# List of women composers by name

This article provides a list of women composers, sorted alphabetically by surname. For a list of women composers sorted by year of birth, see List of women composers by birth date.
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* N
* O
* P
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* R
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* See also
* References

## A

* Els Aarne (1917–1995)
* Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863)
* Keiko Abe (born 1937)
* Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
* Lora Aborn (1907–2005)
* Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
* Mildred Adair (1895–1943)
* Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926)
* Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
* Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
* Graciela Agudela (1945–2018)
* Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
* Sieglinde 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 (1928–2012)
* Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
* Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620)
* Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
* Liana Alexandra (1947–2011)
* Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
* Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
* Esther Allan (1914–1985)
* Kristi Allik (born 1952)
* Frances Allitsen (1849–1912)
* Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
* Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
* Martha Alter (1904–1976)
* Lettie Alston (born 1953)
* Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
* Berta Alves de Sousa (1906–1997)
* Maryanne Amacher (1943–2009)
* Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
* Josephine Amann-Weinlich (1848–1887)
* 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 (1928–2019)
* Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
* Kerry Andrew (born 1978)
* Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787)
* Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913)
* Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
* Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
* Yoshino Aoki (born 1971)
* Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
* Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
* Anna Appleby (born 1993)
* Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
* Violet Archer (1913–2000)
* Isabel Aretz (1913–2005)
* Anneli Arho (born 1951)
* Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
* Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
* Elinor Armer (born 1939)
* Lucy Armstrong (born 1991)
* Claude Arrieu (1903–1990)
* Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
* Caterina Assandra (1580–1632)
* Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
* Marianna von Auenbrugger (1759–1782)
* Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
* Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
* May Aufderheide (1888–1972)
* Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
* Dorothea Austin (1921–2011)
* Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938)
* Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961)
* Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
* Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
* Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
* Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)

## B

* Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
* Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
* Maria Bach (1896–1978)
* Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710)
* Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
* Maya Badian (born 1945)
* Vera Baeva (1930–2017)
* Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
* Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
* Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
* Laura Wilson Barker (1819–1905)
* P. Bhanumathi (1925–2005)
* Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–after 1910)
* Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
* Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
* Bára Gísladóttir (born 1989)
* Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
* Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
* Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914–2010)
* Elaine Barkin (1932–2023)
* Carol E. Barnett (born 1949)
* Ethel Barns (1874–1948)
* Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
* Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
* Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
* Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
* Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
* Françoise Barrière (1944–2019)
* Bebe Barron (1927–2008)
* Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840)
* Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799)
* Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965)
* Adriana Basile (c.1580–c.1640)
* Carola Bauckholt (born 1959)
* Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
* Alison Bauld (born 1944)
* Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
* Christabel Baxendale (1886–?)
* Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
* Amy Beach (1867–1944)
* Sally Beamish (born 1956)
* Janet Beat (born 1937)
* Betty Beath (born 1932)
* Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries)
* Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)
* Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
* Sonja Beets (born 1953)
* Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
* Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (1941–2022)
* Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
* Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
* Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
* Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
* Barbara Benary (1946–2019)
* Chiara Benati (born 1956)
* Josefina Benedetti (born 1953)
* Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893)
* Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
* Eva Best (1851–1925)
* Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
* Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
* Christine Berl (born 1943)
* Catalina Berroa (1849–1911)
* Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
* Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
* Lycia de Biase Bidart (1910–1990)
* Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
* Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
* Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951)
* Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818)
* Ethel Edith Bilsland (1892–1982)
* Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968)
* Judith Bingham (born 1952)
* Renate Birnstein (born 1946)
* Roberta Bitgood (1908–2007)
* Annesley Black (born 1979)
* Helen Blackwood (1807–1867)
* Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
* Blanche of Castile (1188–1252)
* Olga De Blanck Martín (1916–1998)
* Maria Theresa Bland (c.1769–1838)
* Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003)
* 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)
* Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836)
* Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
* Jeanne Renee de Bombelles (1753–1828)
* 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)
* Teresa Borràs i Fornell (1923–2010)
* Edith Borroff (1925–2019)
* 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 Brahe (1884–1956)
* Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
* Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
* Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910)
* 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 (1943–2021)
* Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
* Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)
* Olivia Buckley (mid-1790s–after 1845)
* Margaret Buechner (1922–1998)
* Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
* Diana Burrell (born 1948)
* Canary Lee Burton (born 1942)

