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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Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) France

Composer and pianist. She was the first woman to be awarded the Légion d'Honneur, France's highest recognition of merit. Here's Arabesque...

Composer and pianist. She composed around 400 pieces and was a prominent figure in the Norwegian music scene, along with her friend...

Composer, pianist, and organist. She wrote nearly 40 works, including pieces for violin, piano, and voice. Her father wanted her to...

Composer, conductor, and organist, Elfrida Andreé was the first woman in Sweden to earn a diploma as an organist from the Royal Swedish...

Gosh. Excuse me, but I'm going to go into a little more detail about Emilie Mayer. She wrote eight symphonies, fifteen overtures, chamber...

Composer, pianist, and teacher. In the 1830s, Farrenc gained considerable fame as a performer, and her reputation was such that in 1842...

Composer and one of the first virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. Her compositions, primarily piano works, songs, and short chamber...

Composer, singer, pianist, and harpist. What most caught my attention about this composer was her vast array of works for harp. Here's a...

French composer, librettist, writer, singer, actress, comedian, and instrumentalist (something else?). Discussions of her music emphasize...

Composer, singer, pianist, and music teacher. In addition to her reputation as a pianist, she also became known for playing the glass...

Her compositions for piano predominate, especially variations, which are characterized by a broad understanding of piano technique and...

Composer, violinist, and singer. Hoping to play the violin professionally in a European classical scene dominated almost entirely by men...

A composer, mezzo-soprano, organist, harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, and painter, she was the first British composer to publish a...

She was born into a family of musicians and instrument makers. At age 5, Louis XIV noticed her as a child prodigy when she performed at...

She didn't sing or play any instruments—rare at that time—however, that didn't detract from her fame as one of the most prolific convent...

She published eight books of her music, without any support from the Church or the nobility, making her the composer with the most...

A member of the early Baroque period, Caccini worked at the Medici court as a teacher, singer, and composer. By 1614, she was the...

Due to a case of identity confusion, some people believe that she and composer Raffaella Aleotta were actually the same person, and that...

Wikipedia states that she was the first published composer of a monody. Her only known work is "Udite lagrimose spirti d'Averno, udite,"...

Our friend Wikipedia says she was the first female composer to have a complete book of music published. Here's "Stavasi il mio bel Sol,"...

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