List of women composers by name facts for kids
This article is a special list of amazing women who wrote music! They are called composers. You'll find their names here, sorted from A to Z. If you want to see a list of women composers sorted by when they were born, you can check out List of women composers by birth date.
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Discovering Women Composers
For a long time, it was harder for women to become famous composers. Many talented women wrote beautiful music, but their work wasn't always recognized or performed as much as men's music. This list helps us celebrate these incredible women and their contributions to music history. Learning about them shows us that music is for everyone, no matter who they are!
How to Use This List
This list is organized by the composer's last name, from A to Z. You can scroll through to find a specific composer you're curious about, or just explore and discover new names! Each entry shows the composer's name and the years they lived.
A
- 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 (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)
- 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)
- Jeanette Coron (born 1987)
- 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)
- 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)
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- 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)
- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Anne Quigley (born 1955 or 1956)
- Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
- Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611)
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- 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)
- Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
- Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
- Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
- Betty Roe (born 1930)
- Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
- Teresa de Rogatis (1893–1979)
- 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)
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- 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)
- Serena Tideman (born 1978)
- 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)
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- 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)
- Aimee 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
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