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Below is an overview of the 285 female classical music composers that are now included in the Classical Composers Database. The list is ordered by date of birth (if known). Please let me know if any composers are missing from this list.
- Carolyn Sparey [Scotland –]
- Elizabeth Martin [unknown –]
- Irena Kosíková [Czech Republic –]
- Lisa Scola Prosek [Italy –]
- Margaret Meachem [USA –]
- Hildegard von Bingen|Hildegard [Germany 1098–1179]
- Bertha Jacobs|Suster Bertken [The Netherlands 1426–1514]
- Anna von Köln [Germany 1480–1530]
- Maddelena Casulana [Italy 1540–1590]
- Caterina Assandra [Italy 1570–1610]
- Francesca Caccini [Italy 1587–1640]
- Chiara Margarita Cozzolani [Italy 1602–1678]
- Sophia Elisabetha von Braunschweig [germany 1613–1667]
- Jane Pickering [England 1616–]
- Barbara Strozzi [Italy 1619–1677]
- Isabella Leonarda [Italy 1620–1704]
- Maria Francesca Nascimbeni [Italy 1658–1680]
- Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre [France 1665–1729]
- Anna Amalia von Preußen [Preußen (Germany) 1723–1787]
- Maria Antonia Walpurga|Walpurgis [Germany 1724–1780]
- Anna Bon (di Venezia) [Italy (?) 1740–]
- Marianne Anna Martinez [Austria 1744–1812]
- Maddalena Laura Lombardini-Sirmen [Italy 1745–1818]
- Maria Theresia von Paradis [Austria 1759–1824]
- Maria Szymanowska [Poland 1789–1831]
- Gertrude van den Bergh [The Netherlands 1793–1840]
- Fanny Cécile Mendelssohn|Hensel [Germany 1805–1847]
- Josephine Lang [Germany 1815–1880]
- Clara Schumann [Germany 1819–1896]
- Pauline Garcia-Viardot [France 1821–1910]
- Tekla Badarcewska-Baranowska [Poland 1834–1861]
- Arabella Goddard [France 1836–1922]
- Alice Mary Smith|Meadows-White [England 1839–1884]
- Elfrida Andrée [Sweden 1841–1929]
- Valentina Semyonova Serova-Bergman [Russia 1846–1924]
- Marie Jaëll [France 1846–1925]
- Agathe Backer Grøndahl [Norway 1847–1907]
- Augusta (Mary Anne) Holmès|Hermann Zenta [France 1847–1903]
- Luise Adolpha Le Beau [Germany 1850–1927]
- Maria Teresa Carreño Garcia de Sena [Venezuela 1853–1917]
- Hendrika van Tussenbroek [The Netherlands 1854–1935]
- Marjory Kennedy-Fraser [Scotland 1857–1930]
- Cécile Chaminade [France 1857–1944]
- Rosalind Frances Ellicott [England 1857–1924]
- Hilda Sehested [Denmark 1858–1936]
- Mélanie (Mel) Bonis [France 1858–1937]
- Dame Ethel Mary Smyth [England 1858–1944]
- Catharina van Rennes [The Netherlands 1858–1940]
- Ida Georgina Moberg [Finland 1859–]
- Amy Marcy Beach [USA 1867–1944]
- Louise V. Gustin [USA 1870–1910]
- Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman [The Netherlands 1874–1953]
- Marion Scott [England 1877–1953]
- Elisabeth Kuyper [The Netherlands 1877–1953]
- Alma Schindler|Mahler [Austria 1879–1964]