## C

* Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
* Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
* Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
* Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale (1875–1958)
* Ann Callaway (born 1949)
* Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
* Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914)
* Amice Calverley (1896–1959)
* Francesca Campana (died 1665)
* Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941)
* Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
* Marta Canales (1893–1986)
* Édith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)
* Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
* Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
* Valerie Capers (born 1935)
* Matilde Capuis (1913–2017)
* Nicole Carignan (born 1952)
* Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
* Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
* Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
* Teresa Carrasco (born 1980)
* Teresa Carreño (1853–1917)
* Dinorá de Carvalho (1905–1980)
* Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
* Ernestina Lecuona y 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 1940)
* Zosha Di Castri (born 1985)
* Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
* Maddalena Casulana (c.1540 – c.1590)
* Amalia Catharina (1640–1697)
* Eunice Catunda (1915–1991)
* Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)
* Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)
* Julia Cenova (1948–2010)
* Sulpitia Cesis (fl. 1619)
* Grace Chadbourne (1870–1919)
* Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
* Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
* Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
* Janine Charbonnier (1926–2022)
* 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)
* Pearle Christian (born 1955)
* Tatyana Chudova (1944–2021)
* Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
* Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
* Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
* Dolores Claman (1927–2021)
* Rhona Clarke (born 1958)
* Zana Clarke (born 1965)
* Laura Clayton (born 1943)
* Ann Cleare (born 1983)
* Siobhán Cleary (born 1970)
* Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795)
* Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)
* Adrienne Clostre (1921–2006)
* Gloria Coates (1938–2023)
* Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
* Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)
* Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
* Ulric Cole (1905–1992)
* Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)
* Valerie Coleman (born 1970)
* Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998)
* Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
* Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922)
* Graziella Concas (born 1970)
* Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962)
* Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913–1981)
* Eleanor Cory (born 1943)
* Monica Cosachov (born 1946)
* Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
* Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
* Mildred Couper (1887–1974)
* Cecil Cowles (c.1893 – 1968)
* Ellen C. Covito (born 1974)
* Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
* Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
* Guirne Creith (1907–1996)
* Zulema de la Cruz (born 1958)
* Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)

## D

* Melanie Ruth Daiken (1945–2016)
* Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
* Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
* Dame Margot (fl. 13th century)
* Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century)
* Cecilia Damström (born 1988)
* Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
* Marie Dare (1902–1976)
* Tina Davidson (born 1952)
* Eiluned Davies (1913–1999)
* Tansy Davies (born 1973)
* 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 (born c. 1736)
* Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
* Beth Denisch (born 1958)
* Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001)
* Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704)
* Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939)
* Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)
* Alma Deutscher (born 2005)
* Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (1765–?1834)
* 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 (1931–2022)
* Dora Draganova (born 1946)
* Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
* Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
* Du Yun (born 1977)
* Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
* María Enma Botet Dubois (1903–?)
* Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
* 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 (1928–1995)
* Lesya Dychko (born 1939)
* Maria Dziewulska (1909–2006)

## E

* Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
* Lotten Edholm (1839–1930)
* Clara Edwards (1880–1974)
* Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861)
* Lilian Elkington (1900–1969)
* Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
* Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
* Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
* Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
* Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)
* Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977)
* Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
* Eleonora Eksanishvili (1919–2003)
* Irina Elcheva (1926–2013)
* Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
* Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (1918–2012)
* Kateřina Emingerová (1856–1934)
* Marti Epstein (born 1959)
* Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
* Siegrid Ernst (1929–2022)
* Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
* María Escribano (1954–2002)
* Reena Esmail (born 1983)
* Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
* Eleonora d'Este (1515–1575)
* Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)

