List of female composers by name

This article provides a list of female composers by name, alphabetically. For lists of female composers by date, see List of female composers.

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A

* Mary Anne A'beckett (1817–1863)
* Keiko Abe (born 1937)
* Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
* Lora Aborn (1907-2005)
* Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
* Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926)
* Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
* Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
* Graciela Agudela (born 1945)
* Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
* Sieglinda Ahrens (born 1936)
* Doris Akers (1923–1995)
* Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
* Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century)
* Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
* Luna Alcalay (born 1928)
* Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
* Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620)
* Leni Alexander (1924-2005)
* Liana Alexandra (born 1947)
* Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
* Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
* Kristi Allik (born 1952)
* Frances Allitsen (1849–1912)
* Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
* Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
* Martha Alter (1904–1976)
* Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
* Berta Alves de Sousa (born 1906)
* Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
* Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
* Solange Ancona (born 1943)
* Laura Andel (born 1968)
* Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
* Avril Anderson (born 1953)
* Beth Anderson (born 1950)
* Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
* Ruth Anderson (born 1928)
* Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
* Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787)
* Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913)
* Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
* Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
* Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
* Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
* Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (born 1927)
* Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
* Violet Archer (1913–2000)
* Isabel Aretz (born 1913)
* Anneli Arho (born 1951)
* Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
* Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
* Elinor Armer (born 1939)
* Claude Arrieu (born 1903)
* Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
* Caterina Assandra (1580–1632)
* Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
* Marianna von Auenbrugger (d. 1786)
* Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
* Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
* Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
* Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
* Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
* Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)

B

* Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
* Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
* Maria Bach (1896–1978)
* Carola Backholt (born 1959)
* Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710)
* Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
* Maya Badian (born 1945)
* Vera Baeva (born 1930)
* Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
* Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
* Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–after 1910)
* Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
* Puchi Balseiro (1926-2007)
* Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
* Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
* Cacilda Borges Barbosa (born 1914)
* Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
* Alice Barnett (1886–1975)
* Carol E Barnett (born 1949)
* Ethel Barns (1880-1948)
* Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
* Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
* Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
* Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
* Françoise Barrière (born 1944)
* Bebe Barron (born 1927)
* Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840)
* Maria Barthélemon (c. 1749–1799)
* Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640)
* Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
* Alison Bauld (born 1944)
* Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
* Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
* Amy Beach (1867–1944)
* Sally Beamish (born 1956)
* Janet Beat (born 1937)
* Betty Beath (born 1932)
* Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)
* Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
* Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
* Andelka Bego-Šimunic (born 1941)
* Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
* Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
* Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
* Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
* Barbara Benary (born 1946)
* Chiara Benati (born 1956)
* Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893)
* Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
* Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
* Christine Berl (born 1943)
* Lauren Bernofsky (born 1967)
* Catalina Berroa (1849–1911)
* Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
* Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
* Lycia de Biase Bidart (born 1910)
* Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
* Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
* Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951)
* Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818)
* Judith Bingham (born 1952)
* Renate Birnstein (born 1946)
* Roberta Bitgood (born 1908)
* Helen Blackwood (1807–1867)
* Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
* Blanche of Castile (1188–1252)
* Olga De Blanck Martín (born 1916)
* Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838)
* Carla Bley (born 1938)
* Patricia Blomfield Holt (born 1910)
* Sonia Bo (born 1960)
* Berta Bock (1857–1945)
* Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660)
* Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
* Josina Anna Petronella van Boetzelaer (1733–1787)
* Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944)
* Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
* Anne Boleyn (1507–1536)
* Anna Bon di Venezia (born 1738/1739)
* Carrie Bond (1862–1946)
* Victoria Bond (born 1945)
* Margaret Allison Bonds (1913–1972)
* Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982)
* Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
* Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945)
* Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
* Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
* Edith Borroff (born 1925)
* Maura Bosch (born 1958)
* Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
* Marianna Bottini (1802–1858)
* Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
* Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
* Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
* Joséphine Boulay (1869-1925)
* Helen Bowater (born 1952)
* Anne Boyd (born 1946)
* Ina Boyle (1889–1967)
* Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
* May Hannah Brahe (1884–1956)
* Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
* Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910)
* Caroline M Breece (born 1977)
* Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)
* Bettina Brentano (1785–1859)
* Dora Bright (1862–1951)
* Radie Britain (1899–1994)
* Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822)
* Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981)
* Ingeborg von Bronsart (1840–1913)
* Augusta Browne (1820–1882)
* Harriet Browne (1790–1858)
* Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
* Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
* Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
* Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)
* Olivia Buckley (born mid-1790s–after 1845)
* Margaret Buechner (1922-1998)
* Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
* Diana Burrell (born 1948)

