Artistic ability is gender-neutral. That is one of the points I've tried to make in these pages. As such, I hesitated to provide a specific list of female composers. The most prominent among them have already been included with their male peers in the lists already provided. In view of the historical bias against female composers, however, I think that pulling them together into this special list will help balance the record, and make it easier for listeners to discover the much great music that has been overlooked and neglected for so long. It was compiled from a number of shorter lists and articles that can be found in the References Page, mainly under Group C.
There are eighty-some names on this list. No doubt I have missed some, and the list may ultimately grow to 100 or more. Any reader who has suggestions for additions, please let me know.
Bold-faced names on the list have already been included in the top-200 lists, where you can find some further information and portraits. Most of the rest are recent and contemporary composers who have not yet been evaluated in a historical context. Nearly all have informative entries in Wikipedia as well.
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179); German - Hymns and Songs ; Ave generosa ; Ordo Virtutum
Maddalena Casulana (c1544-90); Italian (Venetian) - Madrigales; Morir non può mio cuore
Francesca Caccini (1587 - after 1641); Italian - La liberazione di Ruggiero (opera); 'lasciatemi qui solo' (Il primo libro delle Musiche)
Barbara Strozzi (1619 –1677); Italian (Venetian) - Amor domiglione'L'eraclito amoroso' from Cantate e Ariette, opus 2; Lagrime mie, complete cantata
Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704); Italian - Sonata decima ; 12 Sonatas, Op.16; Magnificat; Messa Prima, Op.XVIII (1696)
Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729); French - Suite in A minor (harpsichord); Violin sonata no. 1 in D minor; Céphale et Procris (opera)
Anna Amalia Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1739 –1807) German - Erwin und Elmire (opera): Overture ; Sono sposa e sono amante; Divertimento in B-Dur (c.1780)
Marianna Martines (1744-1812); Austrian] - Overture ("Sinfonia") in C Major ; Mass No. 2 in G Major (1760)
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831); Polish - Polonaise in F minor; Fantaisie pour le pianoforte (1820) ; Wilija,naszych strumieni rodzica (1830), for soprano and piano; Serenade for celloand piano (1820)
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875); French - Trio for flute, cello, & piano; SymphonyNo.3 in G Minor, Op.36 (1847); Valse-Brillante op.48 for piano
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847); German - Overture in C; Hiob Cantata; String Quartet in E flat major; Notturnoin G minor; Das Jahr; Bergeslust
Emilie Mayer (1812–1883); German- Symphony No. 2 in E minor (1847); String Quartet No 1 in Gminor, op 14; Impromptu, Op. 44; Piano Concerto in B-FlatMajor (ca.1845-57
Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896); German - Piano concerto; Piano Trio in G minor; Liebesfrühling, Op. 37: No. 11, Warum willst Du and're fragen
Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884); English - Symphony #1 in C minor; Symphony#2 in A minor; Andante für Klarinette und Orchester; Masque of Pandora Overture; Sacredchoral music
Augusta Holmès (1847-1903); French - Andromède, symphonic poem (1883); Roland Furieux, symphonic poem; La Montagne Noire (Der schwarze Berg) – promotional excerpt
Teresa Carreño (1853-1917); Venezuelan - Ballade, Op.15; La falsa nota" Op. 39; String Quartet in B Minor: I. Allegro
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944); French - Konzertstück in C# minor for piano and orchestra op. 40 (1888); Callirhoe Suite, Op. 37 (1888) from the ballet of the same name; Concertino for flute andorchestra op. 107 (1902); Thème varié, op 89 (1898)
Ethel Smyth (1858- 1944); English - The Wreckers (1904) opera overture; String Quartet in E minor(1912); The Boatswain's Mate (Overture) (1914); Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra (1927); Serenadein D Major: I. Allegro non troppo
Adele aus der Ohe (1861-1937); German - "By the Fountain". Etude de Concert no. 2 Op. 13
Amy Beach (1867-1944); American - Gaelic Symphony; pianoconcerto; Mass in E flat major; Calbide (A)(B)
Lang, Margaret Ruthven (1867-1972); American - Three Piano Pieces; Irish Love Song
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940); Russian - Symphony In B Minor; Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1
Johanna Senfter (1879-1961); German - Sextett in G Minor, Op.44; Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major, Op. 50; Fantasie und Fuge über Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979); French - 3 Pieces for cello and piano
Mary Dickenson-Auner (1880-1965); Irish - Irish Symphony, Op. 16 (1941)
Rebecca Clarke (1886- 1879); English - ViolaSonata (1919); 2 Movements for StringQuartet; Tiger,Tiger