## F

* Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948)
* Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
* Evelyn Faltis (1887–1937)
* Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
* Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
* Zanetta Farussi (1707–1776)
* Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure (1879–1960)
* Hélène-Frédérique de Faye-Jozin (1871–1942)
* Sarah Feigin (1928–2011)
* Josima Feldschuh (1929–1943)
* Johanne Amalie Fenger (1836–1913)
* Amber Ferenz (born 1972)
* Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)
* Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907)
* Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
* Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
* Sylvia Fine (1913–1991)
* Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
* Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
* Graciane Finzi (born 1945)
* Elena Firsova (born 1950)
* Helen Fisher (born 1942)
* Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946)
* Hélène Fleury-Roy (1876–1957)
* Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
* Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
* Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
* Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)
* Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
* Erika Fox (born 1936)
* Kalitha Dorothy Fox (1894–1934)
* Ludmila Frajt (1919–1999)
* Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
* Cheryl Frances-Hoad (born 1980)
* Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)
* Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
* Shena Fraser (1910–1993)
* Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
* Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)
* Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926)
* Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)
* Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
* Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)
* Irène Fuerison (1875–1931)
* Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
* Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
* Ashley Fure (born 1982)
* 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)
* Caterina Galli (c.1723–1804)
* Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
* Kay Gardner (1941–2002)
* Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century)
* Lucija Garuta (1902–1977)
* Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (1903–1992)
* 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)
* Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
* Helen Gifford (born 1935)
* Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
* Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)
* Julie Giroux (born 1961)
* Janice Giteck (born 1946)
* Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)
* Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
* Helen Glatz (1908–1996)
* Evelyn Glennie (born 1965)
* Julia Gomelskaya (1964–2016)
* Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
* Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915)
* Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
* Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
* Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933)
* Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762)
* Dorothy Gow (1893–1982)
* Janet Graham (born 1948)
* Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
* Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907)
* Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early 18th century)
* Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95)
* Kyla Greenbaum (1922–2017)
* Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
* María Grever (1885–1951)
* Deirdre Gribbin (born 1967)
* Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
* Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. early 18th century)
* Annie Maria Grimson (1870–1949)
* Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
* Aleksandra Gryka (born 1977)
* Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
* Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
* Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
* Isabel Güell i López (1872-1956)
* Mlle Guerin (c.1739, fl. 1755)
* Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
* Lynn Gumert (born 1961)
* Rosa Guraieb (1931–2014)
* Nazife Güran (1921–1993)
* Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)

## H

* Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c.1876)
* Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (born 1977)
* Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)
* Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
* Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)
* Emily Hall (born 1978)
* Juliana Hall (born 1958)
* Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
* Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
* Ann-Elise Hannikainen (1946–2012)
* Olga Hans (born 1971)
* Kazuko Hara (1935–2014)
* Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
* Halina Harelava (born 1951)
* Miina Härma (1864–1941)
* Ethel R. Harraden (1857–1917)
* Edith Mary Harrhy (1893–1969)
* Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
* Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
* Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)
* Emma Hartmann (1807–1851)
* Cécile Hartog (1857–1940)
* 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 (1941–2020)
* Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
* Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
* Barbara Heller (born 1936)
* Mara Margaret Helmuth (born 1957)
* Moya Henderson (born 1941)
* Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841–1918)
* Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)
* Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946)
* Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)
* Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
* Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
* Daisy Wood Hildreth (1879–1969)
* Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
* Dorothy Hindman (born 1966)
* Rozalie Hirs (born 1965)
* Margaret Hoberg (1890–1948)
* Margriet Hoenderdos (1952–2010)
* Dulcie Holland (1913–2000)
* Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
* Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
* Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
* Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
* Nora Holt (1884–1974)
* Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)
* Katherine Hoover (1937–2018)
* Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
* Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–after 1915)
* Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian
* Eleanor Hovda (1940–2009)
* Mary Howe (1882–1964)
* Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
* Zhun Huang (1926–2024)
* Elaine Hugh-Jones (1927–2021)
* Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854)
* Sarah Hutchings (born 1984)
* Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)
* Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

## I

* Regina Irman (born 1957)
* Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)
* Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010)
* Adina Izarra (born 1959)

## J

* Najla Jabor (1915–2001)
* Jaddanbai
* 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 Jiráčková (born 1932)
* Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
* Victoria Jordanova (born 1952)
* Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
* Patricia Jünger (born 1951)
* Elsa Justel (born 1944)

