P. Bhanumathi (1925–2005)
• 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 (1932–2023)
• 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)
• Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
• Françoise Barrière (1944–2019)
• Bebe Barron (1927–2008)
• 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 (1941–2022)
• Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
• Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
• Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
• Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
• Barbara Benary (1946–2019)
• Chiara Benati (born 1956)
• Josefina Benedetti (born 1953)
• Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893)
• Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
• Eva Best (1851–1925)
• 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)
• Ethel Edith Bilsland (1892–1982)
• 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)
• 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)
• Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836)
• Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
• Jeanne Renee de Bombelles (1753–1828)
• 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 (1925–2019)
• 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)
• Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
• 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 (1943–2021)
• Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
• Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)
• Olivia Buckley (mid-1790s–after 1845)
• Margaret Buechner (1922–1998)
• Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
• Diana Burrell (born 1948)
• Canary Lee Burton (born 1942)

C

• Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
• Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
• Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
• Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale (1875–1958)
• Ann Callaway (born 1949)
• Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
• Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914)
• Amice Calverley (1896–1959)
• Francesca Campana (died 1665)
• Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941)
• Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
• Marta Canales (1893–1986)
• Édith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)
• Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
• Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
• Valerie Capers (born 1935)
• Matilde Capuis (1913–2017)
• Nicole Carignan (born 1952)
• Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
• Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
• Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
• Teresa Carrasco (born 1980)
• 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)
• Zosha Di Castri (born 1985)
• 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)
• Grace Chadbourne (1870–1919)
• Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
• Janine Charbonnier (1926–2022)
• 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 (1944–2021)
• Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
• Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
• Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
• Dolores Claman (1927–2021)
• Rhona Clarke (born 1958)
• Zana Clarke (born 1965)
• Laura Clayton (born 1943)
• Ann Cleare (born 1983)
• Siobhán Cleary (born 1970)
• Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795)
• Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)
• Adrienne Clostre (1921–2006)
• Gloria Coates (1938–2023)
• 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 (1903–1998)
• 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)
• Cecil Cowles (c.1893 – 1968)
• Ellen C. Covito (born 1974)
• Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
• Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
• Guirne Creith (1907–1996)
• Zulema de la Cruz (born 1958)
• Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)

D

• Melanie Ruth Daiken (1945–2016)
• Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
• Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
• Dame Margot (fl. 13th century)
• Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century)
• Cecilia Damström (born 1988)
• Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
• Marie Dare (1902–1976)
• Tina Davidson (born 1952)
• Eiluned Davies (1913–1999)
• Tansy Davies (born 1973)
• 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 (born c. 1736)
• Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
• Beth Denisch (born 1958)
• Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001)
• 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 (1931–2022)
• Dora Draganova (born 1946)
• Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
• Du Yun (born 1977)
• Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
• María Enma Botet Dubois (1903–?)
• Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
• 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 (1928–1995)
• 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)
• Lilian Elkington (1900–1969)
• Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
• Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
• Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
• Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
• Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)
• Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977)
• Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
• Eleonora Eksanishvili (1919–2003)
• Irina Elcheva (1926–2013)
• Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
• Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (1918–2012)
• Kateřina Emingerová (1856–1934)
• Marti Epstein (born 1959)
• Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
• Siegrid Ernst (1929–2022)
• Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
• María Escribano (1954–2002)
• Reena Esmail (born 1983)
• Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
• Eleonora d'Este (1515–1575)
• Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)