C

* Gayane C'ebotaryan (born 1918)
* Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
* Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
* Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
* Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
* Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914)
* Francesca Campana (died 1665)
* Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941)
* Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
* Marta Canales (1893–1986)
* Edith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)
* Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
* Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
* Matilde Capuis (born 1913)
* Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
* Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
* Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
* Teresa Carreño (1853–1917)
* Dinorá de Carvalho (1905–1980)
* Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
* Ernestina Lecuona Casado (1882–1951)
* Luisa Casagemas (1863–after 1894)
* Felicita Casella (c. 1820–after 1865)
* Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979)
* Castelloza (fl. early 13th century)
* Graciela Castillo (born before 1945)
* Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
* Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590)
* Amalia Catharina (1640–1697)
* Eunice Catunda (born 1915)
* Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)
* Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)
* Julia Cenova (born 1948)
* Sulpitia Cesis (fl. 1619)
* Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
* Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
* Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
* Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)
* Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805)
* Gayane Chebotarian (1918–1998)
* Maria Chefaliady-Taban (1863–1932)
* Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)
* Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
* Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)
* Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
* Tat'yana Chudova (born 1944)
* Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
* Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
* Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
* Dolores Claman (born 1927)
* Laura Clayton (born 1943)
* Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795)
* Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)
* Adrienne Clostre (born 1921)
* Gloria Coates (born 1938)
* Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
* Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)
* Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
* Ulric Cole (1905–1992)
* Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)
* Avril Coleridge-Taylor (born 1903)
* Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
* Comtessa de Dia (more commonly as Beatriz de Dia, fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries)
* Graziella Concas (born 1970)
* Eleanor Cory (born 1943)
* Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
* Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
* Mildred Couper (1887–1974)
* Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
* Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
* Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)

D

* Melanie Ruth Daiken (born 1945)
* Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
* Kathleen Dale (1895–1984)
* Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
* Dame Margot (fl. 13th century) (see: Dames Margot and Maroie)
* Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century) (see: Dames Margot and Maroie)
* Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
* Tina Davidson (born 1952)
* Katherine K. Davis (1892-1980)
* Miss Davis (c. 1726–after 1755)
* Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802)
* Claire Delbos (1906–1959)
* Carmelina Delfin (c. 1900–after 1948)
* Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930)
* Sophia Dellaporta (fl. second half of the 19th century)
* Hélène-Louise Demars (b. c. 1736)
* Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
* Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704)
* Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939)
* Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)
* Jody Diamond (born 1953)
* Hilda Dianda (born 1925)
* Ellen Dickson (1819–1878)
* Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
* Consuelo Díez (born 1958)
* Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974)
* Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
* Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
* Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)
* Dora Draganova (born 1946)
* Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
* Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
* Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
* María Enma Botet Dubois (born 1903)
* Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
* Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676)
* Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807)
* Anne Dudley (born 1956)
* Katerina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833)
* Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847)
* Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775)
* Judith Dvorkin (born c. 1927)
* Lesya Dychko (born 1939)
* Maria Dziewulska (born 1909)

E

* Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
* Clara Edwards (1887–1974)
* Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861)
* Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
* Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
* Jean Eichelberger Ivey (born 1923)
* Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
* Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
* Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)
* Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
* Eleonora Eksanishvili (born 1919)
* Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
* Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
* Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (born 1918)
* Katerina Emingerová (1856–1934)
* Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
* Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
* Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)
* Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
* María Escribano (born 1954)
* Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
* Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)

F

* Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
* Evelyn Faltis (1890–1937)
* Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
* Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
* Sarah Feigin (born 1928)
* Johanne Amelie Fenger (1836–1913)
* Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)
* Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907)
* Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
* Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
* Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
* Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
* Graciane Finzi (born 1945)
* Elena Firsova (born 1950)
* Helen Fisher (born 1942)
* Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946)
* Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
* Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
* Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)
* Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
* Erika Fox (born 1936)
* Ludmila Frajt (born 1919)
* Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
* Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)
* Joan Franks Williams (born 1930)
* Shena Fraser (born 1910)
* Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
* Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)
* Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926)
* Ilsa Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)
* Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
* Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)
* Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
* Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
* Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)
* Jessie Furze (1903–1984)