## K

* Clotilde Kainerstorfer (fl. second half 19th century)
* Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
* Lydia Kakabadse (born 1955)
* Trisutji Kamal (1936–2021)
* Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
* Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
* Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
* Kanika Kapoor (born 1978)
* Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
* Sirvart Karamanuk (1912–2008)
* Helene Karastoyanova (born 1933)
* Verdi Karns (1882–1925)
* Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948)
* Laura Karpman (born 1959)
* Leokadiya Kashperova (born 1872)
* Shibani Kashyap (born 1982)
* Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1918–2008)
* Kassia (c. 810 – before 867)
* Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
* Eunice Katunda (1915–1991)
* Hiba Kawas (born 1972)
* Minna Keal (1909–1999)
* Denise Kelly (born 1954)
* Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786 – after 1805)
* Frida Kern (1891–1988)
* Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002)
* Eunice Lea Kettering (1906–2000)
* Usha Khanna (born 1941)
* Sneha Khanwalkar (born 1983)
* Khosrovidukht (fl. early 8th century)
* Joelle Khoury (born 1963)
* Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
* Betty Jackson King (1928–1994)
* Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858)
* Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956)
* Antoinette Kirkwood (1930–2014)
* Melinda Kistétényi (1926–1999)
* Yayoi Kitazume (born 1945)
* Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973)
* Judy Klein (born 1943)
* Meri von KleinSmid (born 1974)
* Zhivka Klinkova (1924–2002)
* Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
* Wilhelmina Koch (1845–1924)
* Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
* Nagako Konishi (born 1945)
* Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 1950)
* Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931)
* Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941)
* Dina Koston (1940–2009)
* Georgia Koumará (born 1991)
* Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944)
* Neva Krasteva (born 1946)
* Astrid Kruisselbrink (born 1972)
* Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
* Grazyna Krzanowska (born 1952)
* Halina Krzyzanowska (1860–1937)
* Christina Kubisch (born 1948)
* Mayako Kubo (born 1947)
* Felicitas Kukuck (1914–2001)
* Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
* Izabella Kuliffay (1863–1945)
* Renata Kunkel (born 1954)
* Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953)
* Iryna Kyrylina (1953–2017)

## L

* Joan La Barbara (born 1947)
* Zulema de la Cruz (born 1958)
* Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
* Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992)
* Susan Cohn Lackman (born 1948)
* Anne Terrier Laffaille (1904–1971)
* Lila Lalauni (1910–1996)
* Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954)
* Marta Lambertini (1937–2019)
* Eleni Lambiri (c.1889–1960)
* Kay Lande (1930–2022)
* Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
* Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
* Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
* Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
* Ana Lara (born 1959)
* Libby Larsen (born 1950)
* Hannah Lash (born 1981)
* Joan Mary Last (1908–2002)
* Anne Lauber (born 1943)
* Elodie Lauten (1950–2014)
* Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927)
* Louise Geneviève de La Hye (1810–1838)
* Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911)
* Anne LeBaron (born 1953)
* Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
* Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
* Cynthia Cozette Lee (born 1953)
* Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
* Young-ja Lee (composer) (born 1931/36)
* Nicola LeFanu (born 1947)
* Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
* Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
* Clarisse Leite (1917–2003)
* Vânia Dantas Leite (1945–2018)
* Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
* Édith Lejet (born 1941)
* Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979)
* Laura Lemon (1866–1924)
* Tania León (born 1943)
* Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
* Marina Leonardi (born 1970)
* Zara Levina (1906–1976)
* Sofia Levkovskaya (1965–2011)
* Dee Libbey (1919-1988)
* Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
* Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935)
* Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
* Elainie Lillios (born 1968)
* Lili'uokalani (1838–1917)
* Liza Lim (born 1966)
* Asunta Limpias de Parada (1915–1995)
* Maria Lindsay (1827–1898)
* Grace Walls Linn (1874–1940)
* Anne Linnet (born 1953)
* Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
* Liu Zhuang (1932–2011)
* Beatriz Lockhart (1944–2015)
* Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
* Kate Loder (1825–1904)
* Emma Lomax (1873–1963)
* Ruth Lomon (1930–2017)
* Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
* Lorete (c.1300)
* Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
* Ivana Loudová (1941–2017)
* Alexina Louie (born 1949)
* Mary Lucas (1882–1952)
* Katharine Lucke (1875–1962)
* Nada Ludvig-Pecar (1929–2008)
* Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940)
* Enid Luff (1935–2022)
* Gudrun Lund (1930–2020)
* Signe Lund (1868–1950)
* Deborah Lurie (born 1972)
* Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
* Lyudmila Lyadova (1925–2021)
* Monica Lynn (born 1964)