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)
• Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure (1879–1960)
• Hélène-Frédérique de Faye-Jozin (1871–1942)
• Sarah Feigin (1928–2011)
• Josima Feldschuh (1929–1943)
• 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 (1876–1957)
• 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 (1919–1999)
• Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
• Cheryl Frances-Hoad (born 1980)
• Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)
• Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
• 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)
• Irène Fuerison (1875–1931)
• Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
• Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
• Ashley Fure (born 1982)
• 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 (c.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 (1903–1992)
• 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)
• Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early 18th century)
• Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95)
• Kyla Greenbaum (1922–2017)
• Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
• María Grever (1885–1951)
• Deirdre Gribbin (born 1967)
• Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
• Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. early 18th century)
• Annie Maria Grimson (1870–1949)
• Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
• Aleksandra Gryka (born 1977)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
• Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
• Isabel Güell i López (1872-1956)
• Mlle Guerin (c.1739, fl. 1755)
• Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
• Lynn Gumert (born 1961)
• Rosa Guraieb (1931–2014)
• 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)
• Emily Hall (born 1978)
• Juliana Hall (born 1958)
• Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
• Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
• Ann-Elise Hannikainen (1946–2012)
• Olga Hans (born 1971)
• Kazuko Hara (1935–2014)
• Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
• Halina Harelava (born 1951)
• Miina Härma (1864–1941)
• Ethel R. Harraden (1857–1917)
• Edith Mary Harrhy (1893–1969)
• Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
• Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
• Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)
• Emma Hartmann (1807–1851)
• Cécile Hartog (1857–1940)
• 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 (1941–2020)
• Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
• Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
• Barbara Heller (born 1936)
• Mara Margaret Helmuth (born 1957)
• Moya Henderson (born 1941)
• 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)
• Daisy Wood Hildreth (1879–1969)
• Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
• Dorothy Hindman (born 1966)
• Rozalie Hirs (born 1965)
• Margaret Hoberg (1890–1948)
• Margriet Hoenderdos (1952–2010)
• Dulcie Holland (1913–2000)
• Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
• Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
• Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
• Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
• Nora Holt (1884–1974)
• Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)
• Katherine Hoover (1937–2018)
• Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
• Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–after 1915)
• Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian
• Eleanor Hovda (1940–2009)
• Mary Howe (1882–1964)
• Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
• Zhun Huang (born 1926)
• Elaine Hugh-Jones (1927–2021)
• Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854)
• Sarah Hutchings (born 1984)
• 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 (1915–2001)
• Jaddanbai
• 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)
• Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
• Victoria Jordanova (born 1952)
• Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
• Patricia Jünger (born 1951)
• Elsa Justel (born 1944)

K

• Clotilde Kainerstorfer (fl. second half 19th century)
• Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
• Lydia Kakabadse (born 1955)
• Trisutji Kamal (1936–2021)
• Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
• Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
• Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
• Kanika Kapoor (born 1978)
• Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
• Sirvart Karamanuk (1912–2008)
• Helene Karastoyanova (born 1933)
• Verdi Karns (1882–1925)
• Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948)
• Laura Karpman (born 1959)
• Leokadiya Kashperova (born 1872)
• Shibani Kashyap (born 1982)
• Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1918–2008)
• 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)
• Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786 – after 1805)
• Frida Kern (1891–1988)
• Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002)
• Eunice Lea Kettering (1906–2000)
• Usha Khanna (born 1941)
• Sneha Khanwalkar (born 1983)
• Khosrovidukht (fl. early 8th century)
• Joelle Khoury (born 1963)
• Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
• Betty Jackson King (1928–1994)
• Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858)
• Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956)
• Antoinette Kirkwood (1930–2014)
• Melinda Kistétényi (1926–1999)
• Yayoi Kitazume (born 1945)
• Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973)
• Judy Klein (born 1943)
• Meri von KleinSmid (born 1974)
• Zhivka Klinkova (1924–2002)
• 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 (born 1972)
• 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 (1953–2017)

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)
• Anne Terrier Laffaille (1904–1971)
• Lila Lalauni (1910–1996)
• Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954)
• Marta Lambertini (1937–2019)
• Eleni Lambiri (c.1889–1960)
• Kay Lande (1930–2022)
• Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
• Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
• Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
• Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
• Ana Lara (born 1959)
• Libby Larsen (born 1950)
• Hannah Lash (born 1981)
• Joan Mary Last (1908–2002)
• Anne Lauber (born 1943)
• Elodie Lauten (1950–2014)
• Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927)
• Louise Geneviève de La Hye (1810–1838)
• Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911)
• Anne LeBaron (born 1953)
• Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
• Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
• Cynthia Cozette Lee (born 1953)
• 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 (1945–2018)
• Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
• Édith 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)
• Sofia Levkovskaya (1965–2011)
• Dee Libbey (1919-1988)
• Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
• Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935)
• Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
• Elainie Lillios (born 1968)
• Lili'uokalani (1838–1917)
• Liza Lim (born 1966)
• Asunta Limpias de Parada (1915–1995)
• Maria Lindsay (1827–1898)
• Grace Walls Linn (1874–1940)
• Anne Linnet (born 1953)
• Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
• Liu Zhuang (1932–2011)
• Beatriz Lockhart (1944–2015)
• Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
• Kate Loder (1825–1904)
• Emma Lomax (1873–1963)
• Ruth Lomon (1930–2017)
• Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
• Lorete (c.1300)
• Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
• Ivana Loudová (1941–2017)
• Alexina Louie (born 1949)
• Mary Lucas (1882–1952)
• Katharine Lucke (1875–1962)
• Nada Ludvig-Pecar (1929–2008)
• Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940)
• Enid Luff (1935–2022)
• Gudrun Lund (1930–2020)
• Signe Lund (1868–1950)
• Deborah Lurie (born 1972)
• Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
• Lyudmila Lyadova (1925–2021)
• Monica Lynn (born 1964)