G

* Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877)
* Sophie Gail (1775–1819)
* Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
* Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912)
* Rachel Galinne (born 1949)
* Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
* Pauline Garcia-Viardot (1821–1910)
* Kay Gardner (1941–2002)
* Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century)
* Lucija Garuta (1902–1977)
* Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (born 1903)
* Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967)
* Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930)
* Gerda Geertens (born 1955)
* Gertrude of Dagsburg (1205–1225)
* Ada Gentile (born 1947)
* Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929)
* Maura Ghoneim (born 1955)
* Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
* Helen Gifford (born 1935)
* Teodora Ginés (c. 1530–after 1598)
* Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
* Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)
* Janice Giteck (born 1946)
* Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)
* Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
* Helen Glatz (born 1908)
* Evelyn Glennie (born 1965)
* Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
* Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915)
* Annette vande Gorne (born 1946)
* Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
* Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
* Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933)
* Luise Adelgunda Victoria Gottsched (died 1762)
* Dorothy Gow (1893–1982)
* Janet Graham (born 1948)
* Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
* Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907)
* Micki Grant (born 1941)
* Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early 18th century)
* Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95)
* Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
* María Grever (1885–1951)
* Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
* Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. early 18th century)
* Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. 18th century)
* Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
* Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
* Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
* Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
* Mlle Guerin (born c. 1739, fl. 1755)
* Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
* Rosa Guraieb (born 1931)
* Nazife Güran (1921–1993)
* Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)

H

* Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c. 1876)
* Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)
* Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
* Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)
* Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
* Minako Hamano (born in the 20th Century)
* Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)
* Kazuko Hara (born 1935)
* Guy d' Hardelot (1858–1936)
* Halina Harelava (born 1951)
* R. Ethel Harraden (fl. late 19th century–early 20th century)
* Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
* Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
* Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)
* Emma Sophie Amalie Hartmann (1807–1851)
* Irina Hasnas (born 1954)
* Faustina Hasse Hodges (1822–1895)
* Elisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768)
* Birgit Havenstein (born 1954)
* Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
* Elizabeth Hayden Pizer (born 1954)
* Sorrel Hays (born 1941)
* Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
* Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
* Barbara Heller (born 1936)
* Moya Henderson (born 1941)
* Ig Henneman (born 1945)
* Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841-1918)
* Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)
* Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946)
* Maria Hester Park (1775–1822)
* Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)
* Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
* Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
* Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
* Margriet Hoenderdos (born 1952)
* Dulcie Sybil Holland (born 1913)
* Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
* Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
* Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
* Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
* Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)
* Katherine Hoover (born 1937)
* Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
* Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
* Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–after 1915)
* Eleanor Hovda (born 1940)
* Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
* Mary Howe (1882–1964)
* Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
* Zhun Huang (born 1926)
* Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)
* Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)
* Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

I

* Regina Irman (born 1957)
* Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)
* Adina Izarra (born 1959)

J

* Najla Jabor (born 1915)
* Marie Jaëll (1846–1925)
* Dorothy James (1901–1982)
* Viera Janárceková (born 1941)
* Natalia Janotha (1856–1932)
* Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948)
* Hilda Jerea (1919–1980)
* Ludmila Jeske-Choinska-Mikorska (1849–1898)
* Eva Jessye (1885–1992)
* Marta Jirácková (born 1932)
* Sally Johnston Reid (born 1948)
* Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
* Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
* Patricia Jünger (born 1951)