- Gena Branscombe [Canada 1881–1977]
- Adaline Shepherd [USA 1883–1950]
- Christina (Dina) Appeldoorn [The Netherlands 1884–1938]
- Rebecca Clarke [England 1886–1979]
- Florence Beatrice Price [USA 1887–1953]
- Nadia (Juliette) Boulanger [France 1887–1979]
- Irene M. Giblin [USA 1888–1974]
- María de Baratta [El Salvador 1890–1978]
- Pauline Hall [Norway 1890–1969]
- Gladys Rich [USA 1892–1972]
- Germaine Tailleferre [France 1892–1983]
- Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman [The Netherlands 1892–1971]
- Lili (Juliëtte Marie Olga) Boulanger [France 1893–1918]
- Francine Benoit [France 1894–1990]
- Guiomar Novaës [Brazil 1895–1979]
- Henriëtte Bosmans [The Netherlands 1895–1952]
- María Isabel Curubeto Godoy [Argentina 1898–1959]
- Lili Wieruszowski [Germany 1899–1970]
- Grete von Zieritz [Austria 1899–2001]
- Elinor Remick Warren [USA 1900–1991]
- Emmy Frensel Wegener [The Netherlands 1901–1973]
- Ruth Crawford|Seeger [USA 1901–1953]
- Iet Stants [The Netherlands 1903–1968]
- Berta Alves de Sousa [Portugal 1906–1997]
- Grace Williams [Wales 1906–1977]
- Elisabeth Lutyens [England 1906–1983]
- Louise (Victoria) Talma [France 1906–1996]
- Elizabeth Maconchy [England 1907–1994]
- Yvonne Berthe Melitta Desportes [Germany 1907–1993]
- Jean Coulthard [Canada 1908–2000]
- Nina Makarova [Russia 1908–1976]
- Grazyna Bacewicz [Poland 1909–1969]
- Phyllis (Margaret) Tate [England 1911–1987]
- Barbara Pentland [Canada 1912–2000]
- Lydia Auster [Kazakhstan 1912–1993]
- Ivana Lang [Croatia 1912–1982]
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks [Australia 1912–1990]
- Margaret Bonds [USA 1913–1972]
- Violet Archer [Canada 1913–2000]
- Vivian Fine [USA 1913–2000]
- Cacilda Borges-Barbosa [Brazil 1914–]
- Vítězslava Kaprálová [Czech Republic 1915–1940]
- Joan Trimble [Ireland 1915–2000]
- Els Aarne [Ukraine 1917–1995]
- Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya [Russia 1919–2006]
- Jeanne Demessieux [France 1921–1968]
- Ester Mägi [Estonia 1922–]
- Margaret Buechner [Germany 1922–1998]
- Doreen Mary Carwithen|Alwyn [UK 1922–2003]
- Madeleine Winefride Isabelle Dring [England 1923–1977]
- Angela Morley|Wally Stott [England 1924–2009]
- Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar [Poland (now Ukraine) 1924–2008]
- Adele Berk [USA 1924–2010]
- Edith Borroff [USA 1925–]
- Bebe Barron|Charlotte May Wind [USA 1925–2008]
- Marilyn Ziffrin [USA 1926–]
- Maria de Lourdes Martins [Portugal 1926–]
- Betsy Jolas [France 1926–]
- Elaine Hugh-Jones [England 1927–]
- Emma Lou Diemer [USA 1927–]
- Thea Musgrave [Scotland 1928–]
- Clotilde Rosa [Portugal 1930–]
- Jacqueline Fontyn [Belgium 1930–]
- Nancy Van de Vate [USA 1930–]
- Nancy Bloomer Deussen [USA 1931–]
- Myriam Marbe [Rumania 1931–]