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 (1934–2020)
• Ester Mägi (1922–2021)
• 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 (1931–2019)
• Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016)
• Lata Mangeshkar (1929–2022)
• Meena Mangeshkar (born 1931)
• Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951)
• 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)
• 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)
• Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890)
• 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)
• Maria de Lourdes Martins (1926–2009)
• Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
• Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
• Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
• Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Faria (1873–1938)
• Bernadetta Matuszczak (1937–2021)
• Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
• Marilyn Mazur (born 1955)
• Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
• 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)
• Lena McLin (born 1928)
• 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 (1934–2019)
• 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)
• Jessie Montgomery (born 1982)
• Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940–2022)
• Kate Moore (born 1979)
• Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
• Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
• Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
• Joyce Solomon Moorman (born 1946)
• Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
• Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799–1869)
• Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
• Junko Mori (born 1948)
• Angela Morley (1924–2009)
• Jocelyn Morlock (1969–2023)
• 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 (1917–2012)
• 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 (1863–1945)
• Angélica Negrón (born 1981)
• Sheila Nelson (1936–2020)
• Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
• Vojna Nešic (born 1947)
• Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927)
• Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
• Dika Newlin (1923–2006)
• Ailís Ní Ríain (born 1974)
• Alberta Nichols (1898–1957)
• Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891)
• Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
• Mary Rosselli Nissim (1864-1937)
• Eva Noer Kondrup (born 1964)
• Ilza Nogueira (born 1948)
• Gladys Nordenstrom (1924–2016)
• Isabel Stewart North (1860–1929)
• Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
• Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
• Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)
• Farangis Nurulla-Khoja (born 1972)

O

• Karola Obermueller (born 1977)
• Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
• Irina Odagescu (born 1937)
• Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
• Nkeiru Okoye (born 1972)
• Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906)
• Jane O'Leary (born 1946)
• Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828)
• Vivienne Olive (born 1950)
• Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
• Betty Olivero (born 1954)
• Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)
• María Teresa Oller (1920–2018)
• Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
• Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
• Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996)
• Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
• Caroline Orger (1818–1892)
• Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964)
• Michiru Oshima (born 1961)
• Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
• Linda Woodaman Ostrander (born 1937)
• Ai Otsuka (born 1982)
• Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
• Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963)
• Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918)
• Janet Owen Thomas (1961–2002)
• Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007)
• María Luisa Ozaita (1939–2017)

P

• Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
• Else Marie Pade (1924–2016)
• Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
• Priti Paintal (born 1960)
• Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
• Florence Margaret Spencer Palmer (1900–1987)
• Juliet Palmer (born 1969)
• Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
• Mme Papavoine (born c.1735, fl. 1755–61)
• Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
• Graciela Paraskevaidis (1940–2017)
• 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)
• Sylvia Pengilly (born 1935)
• 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 (1916–1998)
• Lourdes Perez (born 1961)
• Helen Perkin (1909–1996)
• Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878)
• Janice Kapp Perry (born 1938)
• Julia Perry (1924–1979)
• Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896)
• Rosica Petkova (born 1947)
• Carmen Petra Basacopol (1926–2023)
• Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
• Elena Petrová (1929–2002)
• 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 – 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)
• Jeannie G. Pool (born 1951)
• Rachel Portman (born 1960)
• Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
• Alba Lucía Potes Cortés (born 1954)
• 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)
• Deborah Pritchard (born 1977)
• 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)
• Helen Pyke (1905–1954)