K

* Clotilde Kainerstorfer (fl. second half 19th century)
* Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
* Trisutji Kamal (born 1936)
* Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
* Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
* Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
* Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
* Janice Kapp-Perry
* Sirvart Karamanuk (born 1912)
* Elena Karastoyanova (born 1933)
* Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948)
* Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (born 1918)
* Kassia (c.810–before 867)
* Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
* Eunice Katunda (1915–1991)
* Minna Keal (1909-1999)
* Denise Kelly (born 1954)
* Hope Anne Keng-Wai Lee (born 1953)
* Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786–after 1805)
* Frida Kern (1891–1988)
* Usha Khanna (born 1942)
* Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
* Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858)
* Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956)
* Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930)
* Melinda Kistétényi (born 1926)
* Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973)
* Judy Klein (born 1943)
* Meri von KleinSmid (living; born in the 20th Century)
* Zhivka Klinkova (born 1924)
* Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
* Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
* Nagako Konishi (born 1945)
* Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 1950)
* Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931)
* Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941)
* Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944)
* Neva Krasteva (born 1946)
* Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
* Grazyna Krzanowska (born 1952)
* Halina Krzyzanowska (1860–1937)
* Christina Kubisch (born 1948)
* Mayako Kubo (born 1947)
* Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
* Izabella Kuliffay (1863–1945)
* Renata Kunkel (born 1954)
* Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953)
* Iryna Kyrylina (born 1955)

L

* Joan La Barbara (born 1947)
* Zulema de La Cruz (born 1958)
* Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
* Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992)
* Lila Lalauni (1910–1996)
* Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954)
* Marta Lambertini (born 1937)
* Eleni Lambiri (c. 1882-8–1960)
* Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
* Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
* Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
* Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
* Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
* Ana Lara (born 1959)
* Libby Larsen (born 1950)
* Joan Mary Last (born 1908)
* Anne Lauber (born 1943)
* Elodie Lauten (born 1950)
* Louise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927)
* Louise Geneviève de Le Hye (1810–1838)
* Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911)
* Anne LeBaron (born 1953)
* Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
* Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
* Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
* Young-ja Lee (born 1931)
* Nicola LeFanu (born 1947)
* Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
* Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
* Clarisse Leite (born 1917)
* Vânia Dantas Leite (born 1945)
* Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
* Edith Lejet (born 1941)
* Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979)
* Laura Lemon (1866–1924)
* Tania León (born 1943)
* Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
* Louísa Leonarda (1859–1926)
* Marina Leonardi (born 1970)
* Zara Levina (1906–1976)
* Claire Liddell (born in the 20th Century)
* Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
* Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935)
* Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
* Lili'uokalani (1838–1917)
* Liza Lim (born 1966)
* Maria Lindsay (1827–1898)
* Hannah Linklater (born 1984)
* Anne Linnet (born 1953)
* Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
* Zhuang Liu (born 1932)
* Beatriz Lockhart (born 1944)
* Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951)
* Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
* Kate Loder (1825–1904)
* Emma Lomax (1873–1963)
* Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
* Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
* Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
* Ivana Loudová (born 1941)
* Alexina Louie (born 1949)
* Marina de Lourdes Martins (born 1926)
* Mary Lucas (1882–1952)
* Nada Ludvig-Pecar (1929–2008)
* Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940)
* Enid Luff (born 1935)
* Gudrun Lund (born 1930)
* Signe Lund (1868–1950)
* Deborah Lurie (born 1972)
* Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
* Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925)
* Monica Lynn

M

* Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895)
* Marianella Machado (born 1959)
* Clara Angela Macirone (1821–1895)
* Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962)
* Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
* Adela Maddison (1866–1929)
* Vanessa-Mae (born 1978)
* Mary Mageau (born 1934)
* Ester Mägi (born 1922)
* Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
* Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
* Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809-1875)
* Abdïlas Maldïbayev (1907–1978)
* Maria Malibran (1808–1836)
* Florentina Mallá (1891–1973)
* Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (born 1916)
* Maria Dolores Malumbres (born 1931)
* Ursula Mamlok (born 1928)
* Lam Manyee (born 1950)
* Marcelle de Manziarly (1899–1989)
* Soe Tjen Marching (born 1971)
* Myriam Marbe (1931–1997)
* Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (fl. 1723–1742)
* Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
* Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996)
* Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703)
* Maria de Ventadorn (fl. late 12th century)
* Ljubica Maric (1909–2003)
* Marie de France (c. 1160–1215)
* Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. 13th century)
* Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–after 1911)
* Roberta Martin (1907–1969)
* Odaline de la Martinez (born 1949)
* Marianne von Martínez (1744–1812)
* Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
* Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
* Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
* Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Celeste (1873–1938)
* Bernadetta Matuszczak (born 1937)
* Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
* Eta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (born 1917)
* Marilyn Mazur (born 1955)
* Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
* Cecilia McDowall (born 1951)
* Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918)
* Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
* Priscilla McLean (born 1942)
* Jenny Helen McLeod (born 1941)
* Cindy McTee (born 1953)
* Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997)
* Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
* Sophie Menter (1846–1918)
* María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)
* Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (born 1934)
* Elisabeth Meyer (1859–1927)
* Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
* Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
* Zarrina Mirshakar (born 1947)
* Haruna Miyake (born 1942)
* Ida Georgina Moberg (1859–1947)
* Benna Moe (1897–1983)
* Meredith Monk (born 1942)
* Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
* Dorothy Rudd Moore (born 1940)
* Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
* Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
* Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
* Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799-1869)
* Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
* Junko Mori (born 1948)
* Angela Morley (born 1924)
* Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)
* Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928)
* Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar (born 1924)
* Ann Mounsey (1811–1891)
* Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944)
* Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829)
* Geraldine Mucha (born 1917)
* Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878–1941)
* Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
* Isabel Mundry (born 1963)
* Helena Munktell (1852–1919)
* Catherine Murphy Urner (1891–1942)
* Thea Musgrave (born 1928)

