List of female composers

The following is a list of famous female composers:

Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720 - 1795)
Frances Allitsen (1849 - 1912)
Anna Amalia Princess of Prussia (1723 - 1787)
Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (1723 - 1787)
Beth Anderson
Ruth Anderson
Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847 - 1907)
Anne Boleyn (1507 - 1536)
Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918)
Caterina Assandra (1580 - 1632)
Cecilia Maria Barthelemon (c.1769 - 1840)
Marion Bauer (1882 - 1955)
Amy Beach (1867 - 1944)
Gertrude van den Bergh (1793 - 1843)
Marie Bigot (1786 - 1820)
Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768 - 1818)
Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901 - 1953)
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1848)
Sophia Corri Dussek (1775 - 1847)
Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
Augusta Holmès (1847 - 1903)
Vitezslava Kapralova (1915 - 1940)
Johanna Mathieux Kinkel (1810 - 1858)
Antoinette Kirkwood
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805 - 1847)
Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179)
Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
Joan La Barbara (born 1947)
Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)
Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
Elisabeth Lutyens (1906 - 1983)
Maria Malibran (1808 - 1836)
Meredith Monk (born 1942)
Helene de Montgeroult (1764 - 1836)
Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808 - 1877)
Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
Maria Hester Park (1775 - 1822)
Louise Reichardt (1779 - 1826)
Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944)
Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
Elizabeth Stirling (1819 - 1895)
Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789 - 1831)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983)
Louise Talma (1906 - 1996)
Joan Tower (born 1938)
Usha Khanna
Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)
Judith Weir (born 1954)
Grace Williams
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List of female composers

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