THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WOMEN COMPOSERS
(but maybe no one has told you about them)
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Project to highlight music composed by women throughout history
Contents
1 Hildegard Von Bingen (1098–1179) Germany
2 Maddalena Casulana (1544–1590) Italy
3 Lucia Quinciani (1566–1611) Italy
4 Vittoria Aleotti (1575–1620) Italy
5 Francesca Caccini (1587–1641) Italy
6 Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1676) Italy
7 Leonora Duarte (1610–1678) Belgium
8 Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) Italy
9 Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704) Italy
10 Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729) France
11 Guillermina de Prusia (1709–1758) Germany
12 Elisabetta de Gambarini (1730–1765) England
13 Francoise DesFozzes (1743–1823) France
14 Marianne Von Martinez (1744–1812) Austria
15 Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818) Italy
16 Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791) Germany
17 Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820) Austria
18 Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759–1824) Austria
19 Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833) Italy
20 Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838) Germany
21 Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836) France
22 Julié Candeille (1767–1834) France
23 Sophia Dussek (1775–1831) England
24 Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831) Poland
25 Ida Henriete da Fonseca (1802–1858) Denmark
26 Louise Farrenc (1804–1875) France
27 Maria Malibrán (1808–1836) Spain / France
28 Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) Germany
29 Josephine Lang (1815–1880) Germany
30 Clara Wieck (1819–1896) Germany
31 Pauline Viardot (1821–1910) France
32 Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907) France
33 Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892) Russia
34 Tekla Badarzewska-Baranowska (1838–1861) Poland
35 Emmeline Darolle (1838–1915) France
36 LiliÊ»uokalani (1838–1917) Hawái (USA)
37 Laura Netzel (1839–1927) Sweden
38 Ingeborg Von Bronsart (1840–1913) Germany
49 Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929) Sweden
40 Marie Damaschino (1844–1921) France
41 Mélanie Chasselon (1845–1923) France
42 Ika Peyron (1845–1922) Sweden
43 Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883) Austria
44 Sophie Menter (1846–1918) Germany
45 Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935) Brazil
46 Augusta Holmes (1847–1903) France
47 Agathe Backer Grondahl (1847–1907) Norway
48 Helena Munktell (1852–1919) Sweden
49 Teresa Carreño (1853–1917) Venezuela
50 Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937) USA
51 Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945) Scotland / USA
52 Cecile Chaminade (1857–1944) France
53 Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944) Austria
54 Melanie Bonis (1858–1937) France
55 Ethel Smyht (1858–1944) England
56 Hilda Sehested (1858–1936) Denmark
57 Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944) France
58 Halina Krzyzanowska (1860–1937) Poland
59 Laura Valborg Aulin (1860–1928) Sweden
60 Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938) Norway
62 Clara Faisst (1872–1948) Germany
63 Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940) Russia
64 Henriette Renie (1875–1956) France
65 Helene Fleury (1876–1957) France
66 Mabel Daniels (1877–1971) USA
67 Elisabeht Kuyper (1877–1953) Netherlands
68 Johanna Müller (1878–1941) Austria
69 Johanna Senfter (1879–1961) Germany
70 Susan Spain Dunk (1880–1962) England
71 Marion Bauer (1882–1955) USA
73 Blanche Selva (1884–1942) France
74 Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923) Croatia
75 Rebeca Clarke (1886–1979) USA
76 Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) France
77 Florence Price (1887–1953) USA
78 Ina Boyle (1889–1967) Ireland
79 Frida Kern (1891–1988) Austria
80 Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983) France
81 Lili Boulanger (1893–1918) France
82 Slava Vorlova (1894–1973) Czech Republic
83 Henriette Bosmans (1895–1952) Netherlands
84 Dorothy Howell (1898–1982) England
85 Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953) USA
86 Lucija Garuta (1902–1977) Latvia
87 Ivy Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986) South Africa
88 Claire Delbos (1906–1959) France
89 Zara Levina (1906–1976) Russia
90 Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994) England
91 Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993) France
92 Ljubica Maric (1909–2003) Serbia
93 Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) Poland
94 Vivian Fine (1913–2000) USA
95 Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914–2010) Brazil
96 Vitezslava Kapralova (1915–1940) Czech Republic
97 Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006) Russia
98 Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968) France