N

* Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (c. 1640–1680)
* Alicia Adélaide Needham (1872–1945)
* Sheila Mary Nelson (born 1936)
* Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
* Vojna Nešic (born 1947)
* Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927)
* Amy X Neuburg (living; born in the 20th Century)
* Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
* Dika Newlin (born 1923)
* Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891)
* Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
* Ilza Nogueira (born 1948)
* Gladys Nordenstrom (born 1924)
* Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
* Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
* Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)

O

* Jane O'Leary (born 1946)
* Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
* Amado Santos Ocampo (born 1925)
* Irina Odagescu (born 1937)
* Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
* Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906)
* Elisabeth Olin (1740-1828)
* Vivienne Olive (born 1950)
* Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
* Betty Olivero (born 1954)
* Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
* Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
* Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
* Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
* Caroline Orger (1818–1892)
* Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964)
* Michiru Oshima (born 1961)
* Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
* Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
* Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963)
* Morfydd Owen (1891–1918)
* María Luisa Ozaita (born 1939)
* Anne-Marie Ørbeck (born 1911)

P

* Else Marie Pade (born 1924)
* Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
* Priti Paintal (born 1960)
* Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
* Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
* Mme Papavoine (born c. 1735, fl. 1755-61)
* Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
* Graciela Paraskevaidis (born 1940)
* Hilda Paredes (born 1959)
* Dorothy Parke (1904–1990)
* Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
* Alice Parker (born 1925)
* Annie Patterson (1868–1934)
* Maggi Payne (born 1945)
* Sarah Peebles (born 1964)
* Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923)
* Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (born 1907)
* Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
* Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
* Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (born 1916)
* Lourdes Perez (born 1961)
* Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878)
* Julia Perry (1924–1979)
* Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896)
* Rosica Petkova (born 1947)
* Carmen Petra-Basacopol (born 1926)
* Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
* Elena Petrová (born 1929)
* Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715)
* Liz Phillips (born 1951)
* Elizabeth Philp (1827–1885)
* Maria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926)
* Agata Della Pietà (fl. c. 1800)
* Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
* Santa Della Pietà (fl. c. 1725–1750, d. after 1774)
* Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737)
* Lina Pires de Campos (born 1918)
* Piera Pistono (born 1938)
* Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
* Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (born 1949)
* Poldowski (1879–1932)
* Viktoriya Valeriyevna Polevaya (born 1962)
* Armande de Polignac (1876-1962)
* Claire Polin (1926–1995)
* Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century)
* Jeanne Pool (born 1951)
* Chris Poole (born 1952)
* Rachel Portman (born 1960)
* Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
* Genevieve Poston (born 1990)
* Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796)
* Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919)
* Florence Bea Price (1887–1953)
* Florence Beatrice Price (1888-1953)
* María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982)
* Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
* Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
* Grazyna Pstrokonska-Nawratil (born 1947)
* Marta Ptaszynska (born 1943)
* Loïsa Puget (1810–1889)

Q

* Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
* Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611)