Q

• Anne Quigley (born 1955 or 1956)
• 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)
• Sally Johnston Reid (1948–2019)
• Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892)
• Andrea Reinkemeyer (born 1976)
• Julie Reisserová (1888–1938)
• Claire Renard (born 1944)
• Anna Renfer (1896–1984)
• Henriette Renié (1875–1956)
• Catherine Rennes (1858–1940)
• Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
• Michèle Reverdy (born 1943)
• Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961)
• Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
• Helen Rhodes (1858-1936)
• Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c.1573, fl. 1597)
• Kathleen Richards (1895–1984)
• Marga Richter (1926–2020)
• Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968)
• Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
• Diana Ringo (born 1992)
• Shoshana Riseman (born 1948)
• Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937)
• Angela Ro Ro (born 1949)
• Berenice Robinson (1909-1990)
• Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
• Frances C. Robinson (1858-1905)
• Gertrude Ina Robinson (1868-1950)
• Louise Robyn (1878-1949)
• Andree Aeschlimann Rochat (1900-1990)
• Helen C. Rockefeller (1907-1957)
• Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
• Nicole Rodrigue (1943-2010)
• Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
• Betty Roe (born 1930)
• Gloria Roe (1935-2017)
• Jane Roeckel (1833-1907)
• Emily Bruce Roelofson (1832-1921)
• Helen Roessing (1891-1957)
• Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
• Teresa de Rogatis (1893–1979)
• Denise Roger (1924-2005)
• Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931)
• Ethel Tench Rogers (1914-2008)
• Patsy Rogers (born 1938)
• Sharon Elery Rogers (1929-2022)
• Sofie Rohnstock (1875-1964)
• Gertrude Martin Rohrer (1875-1968)
• Yvonne Rokseth (1890-1948)
• Mercedes Roldós Freixes (1910-1980)
• Caro Roma (1869–1937)
• Elena Romero (1923–1996)
• Elise Rondonneau (fl. 1827-1860s)
• Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933)
• Madame Ronssecy (fl. 1780-1820)
• Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894)
• Grace W. Root (1869-1898)
• Clotilde Rosa (1930–2017)
• Clorinda Rosato (1913-1985)
• B. J. Rosco (born 1932)
• Beatrice Schroeder Rose (1922–2014)
• Pauline Rosenthal (1845-1912)
• Clara Ross (1858-1954)
• Gertrude Ross (1889-1957)
• Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
• Doina Rotaru (born 1951)
• Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild (1832–1924)
• Mildred Barnes Royse (1896-1986)
• Yudif Grigorevna Rozhavskaya (1923-1982)
• Anna Rubin (born 1946)
• Lucja Rucinska (1817, 1818, or 1820-1882)
• Eleanor Rudall (1881–1960)
• Hermine Rudersdorff (1822–1882)
• Anna Lemmer Badenhorst Rudolph (1924-1995)
• Vivian Adelberg Rudow (born 1936)
• Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
• Charlotte Ruegger (1876-1959)
• Ana Rugeles (1914-2012)
• Magaly Ruiz (born 1941)
• Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
• Marjorie Rusche (born 1949)
• Olive Nelson Russell (1905–1989)
• Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)
• Dagmar de Corval Rybner (1890–1965)
• Lalla Ryckoff (1878–1977)

