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THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WOMEN COMPOSERS
(but maybe no one has told you about them)
Project to highlight music composed by women throughout history
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Clémence de Grandval (1828 - 1907) France
Born Marie Félicie Clémence de Reiset, also known as Vicomtesse de Grandval and Marie Grandval, she was a French composer of the Romantic...


Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872-1948) Germany
Clara Faisst was born in Karlsruhe, Baden. Her father died when she was 1. She was the youngest of six children. As a child, she was...


Leonora Duarte (1610-1678) Belgium
A flamenco composer and performer from a wealthy Portuguese-Jewish family with a passion for music, Leonora Duarte composed several...


Françoise DesFossez (1743-1823) France
French composer. That's all I can say. I found piano sonatas in the classical style. I'm sharing them with the link to check out the...


Emmeline Darolle (1838-1915) France
French composer. That's all I can say. There's no Wikipedia page for her, nor can I find any other information. Luckily, there are scores...


Mélanie Chasselon (1845-1923) France
French composer, she wrote piano works in the Romantic style. She worked as an organist in her local church. I couldn't find any further...


Liana Alexandra (1947-2011) Romania
She was born in Bucharest. She studied at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory, now the National University of Music in Bucharest, with...


Ester Mägi (1922-2021) Estonia
Estonian composer. I found very little information about her online, which surprises me since she died in 2021 and there's almost nothing...


Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) England
English composer , known for her thirteen string quartets. She was awarded the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British...


Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) England-USA
Composer, musicologist, and violist. She was internationally recognized as a viola virtuoso and was also one of the first professional...


Marie Damaschino (1844-1921) France
Composer born in Paris, known under the pseudonym Mario Foscarina. She wrote piano music, songs, chamber music, and orchestral works....


Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1802-1858) Denmark
Composer and opera singer. In 1827, she obtained a position at the Royal Opera alongside her sister, Emilie da Fonseca, also a singer....


Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914-2010) Brazil
Composer, conductor, and pianist. She was one of the pioneers of electronic music in Brazil—I couldn't find anything else in this genre...


Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968) France
Composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. She was principal organist at Saint-Éspiritu for 29 years and at La Madeleine in Paris...


Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) Russia
Composer born in St. Petersburg, Ustvolskaya studied at the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1939, she began studying with Shostakovich, the...


VÃtÄ›zslava Kaprálová (1915-1940) Czech Republic
Composer and conductor VÃtÄ›zslava Kaprálová was born in Brno, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now the Czech Republic. She studied at the...


Vivian Fine (1913-2000) USA
Composer Vivian Fine was born in Chicago and at the age of 5 became the youngest student ever to receive a scholarship to the Chicago...


Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) Poland
A composer and violinist, she is one of the first Polish women composers to achieve national and international recognition, along with...


Zara Levina (1906-1976) Russia
She studied at the Moscow Conservatory, graduating in 1932 as a pianist and composer. She wrote primarily choral works, mostly romances...


Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179) Germany
She was a German saint, composer, writer, philosopher, scientist, physician, polymath, abbess, mystic, monastic leader, and prophetess....
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