R

* Erika Radermacher (born 1936)
* Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
* Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986)
* Teresa Rampazzi (born 1914)
* Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
* Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
* Irma Ravinale (born 1937)
* Mme Ravissa (fl. late 18th century)
* Giulia Recli (1890–1970)
* Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
* Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783)
* Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
* Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892)
* Julie Reisserová (1888–1938)
* Claire Renard (born 1944)
* Henriette Renié (1875-1956)
* Catherine Rennes (1858–1940)
* Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
* Michèle Reverdy (born 1943)
* Sylvia Rexach (1922-1961)
* Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
* Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
* Kathleen Richards (1895–1984)
* Marga Richter (born 1926)
* Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968)
* Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
* Shoshana Riseman (born 1948)
* Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937)
* Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
* Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
* Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
* Betty Roe (born 1930)
* Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
* Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931)
* Caro Roma (1869–1937)
* Elena Romero (born 1923)
* Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933)
* Clotilde Rosa (born 1930)
* Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
* Doina Rotaru (born 1951)
* Anna Rubin (born 1946)
* Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
* Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941)
* Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
* Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)

* Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
* Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
* Sahakduxt (fl. early 8th century)
* Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885)
* Matilde Salvador (born 1918)
* Alice Samter (born 1908)
* Rhian Samuel (born 1944)
* Marie Samuelsson (born 1956)
* Rocio Sanz (1933–1993)
* Sappho (born c. 612 BCE)
* Kimi Sato (born 1949)
* Rebecca Saunders (born 1967)
* Rachel Sauvé (born 1985)
* Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
* Carla Scaletti (born 1956)
* Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
* Ethel Scarborough (1880–1956)
* Claire Schapira (born 1946)
* Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887)
* Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
* Mon Schjelderup (1870–1934)
* Annette Schlünz (born 1964)
* Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
* Eva Schorr (born 1927)
* Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
* Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
* Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967)
* Esther Scliar (1926–1978)
* Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900)
* Amy Scurria (born 1973)
* Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927)
* Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
* Hilda Sehested (1858–1936)
* Ilona Sekacz (born 1948)
* Blanche Selva (1884-1942)
* Daria Semegen (born 1946)
* Johanna Senfter (1879–1961)
* Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (born 1680, fl. 1691)
* María Luisa Sepúlveda (1896–1958)
* Tat'yana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
* Valentina Serova (1846–1924)
* Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–between 1613 and 1619)
* Kilza Setti (born 1932)
* Charlotta Seuerling (1782-1828)
* Marielli Sfakianaki (born 1945)
* Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955)
* Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
* Judith Shatin (born 1949)
* Naomi Shemer (1930–2004)
* Alice Shields (born 1943)
* Chen Shihui (born 1962)
* Pan Shiji (born 1957)
* Yoko Shimomura (born 1967)
* Mieko Shiomi (born 1938)
* Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990)
* Marilyn Shrude (born 1946)
* Marie Siegling (1824–1919)
* Arlene Sierra (born 1970)
* Elzbieta Sikora (born 1943)
* Adelaide Pereira da Silva (born 1928)
* Sheila Silver (born 1946)
* Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947)
* Mitzuki Simon (1822-1917)
* Netty Simons (1913–1994)
* Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
* Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
* Synne Skouen (born 1950)
* Bettina Skrzypczak (born 1962)
* Jane Sloman (1824–after 1850)
* Pril Smiley (born 1943)
* Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
* Julia Smith (1911–1989)
* Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
* Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
* Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
* Jitka Snížková (1924–1989)
* Joanídia Sodré (1903–1975)
* Silvia Sommer (born 1944)
* Brunhilde Sonntag (born 1936)
* Ann Southam (born 1937)
* Isabel Soveral (born 1961)
* Maj Sønstevold (born 1917)
* Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
* Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
* Cristina Spinei(born 1984)
* Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
* Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
* Pamela St. John (born 1950)
* Patty Stair (1869–1926)
* Ivana Stefanovic (born 1948)
* Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956)
* Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)
* Gitta Steiner (1932–1990)
* Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895)
* Stella Stocker (1858–1925)
* Lily Strickland (1887–1958)
* Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
* Peggy Stuart-Coolidge (1913–1981)
* Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912)
* Dana Suesse (1909–1987)
* Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
* Marion Dix Sullivan (fl. 1840–50)
* Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
* Natela Svanidze (born 1926)
* Elizabeth Swados (born 1951)
* Freda Swain (1902–1985)
* Edith Swepstone (fl. 1885–1930)
* Kay Swift (1897–1993)
* Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994)
* Iris Szeghy (born 1956)
* Erzsébet Szonyi (born 1924)
* Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)