S

• Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)
• Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
• Geni Sadero (1886–1961)
• Sahakdukht (c. 675-c. 736)
• Dilorom Saidaminova (born 1943)
• Georgie Boyden Saint John (1861–1899)
• Sainte des Prez (13th century)
• Didia Saint Georges (1888–1979)
• Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885)
• Eva Saito-Noda (1921–2004)
• Marina Saiz-Salazar (1930–1990)
• Janet Mary Salsbury (1881–1951)
• Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938)
• Matilde Salvador (1918–2007)
• Valerie Samson (born 1948)
• Alice Samter (1908–2004)
• Caroline Samuel (1822–1851)
• Marguerite Samuel (1847–1912)
• Rhian Samuel (born 1944)
• Marie Samuelsson (born 1956)
• Manuela Cornejo Sanchez (1854–1902)
• Mirca Sancin (1901–1970)
• Ann Sandifur (born 1949)
• Margaret Vardell Sandresky (born 1921)
• Iris Sanguesa (born 1933)
• Eugenie Santa Coloma Sourget (1827–1895)
• Amado Santos Ocampo (1925–2009)
• Rocio Sanz (1933–1993)
• Sappho (born c. 612 BCE)
• Antonia Sarcina (born 1963)
• Cora Decker Sargent (1868–1944)
• Jadwiga Sarnecka (1877 or 1883–1913)
• Kimi Sato (born 1949)
• Rebecca Saunders (born 1967)
• Alice Sauvrezis (1866–1946)
• Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
• Caroline Sawath (19th century)
• Harriet P. Sawyer (1862–1934)
• Carla Scaletti (born 1956)
• Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
• Ethel Scarborough (1880–1956)
• Breda Scek (1893–1968)
• Anna von Schaden (1763–1834)
• Theresa Schaeffer (19th century)
• Claire Schapira (born 1946)
• Marie Schauff (fl. 1799–1844)
• Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887)
• Magdalene Schauss-Flake (1921–2008)
• Maria Scheepers (1892–1989)
• Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
• Mon Schjelderup (1870–1934)
• Elise Schlick (1790–1855)
• Annette Schlünz (born 1964)
• Elise Schmezer (1810–1856)
• Frieda Schmitt-Lermann (born 1885)
• Else Schmitz-Gohr (1901–1987)
• Maria Schneider (born 1960)
• Amalie Scholl (1823–1879)
• Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
• Erna Schorlemmer (1875–1945)
• Eva Schorr (1927–2016)
• Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
• Georgina Schubert (1840–1878)
• Luise Schulze-Berghof (1889–1970)
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
• Meta Schumann (1887–1937)
• Anna Schuppe (1829–1903)
• Maria Schüppel (1923–2011)
• Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967)
• Friederike Schwarz (1910–1945)
• Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
• Margarete Schweikert (1887–1957)
• E. Anne Schwerdtfeger (1930–2008)
• Wilhelmine Schwertzell (1787–1863)
• Anna Schytte (1877–1953)
• Esther Scliar (1926–1978)
• Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900)
• Clara H. Scott (1841–1897)
• Margaret Scoville (1944–1978)
• Marina Scriabina (1911–1998)
• Amy Scurria (born 1973)
• Sara Opal Search (1890–1961)
• Virginia Seay (1922–2015)
• Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927)
• Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
• Hilda Sehested (1858–1936)
• Sophie Seipt (1812–1889)
• Ilona Sekacz (born 1948)
• Gisela Selden-Goth (1884–1975)
• Blanche Selva (1884–1942)
• Daria Semegen (born 1946)
• Teresa Seneke (1848–1875)
• 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)
• Ana Serrano Redonnet (191? – 1993)
• H. Servier (1807–1858)
• Claudia Sessa (c.1570 – between 1613 and 1619)
• Marianne Sessi (177?–1847)
• Kilza Setti (born 1932)
• Charlotta Seuerling (1782–1828)
• Marielli Sfakianaki (born 1945)
• Shakhida Shaimardanova (born 1938)
• Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955)
• Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
• Sharda (singer) (born 1937)
• Miriam Shatal (1903–1983)
• Judith Shatin (born 1949)
• Tamara Antonovna Shaverzashvili (1891–1955)
• Alice Marion Shaw (born 1890)
• Caroline Shaw (born 1982)
• Carrie Burpee Shaw (1850–1946)
• Lillian Tait Sheldon (1865–1925)
• Naomi Shemer (1930–2004)
• Elna Sherman (1888–1964)
• 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)
• Mme Sicard (fl. 1678)
• Anna Sick (1803–1895)
• Louise Siddall (1879–1935)
• Tamara Maliukova Sidorenko (1919–2005)
• Marie Siegling (1824–1919)
• Beatrice Siegrist (born 1934)
• Arlene Sierra (born 1970)
• Elzbieta Sikora (born 1943)
• Ann Loomis Silsbee (1930–2003)
• Adelaide Pereira da Silva (1928–2021)
• Sheila Silver (born 1946)
• Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947)
• Darinka Simic-Mitrovic (born 1937)
• Kate Simmons (1850–1926)
• Cecile Paul Simon (1881–1970)
• Netty Simons (1913–1994)
• Nadezhda Simonyan (1922–1997)
• Clara Sinde Ramallal (born 1935)
• Chitra Singh (born 1940)
• Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
• Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
• Alice Sirooni (1921–2011)
• Mirjana Sistek-Djordjevic (born 1935)
• Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs (1920–2005)
• Hanna Skalska-Szemioth (1921–1964)
• Nellie Bangs Skelton (1855–1911)
• Fannie Lovering Skinner (1867–1938)
• Synne Skouen (born 1950)
• Irene Skovgaard (1902–1982)
• Janina Skowronska (1920–1992)
• Bettina Skrzypczak (born 1962)
• Dagmara Slianova-Mizandari (1910–1983)
• Jane Sloman (1824–after 1850)
• Harriet Anne Smart (1817–1883)
• Pril Smiley (born 1943)
• Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova (1910–1980)
• Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
• Ella May Dunning Smith (1860–1934)
• Irene Britton Smith (1907–1999)
• Julia Smith (1911–1989)
• Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
• Nellie von Gerichten Smith (1871–1952)
• Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
• Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
• Jitka Snížková (1924–1989)
• Mary McCarty Snow (1928–2012)
• Joanídia Sodré (1903–1975)
• Charlotte Sohy (1887–1955)
• Josefa Somellera (1810–1885)
• Silvia Sommer (born 1944)
• Brunhilde Sonntag (1936–2002)
• Sylvia Soublette (1924–2020)
• Mildred Souers (1894–1977)
• Ann Southam (1937–2010)
• Isabel Soveral (born 1961)
• Maj Sønstevold (1917–1996)
• Susan Spain-Dunk (1880–1962))
• Eva Ruth Spalding (1883–1969)
• Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
• Anita Socola Specht (1871–1958)
• Lita Spena (1904–1989)
• Fannie Morris Spencer (1865–1943)
• Williametta Spencer (born 1927)
• Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
• Louise Cooper Spindle (1885–1968)
• Cristina Spinei (born 1984)
• Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
• Louise Spizizen (1928–2010)
• Charlotte Sporleder (1836–1915)
• Hope Squire (1878–1936)
• M. M. Srilekha (born 1974)
• Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
• Patty Stair (1869–1926)
• Louise E. Stairs (1892–1975)
• Elena Stanekaite-Laumyanskene (1880–1960)
• Erika Stang (1861–1898)
• Helen Camille Stanley (born 1930)
• Iet Stants (1903–1968)
• Anna Diller Starbuck (1868–1929)
• Helen Steele (born 1894)
• Ivana Stefanovic (born 1948)
• Gladys Marie Stein (1900–1989)
• Lena Stein-Schneider (1874–1958)
• Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956)
• Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)
• Gitta Steiner (1932–1990)
• Julia Stilman-Lasansky (1935–2007)
• Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895)
• Lindsey Stirling (born 1986)
• Magdalene Stirling (1765–1846)
• Margaret McClure Stitt (1886–1979)
• Stella Stocker (1858–1925)
• Morris Stockton (1873–1964)
• Nina Stollewerk (1825–1914)
• Ingrid Stölzel (born 1971)
• Pauline B. Story (1870–1952)
• Louise Strantz (1823–1909)
• Anne Stratton (1887–1977)
• Alice Streatch (1909–1999)
• Lyubov Streicher (1888–1958)
• Else Streit (1869–?)
• Lily Strickland (1887–1958)
• Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
• Dorothy Strutt (born 1941)
• Elsa Stuart-Bergstrom (1889–1970)
• Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912)
• Herma Studeny (1886–1973)
• Dorothy Geneva Styles (1922–1984)
• Meenakshi Subramanyam
• Dana Suesse (1909–1987)
• Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
• Marion Dix Sullivan (fl. 1840–50)
• Mira Sulpizi (born 1923)
• Asya Sultanova (1923–2021)
• Heidi Sundblad-Halme (1903–1973)
• Anna Suszczynska (1877–1931)
• Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
• Rodica Sutzu (1913–1979)
• Natela Svanidze (1926–2017)
• Elizabeth Swados (1951–2016)
• Freda Swain (1902–1985)
• Elsa Swartz (1874–1948)
• Edith Swepstone (fl. 1885–1930)
• Kay Swift (1897–1993)
• Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935)
• Mary Helena Synge (1840–1917)
• Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994)
• Iris Szeghy (born 1956)
• Erzsébet Szőnyi (1924–2019)
• Margit Sztaray (1859–?)
• Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)
• Iwonka Bogumila Szymanska (born 1943)
• Joan Szymko (born 1957)

