List of women composers

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This list of female composers contains well-known female composers from all epochs of music history, but they are numerically far fewer than composers. Basically, this difference is due to the socio-cultural environment, which up until recent times only rarely allowed professional musical training for women, especially in the subject of composition . Systematic research into the biographies and works of women composing only began at the end of the 20th century.

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Dobrinka Tabakova Lera Auerbach Olga Neuwirth Isabel Mundry Chin Un-suk Maria de Alvear Jocelyn Pook Laura Karpman Carola Bauckholt Eve Beglarian Chaya Czernowin Judith Weir Violeta Dinescu Kaija Saariaho Shulamit Ran Judith Lang Zaimont Meredith Monk Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Barbara Kolb Maryanne Amacher Joan Tower Gloria Coates Keiko Abe Barbara Heller Pauline Oliveros Sofia Gubaidulina Thea Musgrave Emma Lou Diemer Cathy Berberian Ursula Mamlok Jeanne Demessieux Erna Woll Violet Archer Peggy Glanville-Hicks Neue Musik Musik der Romantik Elizabeth Maconchy Imogen Holst Elisabeth Lutyens Claude Arrieu Priaulx Rainier Ruth Crawford Seeger Marcelle de Manziarly Grete von Zieritz Kay Swift Lili Boulanger Germaine Tailleferre May Aufderheide Nadia Boulanger Rebecca Clarke Marion Bauer Margaret Ruthven Lang Amy Beach Ethel Smyth Clara Schumann Emilie Mayer Fanny Hensel Louise Farrenc Emilie Zumsteeg Helene Liebmann Bettina von Arnim Louise Reichardt Sophie Gail Maria Rosa Coccia Juliane Reichardt Marianna Martines Anna Amalia von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Anna Bon di Venezia Amalie von Preußen Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini Wiener Klassik Wilhelmine von Preußen (1709–1758) Mrs Philarmonica Camilla de Rossi Antonia Bembo Isabella Leonarda Barbara Strozzi Leonora Duarte Chiara Margarita Cozzolani Caterina Assandra Francesca Caccini Vittoria Raffaella Aleotti Maddalena Casulana Mezari Hildegard von Bingen Kassia Alte Musik Epoche (Musik)

See also

All lists with women from a social area or an occupation Portal women: Lists of women in individual areas  - overview