T

* Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
* Louise Talma (1906–1996)
* Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
* Hilary Tann (born 1947)
* Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
* Erna Tauro (1916–1993)
* Cornelia Tautu (born 1938)
* Zlata Tcaci (born 1928)
* Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)
* Nancy Telfer (born 1950)
* Hope Temple (1859–1938)
* Alicia Terzian (born 1934)
* Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989)
* Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
* Diane Thome (born 1942)
* Shirley J. Thompson (born 1958)
* Pauline-Marie-Elisa Thys (c. 1836–1909)
* Tibors (fl. mid 12th century)
* Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979)
* Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991)
* Joan Tower (born 1938)
* Joan Trimble (1915–2000)
* Alba Trissina (fl. 1622)
* Josephine Troup (died 1912)
* Yuliya Tsenova (born 1948)
* Karmella Tsepkolenko (born 1955)
* Calliope Tsoupaki (born 1963)
* Yuka Tsujiyoko (born in the 20th Century)
* Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938)
* Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883)

U

* Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
* Ludmila Ulehla (born 1923)
* Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
* Irma Urteaga (born 1929)
* Julia Usher (born 1945)
* Galina Ustvolskaya (born 1919)
* Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)

V

* Ann Valentine (1762–1842)
* Janika Vandervelde (born 1955)
* Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930)
* Alida Vázquez (born 1931)
* Hana Vejvodová (1963–1994)
* Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005)
* Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (born 1640)
* Lucie Vellère (1896–1966)
* Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942)
* Jórunn Viðar (born 1918)
* Lois V Vierk (born 1951)
* Jane Vieu (1871–1955)
* Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (born 1914)
* Mariana Villanueva (born 1964)
* Henriette Adélaïde Villard Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
* Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (born 1915)
* Ida Vivado (1908–1989)
* Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
* Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949)
* Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973)
* Tat'yana Voronina (born 1933)
*Anne van Schothorst (born 1974-)

W

* Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
* Shirley Walker (born 1935)
* Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
* Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
* Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780)
* Jennifer Walshe (born 1974)
* Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (born 1941)
* Tekla Griebel Wandall (1866–1940)
* Qiang Wang (born 1935)
* Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991)
* Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865)
* Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
* Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabo (1813-1874)
* Vilma von Webenau (1875-1953)
* Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
* Emmy Wegener (1901–1973)
* Vally Weigl (1889–1982)
* Judith Weir (born 1954)
* Georgina Weldon (1837–1914)
* Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
* Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949)
* Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
* Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
* Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)
* Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)
* Ruth White (born 1925)
* Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
* Dorothy Whitson Freed (born 1919)
* Caroline Wichern (1836–1906)
* Inger Wikström (born 1939)
* Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
* Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
* Grace Williams (1906–1977)
* Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
* Terry Winter Owens (born 1941)
* Debbie Wiseman (born 1963)
* Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
* Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
* Erna Woll (born 1917)
* Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919)
* Barbara Woof (born 1958)
* Julia Woolf (1831–1893)
* Ellen Wright (born 1904)
* Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
* Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
* Sinta Wullur (born 1958)
* Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938)
* Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919)
* Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)

X

* Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991)
* Huguang Xin (born 1933)
* Qu Xixian (born 1919)
* Xosroviduxt (fl. early 8th century)

Y

* Michiru Yamane (living; born in the 20th Century)
* Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926)
* Chen Yi (born 1953)

Z

* Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948)
* Arlene Zallman (1934-2006)
* Ruth Zechlin (born 1926)
* Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
* Gaziza Zhubanova (born 1927)
* Lidia Zielinska (born 1953)
* Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)
* Marilyn J Ziffrin (born 1926)
* Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
* Margrit Zimmermann (born 1927)
* Mirjana Živkovic (born 1935)
* Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987)
* Mana Zucca (1885–1981)
* Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
* Ellen Zwilich (born 1939)