## 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 (1862/63–1929)
* Mary Mageau (1934–2020)
* Ester Mägi (1922–2021)
* Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
* Katerina Maier (fl. c.1800)
* Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809–1875)
* Maria Malibran (1808–1836)
* Florentina Mallá (1891–1973)
* Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (1916–2005)
* Maria Dolores Malumbres (1931–2019)
* Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016)
* Lata Mangeshkar (1929–2022)
* Meena Mangeshkar (born 1931)
* Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951)
* 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)
* Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890)
* Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–after 1911)
* Pamela J. Marshall (born 1954)
* Roberta Martin (1907–1969)
* Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)
* Odaline de la Martinez (born 1949)
* Maria de Lourdes Martins (1926–2009)
* Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
* Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
* Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
* Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Faria (1873–1938)
* Bernadetta Matuszczak (1937–2021)
* Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
* Marilyn Mazur (born 1955)
* Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
* Cecilia McDowall (born 1951)
* Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918)
* Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
* Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972)
* Priscilla McLean (born 1942)
* Jenny Helen McLeod (born 1941)
* Lena McLin (born 1928)
* 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 (1934–2019)
* 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)
* Jessie Montgomery (born 1982)
* Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940–2022)
* Kate Moore (born 1979)
* Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
* Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
* Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
* Joyce Solomon Moorman (born 1946)
* Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
* Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799–1869)
* Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
* Junko Mori (born 1948)
* Angela Morley (1924–2009)
* Jocelyn Morlock (1969–2023)
* Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)
* Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (born 1928)
* Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928)
* Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar (1924–2009)
* Ann Mounsey (1811–1891)
* Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944)
* Milena Mrazović (1863–1927)
* Geraldine Mucha (1917–2012)
* 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 (1863–1945)
* Angélica Negrón (born 1981)
* Sheila Nelson (1936–2020)
* Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
* Vojna Nešic (born 1947)
* Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927)
* Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
* Dika Newlin (1923–2006)
* Ailís Ní Ríain (born 1974)
* Alberta Nichols (1898–1957)
* Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891)
* Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
* Mary Rosselli Nissim (1864-1937)
* Eva Noer Kondrup (born 1964)
* Ilza Nogueira (born 1948)
* Gladys Nordenstrom (1924–2016)
* Isabel Stewart North (1860–1929)
* Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
* Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
* Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)
* Farangis Nurulla-Khoja (born 1972)

## O

* Karola Obermueller (born 1977)
* Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
* Irina Odagescu (born 1937)
* Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
* Nkeiru Okoye (born 1972)
* Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906)
* Jane O'Leary (born 1946)
* Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828)
* Vivienne Olive (born 1950)
* Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
* Betty Olivero (born 1954)
* Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)
* María Teresa Oller (1920–2018)
* Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
* Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
* Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996)
* Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
* Caroline Orger (1818–1892)
* Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964)
* Michiru Oshima (born 1961)
* Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
* Linda Woodaman Ostrander (born 1937)
* Ai Otsuka (born 1982)
* Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
* Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963)
* Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918)
* Janet Owen Thomas (1961–2002)
* Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007)
* María Luisa Ozaita (1939–2017)