- Sofia Gubaidulina [Tartar Republic 1931–]
- Marta Jirakova [Czech Republic 1932–]
- Pauline Oliveros [USA 1932–]
- Tera de Marez Oyens [The Netherlands 1932–1996]
- Ida Gotkovsky [France 1933–]
- Amanda Guerreño [Argentina 1933–]
- Alicia Terzian [Argentina 1936–]
- Barbara Heller [Germany 1936–]
- Katherine Hoover [USA 1937–]
- Marta Lambertini [Argentina 1937–]
- Ann Southam [Canada 1937–2010]
- Constança Capdeville [Portugal 1937–1992]
- Naomi Stephan [USA 1938–]
- Joan Tower [USA 1938–]
- Gloria Coates [USA 1938–]
- Isabelle Aboulker [France 1938–]
- Barbara Kolb [USA 1939–]
- Margaret Lucy Wilkins [England 1939–]
- Kathryn Mishell [USA 1940–]
- Heidi Baader Nobs [Switzerland 1940–]
- Elizabeth Vercoe [USA 1941–]
- Birgitte Alsted [Denmark 1942–]
- Meredith Monk [USA 1942–]
- Marta Ptaszynska [Poland 1943–]
- Alice Shields [USA 1943–]
- Michèle Reverdy [Egypt 1943–]
- Anna Bofill Levi [Spain 1944–]
- Rhian Samuel [Wales 1944–]
- Dorothy Buchanan [New Zealand 1945–]
- Janice G. Augustus [USA 1945–]
- Judith Lang Zaimont [USA 1945–]
- Eleni Karaindrou|Ελένη Καραΐνδρου [Greece 1946–]
- Sheila Silver [USA 1946–]
- Anne Elizabeth Boyd [Australia 1946–]
- Laurie Conrad [USA 1946–]
- Hilary Tann [Wales 1947–]
- Gwyneth V. Walker [USA 1947–]
- Nicola LeFanu [England 1947–]
- Hasu Patel [India 1947–]
- Franghiz Ali-Zadeh [Azerbaijan 1947–]
- Ada Gentile [Italy 1947–]
- Betty Wishart [USA 1947–]
- Melinda Bargreen [USA 1947–]
- Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph [South Africa 1948–]
- Marie-Christine Raboud-Theurillat [Switzerland 1948–]
- Rain Worthington [USA 1949–]
- Meira Warshauer [USA 1949–]
- Maria Niederberger [Switzerland 1949–]
- Jane Brockman [USA 1949–]
- Judith Shatin [USA 1949–]
- Beth Anderson [USA 1950–]
- Marilynn Stark [USA 1950–]
- Elena Firsova|Елена Олеговна Фирсова [Russia 1950–]
- Lisa Ragsdale [USA 1950–]
- Synne Skouen [Norway 1950–]
- Sheryl Fisher [USA 1950–]
- Libby Larsen [USA 1950–]
- Teresa Catalán [Spain 1951–]
- Rahilja Hasanova [Azerbaijan 1951–]
- Alla Pavlova|Алла Павлова [Ukraine 1952–]
- Wendy Reid [USA 1952–]
- Karen Fremar [USA 1952–]
- Judith Bingham [England 1952–]
- Kaija Saariaho [Finland 1952–]
- Maud Sauer [ 1952–]
- Lorna Paterson [Canada 1953–]
- Sonja Beets [The Netherlands 1953–]
- Elma Miller [Canada 1954–]
- Silvie Bodorová [ 1954–]
- María Escribano [Spain 1954–2002]
- Judith Weir [Scotland 1954–]
- Colette Mourey [Morocco 1954–]
- Judith Cloud [USA 1954–]
- Tracey Rush [USA 1955–]
- Atie Bernet [The Netherlands 1955–]
- Eleanor Joanne Daley [Canada 1955–]
- Tatyana Divina [Belarus 1955–]
- Anne La Berge [USA 1955–]
- Laurel Zucker [USA 1955–]
- Jane Ellen [USA 1956–]
- Sally Beamish [England 1956–]
- Margriet Verbeek [The Netherlands 1957–]