T

• Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980)
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
• Toyoko Takami (born 1945)
• Marjo Tal (1915–2006)
• Louise Talma (1906–1996)
• Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
• Hilary Tann (born 1947)
• Bertha Tapper (1859–1915)
• Frances Tarbox (1874–1959)
• Charlotte Tardieu (1829–1890)
• Karen Tarlow (born 1947)
• Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
• Erna Tauro (1916–1993)
• Cornelia Tautu (1938–2019)
• Katherine Teck (born 1939)
• Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)
• Anna Teichmüller (1861–1940)
• Nancy Telfer (born 1950)
• Hope Temple (1859–1938)
• Maria Elizabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen (1885–1980)
• Anice Potter Terhune (1873–1964)
• Anne Terrier Laffaille (1904–1971)
• Alicia Terzian (born 1934)
• Ivana Marburger Themmen (born 1935)
• Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989)
• Annette Thoma (1886–1974)
• Gertrude Auld Thomas (1872–1959)
• Jennifer Thomas (pianist) (born 1977)
• Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
• Diane Thome (born 1942)
• Alexandra Thomson (1867–1907)
• Ellen R. Thompson (1928–2014)
• Shirley Thompson (born 1958)
• Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir (Anna Thorvaldsdottir) (born 1977)
• Pauline Thys (c. 1836–1909)
• Tibors (fl. mid-12th century)
• Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979)
• Bertha Tideman-Wijers (1887–1976)
• Jeanette Tillett (1888–1965)
• Eta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (1917–2008)
• Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967)
• Zlata Tkach (1928–2006)
• Helen Tobias-Duesberg (1919–2010)
• Esther Cox Todd (1895–1971)
• Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991)
• Leonie Tonel (died 1886)
• Celia Torra (1889–1962)
• Joan Tower (born 1938)
• Marie Townsend (1851–1912)
• Natalie Townsend (1866–1962)
• Michiko Toyama (1908–2000)
• Elinor Meissner Traeger (1906–1983)
• Susan Trew (born 1853)
• Joan Trimble (1915–2000)
• Ruth Tripp (1897–1971)
• Alba Trissina (fl. 1622)
• Theodora Troendle (1893–1972)
• Wilhelmine von Troschke und Rosenwehrt (1775–1830)
• Josephine Trott (1874–1950)
• Josephine Troup (1853–1912)
• Agnes Tschetschulin (1859–1942)
• Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
• Karmella Tsepkolenko (born 1955)
• Calliope Tsoupaki (born 1963)
• Felicia Tuczek (1849–1905)
• Louise Tunison (1872–1899)
• Mildred Cozzens Turner (1897–1992)
• Myra Brooks Turner (1936–2017)
• Florence Turner-Maley (1871–1962)
• Pava Turtygina (1902–1985)
• Hendrika van Tussenbroek (1854–1935)
• Mary Lynn Twombly (born 1935)
• Norma Tyer (born 1928)
• Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883)
• Mildred Lund Tyson (1895–1989)

U

• Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
• Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009)
• Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846–1896)
• Anne Upton (1892–1970)
• Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
• Irma Urteaga (1929–2022)
• Julia Usher (born 1945)
• Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
• Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)