## P

* Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
* Else Marie Pade (1924–2016)
* Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
* Priti Paintal (born 1960)
* Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
* Florence Margaret Spencer Palmer (1900–1987)
* Juliet Palmer (born 1969)
* Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
* Mme Papavoine (born c.1735, fl. 1755–61)
* Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
* Graciela Paraskevaidis (1940–2017)
* Hilda Paredes (born 1959)
* Maria Hester Park (1760–1813)
* Dorothy Parke (1904–1990)
* Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
* Alice Parker (born 1925)
* Annie Patterson (1868–1934)
* Marcela Pavia (born 1957)
* Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
* Maggi Payne (born 1945)
* Sarah Peebles (born 1964)
* Sylvia Pengilly (born 1935)
* Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004)
* Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923)
* Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (1907–1995)
* Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
* Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
* Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (1916–1998)
* Lourdes Perez (born 1961)
* Helen Perkin (1909–1996)
* Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878)
* Janice Kapp Perry (born 1938)
* Julia Perry (1924–1979)
* Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896)
* Rosica Petkova (born 1947)
* Carmen Petra Basacopol (1926–2023)
* Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
* Elena Petrová (1929–2002)
* Irena Pfeiffer (1912–1996)
* 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 – after 1774)
* Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737)
* Lina Pires de Campos (1918–2003)
* Piera Pistono (born 1938)
* Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
* Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (born 1949)
* Poldowski (1879–1932)
* Victoria Poleva (born 1962)
* Armande de Polignac (1876–1962)
* Claire Polin (1926–1995)
* Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century)
* Jeannie G. Pool (born 1951)
* Rachel Portman (born 1960)
* Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
* Alba Lucía Potes Cortés (born 1954)
* Rosephanye Powell (born 20th century)
* Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796)
* Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919)
* Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953)
* María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982)
* Deborah Pritchard (born 1977)
* Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
* Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
* Marie Proksch (1836–1900)
* Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947)
* Marta Ptaszynska (born 1943)
* Loïsa Puget (1810–1889)
* Helen Pyke (1905–1954)

## Q

* Anne Quigley (born 1955 or 1956)
* 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 (1914–2001)
* Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
* Eda Rapoport (1890–1968)
* Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
* Irma Ravinale (1937–2013)
* Mme Ravissa (fl. late 18th century)
* Giulia Recli (1890–1970)
* Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
* Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783)
* Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
* Sally Johnston Reid (1948–2019)
* Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892)
* Andrea Reinkemeyer (born 1976)
* Julie Reisserová (1888–1938)
* Claire Renard (born 1944)
* Anna Renfer (1896–1984)
* Henriette Renié (1875–1956)
* Catherine Rennes (1858–1940)
* Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
* Michèle Reverdy (born 1943)
* Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961)
* Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
* Helen Rhodes (1858-1936)
* Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c.1573, fl. 1597)
* Kathleen Richards (1895–1984)
* Marga Richter (1926–2020)
* Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968)
* Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
* Diana Ringo (born 1992)
* Shoshana Riseman (born 1948)
* Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937)
* Angela Ro Ro (born 1949)
* Gertrud Hermine Kuenzel Roberts (1906-1995)
* Berenice Robinson (1909-1990)
* Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
* Frances C. Robinson (1858-1905)
* Gertrude Ina Robinson (1868-1950)
* Louise Robyn (1878-1949)
* Andree Aeschlimann Rochat (1900-1990)
* Helen C. Rockefeller (1907-1957)
* Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
* Nicole Rodrigue (1943-2010)
* Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
* Betty Roe (born 1930)
* Gloria Roe (1935-2017)
* Jane Roeckel (1833-1907)
* Emily Bruce Roelofson (1832-1921)
* Helen Roessing (1891-1957)
* Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
* Teresa de Rogatis (1893–1979)
* Denise Roger (1924-2005)
* Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931)
* Ethel Tench Rogers (1914-2008)
* Patsy Rogers (born 1938)
* Sharon Elery Rogers (1929-2022)
* Sofie Rohnstock (1875-1964)
* Gertrude Martin Rohrer (1875-1968)
* Yvonne Rokseth (1890-1948)
* Mercedes Roldós Freixes (1910-1980)
* Caro Roma (1869–1937)
* Elena Romero (1923–1996)
* Elise Rondonneau (fl. 1827-1860s)
* Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933)
* Madame Ronssecy (fl. 1780-1820)
* Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894)
* Grace W. Root (1869-1898)
* Clotilde Rosa (1930–2017)
* Clorinda Rosato (1913-1985)
* B. J. Rosco (born 1932)
* Beatrice Schroeder Rose (1922–2014)
* Pauline Rosenthal (1845-1912)
* Clara Ross (1858-1954)
* Gertrude Ross (1889-1957)
* Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
* Doina Rotaru (born 1951)
* Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild (1832–1924)
* Mildred Barnes Royse (1896-1986)
* Yudif Grigorevna Rozhavskaya (1923-1982)
* Anna Rubin (born 1946)
* Lucja Rucinska (1817, 1818, or 1820-1882)
* Eleanor Rudall (1881–1960)
* Hermine Rudersdorff (1822–1882)
* Anna Lemmer Badenhorst Rudolph (1924-1995)
* Vivian Adelberg Rudow (born 1936)
* Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
* Charlotte Ruegger (1876-1959)
* Ana Rugeles (1914-2012)
* Magaly Ruiz (born 1941)
* Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
* Marjorie Rusche (born 1949)
* Olive Nelson Russell (1905–1989)
* Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)
* Dagmar de Corval Rybner (1890–1965)
* Lalla Ryckoff (1878–1977)