- Annette Kruisbrink [The Netherlands 1958–]
- Zulema de la Cruz [Spain 1958–]
- Jana Rowland [England 1958–]
- Eve Beglarian [USA 1958–]
- Consuelo Diez [Spain 1958–]
- Julia Wolfe [ 1958–]
- Arleta Weiss [Poland 1959–]
- Lynn Job [USA 1959–]
- Caroline Ansink [Netherlands 1959–]
- Hyo-shin Na [South Korea 1959–]
- Zlata Razdolina [Russia 1959–]
- Katrina Wreede [USA 1960–]
- Paula Azguime [Portugal 1960–]
- Ramona Luengen [Canada 1960–]
- Alla Penkina [Russia 1960–]
- Mary C. Wright [USA 1960–]
- Gina Biver [USA 1960–]
- Lilia Valitova [Russia 1960–]
- Isabel Soveral [Portugal 1961–]
- Janet Owen Thomas [UK 1961–2002]
- Hanna Kulenty [Poland 1961–]
- Karen Tanaka [Japan 1961–]
- Unsuk Chin [Korea 1961–]
- Maria Talis [The Netherlands 1962–]
- Mary Finsterer [Australia 1962–]
- Ludmila Yurina [Ukraine 1962–]
- Bettina Skrzypczak [Poland 1962–]
- Laura Elise Schwendinger [Mexico 1962–]
- Isabel Mundry [Germany 1963–]
- Lucia Ronchetti [Italy 1963–]
- Sophie Lacaze [France 1963–]
- Mia Zabelka [Austria 1963–]
- Mercedes Zavala Gironés [Spain 1963–]
- Julia Gomelskaya|Юлія Гомельська [Ukraine 1964–]
- Augusta Read Thomas [USA 1964–]
- Nino Janjgava [Georgia 1964–]
- Rozalie Hirs [The Netherlands 1965–]
- Lauren Bernofsky [USA 1967–]
- Lara Morciano [Italy 1968–]
- Roxanna Panufnik [England 1968–]
- Vanessa Lann [USA 1968–]
- Olga Neuwirth [Austria 1968–]
- Lisa Bielawa [USA 1969–]
- Patricia Leonard [USA 1969–]
- Shawn Garmon [USA 1969–]
- Arlene Elizabeth Sierra [USA 1970–]
- Marina Leonardi [Italy 1970–]
- Sara Carvalho [Portugal 1970–]
- Carme Fernández Vidal [Spain 1970–]
- Isabel Pires [Portugal 1970–]
- Vera Ivanova [Russia 1971–]
- Maka Maya Virsaladze [Georgia, Caucasus 1971–]
- Adriana Sá [Portugal 1972–]
- Andrea Mitternight [USA 1972–]
- Patrícia Sucena Almeida [Portugal 1972–]
- Amy Scurria [USA 1973–]
- Lera Auerbach [Russia 1973–]
- Anne van Schothorst [The Netherlands 1974–]
- Michelle Willis [USA 1974–]
- Orianna Webb [USA 1974–]
- Gilda Lyons [USA 1975–]
- Annelies Van Parys [Belgium 1975–]
- Marie-Angélique Bueler [The Netherlands 1975–]
- Svitlana Azarova|Светлана Азарова [Ukraine 1976–]
- Neria Cepaite [Lithuania 1976–]
- Elisa Harris [England 1976–]
- Louise Thompson [UK 1976–]
- Emily Anna Bridges [USA 1977–]
- Armine Abrahamyan [Armenia 1978–]
- Bojana Saljic [Slovenia 1978–]
- Rebecca Lloyd [Australia 1978–]
- Anne Victorino d’Almeida [France 1978–]
- Rae Howell [Australia 1979–]
- Monica Sáles [USA 1979–]
- Leah Kardos [Australia 1979–]
- Sarah Llewellyn [UK 1979–]
- Olivia Saunders Fox [England 1980–]
- Alexandra Barkovskaya [Belarus 1980–]
- Diana Rotaru [Romania 1981–]
- Donika Rudi [Kosovo 1982–]
- Marzia Gaggioli [Italy 1985–]
- Sara Claro [Portugal 1986–]
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