W

• Mimi Wagensonner (1897–1970)
• Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
• Harriet Wainwright (c. 1766–1843)
• Mary Augusta Wakefield (1853–1910)
• Josephine-Rosalie de Walckiers (1756–1836)
• Julie Waldburg-Wurzach (1841–1914)
• Freya Waley-Cohen (born 1989)
• Caroline Holme Walker (1863–1955)
• Ella May Walker (1892–1960)
• Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
• Shirley Walker (1945–2006)
• Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
• Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
• Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780)
• Jennifer Walshe (born 1974)
• Constance Walton (1919–2017)
• Tekla Griebel-Wandall (1866–1940)
• Dorothy Wanderman (1897–1988)
• An-Ming Wang (born 1926)
• Qiang Wang (born 1935)
• Ying Wang (born 1976)
• Kate Lucy Ward (1833–1915)
• Hermene Warlick Eichhorn (1906–2001)
• Katharine Mulky Warne (1923–2015)
• Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991)
• Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865)
• Satella Waterstone (1875–1938)
• Mabel Madison Watson (1872–1952)
• Regina Watson (1845–1913)
• Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
• Carol Ann Weaver (born 1948)
• Mary Watson Weaver (1903–1990)
• Alliene Brandon Webb (1910–1965)
• Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabo (1813–1874)
• Vilma von Webenau (1875–1953)
• Bertha Weber (1887–1961)
• Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
• Emmy Wegener (1901–1973)
• Vally Weigl (1889–1982)
• Judith Weir (born 1954)
• Helen L. Weiss (1920–1948)
• Edith Weiss-Mann (1885–1951)
• Svea Nordblad Welander (1898–1985)
• Georgina Weldon (1837–1914)
• Jane Sinclair Wells (born 1952)
• Norma Wendelburg (1918–2016)
• Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
• Elisabet Wentz-Janacek (1923–2014)
• Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949)
• Helen Searles Westbrook (1889–1967)
• Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
• Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
• Mildred Weston (1892–1975)
• Adelheid Wette (1858–1916)
• June Weybright (1903–1996)
• Janet Wheeler (born 1957)
• Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)
• Claude Porter White (1907–1975)
• Elise Fellows White (1873–1953)
• Estelle White (1925–2011)
• Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)
• Ruth White (1925–2013)
• Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
• Bessie Marshall Whitely (1871–1944)
• E. Florence Whitlock (1889–1978)
• Dorothy Whitson Freed (1919–2000)
• Chris Mary Francine Whittle (born 1927)
• Caroline Wichern (1836–1906)
• Florence Wickham (1880–1962)
• Aimée Van de Wiele (1907–1991)
• Lili Wieruszowski (1899–1971)
• Frances Turgeon Wiggin (1891–1985)
• Mary Wiggins (1904–1974)
• Margaret Wigham (1904–1972)
• Inger Wikström (born 1939)
• Clara Wildschut (1906–1950)
• Margaret Jones Wiles (1911–2000)
• Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
• Maria Wilhelmj (1850s–1930)
• Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
• Grace Williams (1906–1977)
• Jean E. Williams (1876–1965)
• Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
• Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
• Regina Hansen Willman (1914–1965)
• Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002)
• Addie Anderson Wilson (1876–1966)
• Gertrude Hoag Wilson (1888–1968)
• Hilda Wilson (1860–1918)
• Joan Dolores Wilson (born 1933)
• Helen Wing (1892–1981)
• Therese Emilie Henriette Winkel (1784–1867)
• Elisabeth Wintzer (1863–1933)
• Edith Wire (1889–1973)
• Debbie Wiseman (born 1963)
• Caroline Wiseneder (1807–1868)
• Betty Rose Wishart (born 1947)
• Beatrice Witkin (1916–1990)
• Monica Witni (born 1930)
• Therese Wittman (1869–1942)
• Diane Wittry (born 1964)
• Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
• Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
• Sophie Wolff-Fritz (1858–1938)
• Erna Woll (1917–2005)
• Gertrude Price Wollner (1900–1985)
• Elsa Laura Wolzogen (1876–1945)
• Betty Ann Wong (born 1938)
• Hsiung-Zee Wong (born 1947)
• Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
• Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919)
• Eliza Woods (1872–1961)
• Emma Wooge (1857–1935)
• Julia Woolf (1831–1893)
• Lola Carrier Worrell (1870–1929)
• Amy Aldrich Worth (1888–1967)
• Ellen Riley Wright (1859–1904)
• Nannie Louise Wright (1879–1958)
• Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
• Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
• Sinta Wullur (born 1958)
• Ilse Gerda Wunsch (1911–2003)
• Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938)
• Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919)
• Ann Wyeth McCoy (1915–2005)
• Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)

X

• Margareta Xenopol (1892–1979)
• Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991)
• Huguang Xin (1933–2011)
• Qu Xixian (1919–2008)

Y

• Yevgania Yosifovna Yakhina (1918–1983)
• Michiru Yamane (born 1963)
• Ludmila Anatolievna Yaroshevskaya (1906–1975)
• Louise Yazbeck (1910–1995)
• Arlene Buckneberg Ydstie (born 1928)
• Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926)
• Chen Yi (born 1953)
• Eliza Mazzucato Young (1846–1937)
• Harriet Maitland Young (1828–1923)
• Jane Corner Young (1915–2001)
• Nina C. Young (born 1984)
• Rolande Maxwell Young (1927–2015)
• Glad Robinson Youse (1898–1985)

Z

• Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948)
• Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
• Barbara Maria Zakrzewska-Nikiporczyk (born 1946)
• Arlene Zallman (1934–2006)
• Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek (1904–1972)
• Maria Semyonovna Zavalishina (born 1903)
• Ruth Zechlin (1926–2007)
• Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
• Dafina Zeqiri (composer) (born 1984)
• Gaziza Zhubanova (1927–1993)
• Valentine Yanovna Zhubinskaya (1926–2013)
• Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaia (born 1937)
• Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova (born 1909)
• Lidia Zielinska (born 1953)
• Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)
• Frances Ziffer (1917–1996)
• Marilyn J. Ziffrin (1926–2018)
• Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
• Margrit Zimmermann (1927–2020)
• Phyllis Zimmerman (1934–2012)
• Mirjana Živkovic (1935–2020)
• Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987)
• Marija Zubova (1749–1799)
• Mana Zucca (1885–1981)
• Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
• Esther Zweig (1906–1981)
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

See also

• List of Australian women composers