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923); Croatian - Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op.33 (1913); Symphony in F sharp minor, Op. 41 (1918); String Quartet In C Major, Op. 58: Allegro Ma Non Tanto (1922)
Florence Price (1887-1953); American - Symphony in E minor (1932); Concertoin One Movement (for piano and orchestra) (1934); Symphony No. 3 in C minor (1938); Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor (1952)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983); French - Le Marchand d’oiseaux, ballet (1923); Piano Concerto (1924); Concertode la Fidélité for coloratura soprano (1981) (begins about 2:30 after interview in French)
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918); French - Faust et Helene (1913); Vielle prière bouddhique; D’unMatin du Printemps,
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953); American- String Quartet (1931); Suitefor Wind Quintet (1952)
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994); Irish - Nocturne (1950/1951); Symphony for Double String Orchestra (1953); Romanza for Viola & Orchestra (1979); String Quartet No. 11 (1976)
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 — 1969); Polish - Symphony #4
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990); Australian - Concerto Romantico for Viola and Orchestra
Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915-1940); Czech -Suita rustica (1938); Military Sinfonietta, Op. 11; Dubnovápreludia (April preludes) op.13 (1937); Trio pro dechové nástroje; Waving Farewell (Sbohem a satecek) Op. 14
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999); English - Symphony No. 3 Op. 57 (1965); Song for Orchestra
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-); Russian - Offertorium, concerto for violin and orchestra (1986); Light of the End (2006); Johannes Passion (1975)
Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016); American - The Wanderer (1984)
Gloria Coates (1938- ); American - Symphony No. 7
Joan Tower (1938-); American - Concerto for Orchestra Part 1; Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman,” Made in America” (2006), “Sequoia”
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939-); American - Symphony No. 2 "Cello" (c.1985)
Meredith Monk (1942-); American - Strand (Gathering) from Songs of Ascension; Atlas (scenes from the opera)
Judith Lang Zaimont (1945- ); American - Symphony No. 4 ,“Pure, Cool (Water)”
Shulamit Ran (1949- ); Israeli/American - Legends
Libby Larsen (1950); American - Symphony No. 4
Judith Bingham (1952- ); English - The Darkness is No Darkness; The Pilgrimes Travels
Alla Pavlova (1952-); Russian - Symphony #2
Kaija Saariaho (1952-); Finnish - L’Amour de Loin”
Chen Yi (1953-); Chinese - Nu Wa Creates Human Beings; Symphony No.2
Judith Weir (1954- ); British - A Night at the Chinese Opera (opera), Flying Prelude
Sally Beamish (1956-); English – Viola concerto (1995) Laura Kaminsky, (1956- )-[2] - As One (opera)
Anne Dudley (1958- ); English - Hail the Superheroes (world premiere)
Eve Beglarian (1958- ) American - The Continuous Life
Rachel Portman (1960- ); British - excerpts from various soundtracks
Jocelyn Pook (1960- ); English - Where We Came From
Elena Kats-Chernin, (1957- ); Uzbeki/Australian - Piano Concerto No. 2 (“Ragtime”, 2001) Wild Swans Suite
Melinda Wagner (1957- ); American - Concerto for Flute,Strings and Percussion
Errollyn Wallen (1958- ); English - Mighty River; Triple Concerto
Julia Wolfe (1958- ); American - Fountain of Youth
Unsuk Chin (1961-); Korean - Alice in Wonderland, opera (2007)
Jennifer Higdon (1962-); American - Blue Cathedral
Debbie Wiseman (1963 - ); British - The Musical Zodiac
Roxanna Panufnik (1968- ); British - Three Paths to Peace 2008
Valerie Coleman (1970- ); American - Umoja
Zoe Keating (1972- ); Canadian - The Path
Gabriela Lena Frank (1972- ); American - Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Sarah Kirkland Snider (1973- ); American - Unremembered; Kyrie
Lera Auerbach (1973-); Russian - Symphony No. 1
Paola Prestini (1975- ); Italian/American - “Oceanic Verses,” Sjaella
Du Yun (1977- ) Chinese - Angels’ Bone (opera)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977- ); Icelandic - Metacosmos
Cheryl Frances-Hoad (1980- ); British - Your Servant, Elizabeth (World Première); Between the Skies, the River and the Hills – Scherzo
Phamie Gow (1980- ); Scottish - Dancing Hands
Debrinka Tabakova (1980- ); Bulgarian/British - Concerto for Cello and Strings
Missy Mazzoli (1980- ); American - Dark with Excessive Bright; Overture
Anna Clyne (1980- ); English - double concerto, “Prince of Clouds”
Jessie Montgomery (1981- ); American - Starburst; Rhapsody No. 1
Angelica Negron (1981- ); Puerto Rican - Pescadores; Sembrar & Pasajero; Sueno Recurrente No. 1
Charlotte Bray (1982- ); British - Voyage
Caroline Shaw (1982- ); American - To the Sky
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