## S

* Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)
* Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
* Geni Sadero (1886–1961)
* Sahakdukht (c. 675-c. 736)
* Dilorom Saidaminova (born 1943)
* Georgie Boyden Saint John (1861–1899)
* Sainte des Prez (13th century)
* Didia Saint Georges (1888–1979)
* Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885)
* Eva Saito-Noda (1921–2004)
* Marina Saiz-Salazar (1930–1990)
* Janet Mary Salsbury (1881–1951)
* Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938)
* Matilde Salvador (1918–2007)
* Valerie Samson (born 1948)
* Alice Samter (1908–2004)
* Caroline Samuel (1822–1851)
* Marguerite Samuel (1847–1912)
* Rhian Samuel (born 1944)
* Marie Samuelsson (born 1956)
* Manuela Cornejo Sanchez (1854–1902)
* Mirca Sancin (1901–1970)
* Ann Sandifur (born 1949)
* Margaret Vardell Sandresky (born 1921)
* Iris Sanguesa (born 1933)
* Eugenie Santa Coloma Sourget (1827–1895)
* Amado Santos Ocampo (1925–2009)
* Rocio Sanz (1933–1993)
* Sappho (born c. 612 BCE)
* Antonia Sarcina (born 1963)
* Cora Decker Sargent (1868–1944)
* Jadwiga Sarnecka (1877 or 1883–1913)
* Kimi Sato (born 1949)
* Rebecca Saunders (born 1967)
* Alice Sauvrezis (1866–1946)
* Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
* Caroline Sawath (19th century)
* Harriet P. Sawyer (1862–1934)
* Carla Scaletti (born 1956)
* Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
* Ethel Scarborough (1880–1956)
* Breda Scek (1893–1968)
* Anna von Schaden (1763–1834)
* Theresa Schaeffer (19th century)
* Claire Schapira (born 1946)
* Marie Schauff (fl. 1799–1844)
* Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887)
* Magdalene Schauss-Flake (1921–2008)
* Maria Scheepers (1892–1989)
* Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
* Mon Schjelderup (1870–1934)
* Elise Schlick (1790–1855)
* Annette Schlünz (born 1964)
* Elise Schmezer (1810–1856)
* Frieda Schmitt-Lermann (born 1885)
* Else Schmitz-Gohr (1901–1987)
* Maria Schneider (born 1960)
* Amalie Scholl (1823–1879)
* Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
* Erna Schorlemmer (1875–1945)
* Eva Schorr (1927–2016)
* Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
* Georgina Schubert (1840–1878)
* Luise Schulze-Berghof (1889–1970)
* Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
* Meta Schumann (1887–1937)
* Anna Schuppe (1829–1903)
* Maria Schüppel (1923–2011)
* Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967)
* Friederike Schwarz (1910–1945)
* Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
* Margarete Schweikert (1887–1957)
* E. Anne Schwerdtfeger (1930–2008)
* Wilhelmine Schwertzell (1787–1863)
* Anna Schytte (1877–1953)
* Esther Scliar (1926–1978)
* Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900)
* Clara H. Scott (1841–1897)
* Margaret Scoville (1944–1978)
* Marina Scriabina (1911–1998)
* Amy Scurria (born 1973)
* Sara Opal Search (1890–1961)
* Virginia Seay (1922–2015)
* Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927)
* Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
* Hilda Sehested (1858–1936)
* Sophie Seipt (1812–1889)
* Ilona Sekacz (born 1948)
* Gisela Selden-Goth (1884–1975)
* Blanche Selva (1884–1942)
* Daria Semegen (born 1946)
* Teresa Seneke (1848–1875)
* Johanna Senfter (1879–1961)
* Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (1679–1745)
* María Luisa Sepúlveda (1896–1958)
* Tat'yana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
* Valentina Serova (1846–1924)
* Ana Serrano Redonnet (191? – 1993)
* H. Servier (1807–1858)
* Claudia Sessa (c.1570 – between 1613 and 1619)
* Marianne Sessi (177?–1847)
* Kilza Setti (born 1932)
* Charlotta Seuerling (1782–1828)
* Marielli Sfakianaki (born 1945)
* Shakhida Shaimardanova (born 1938)
* Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955)
* Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
* Sharda (singer) (born 1937)
* Miriam Shatal (1903–1983)
* Judith Shatin (born 1949)
* Tamara Antonovna Shaverzashvili (1891–1955)
* Alice Marion Shaw (born 1890)
* Caroline Shaw (born 1982)
* Carrie Burpee Shaw (1850–1946)
* Lillian Tait Sheldon (1865–1925)
* Naomi Shemer (1930–2004)
* Elna Sherman (1888–1964)
* Alice Shields (born 1943)
* Chen Shi-hui (born 1962)
* Pan Shiji (born 1957)
* Yoko Shimomura (born 1967)
* Mieko Shiomi (born 1938)
* Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990)
* Clare Shore (born 1954)
* Marilyn Shrude (born 1946)
* Mme Sicard (fl. 1678)
* Anna Sick (1803–1895)
* Louise Siddall (1879–1935)
* Tamara Maliukova Sidorenko (1919–2005)
* Marie Siegling (1824–1919)
* Beatrice Siegrist (born 1934)
* Arlene Sierra (born 1970)
* Elzbieta Sikora (born 1943)
* Ann Loomis Silsbee (1930–2003)
* Adelaide Pereira da Silva (1928–2021)
* Sheila Silver (born 1946)
* Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947)
* Darinka Simic-Mitrovic (born 1937)
* Kate Simmons (1850–1926)
* Cecile Paul Simon (1881–1970)
* Netty Simons (1913–1994)
* Nadezhda Simonyan (1922–1997)
* Clara Sinde Ramallal (born 1935)
* Chitra Singh (born 1940)
* Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
* Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
* Alice Sirooni (1921–2011)
* Mirjana Sistek-Djordjevic (born 1935)
* Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs (1920–2005)
* Hanna Skalska-Szemioth (1921–1964)
* Nellie Bangs Skelton (1855–1911)
* Fannie Lovering Skinner (1867–1938)
* Synne Skouen (born 1950)
* Irene Skovgaard (1902–1982)
* Janina Skowronska (1920–1992)
* Bettina Skrzypczak (born 1962)
* Dagmara Slianova-Mizandari (1910–1983)
* Jane Sloman (1824–after 1850)
* Harriet Anne Smart (1817–1883)
* Pril Smiley (born 1943)
* Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova (1910–1980)
* Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
* Ella May Dunning Smith (1860–1934)
* Irene Britton Smith (1907–1999)
* Julia Smith (1911–1989)
* Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
* Nellie von Gerichten Smith (1871–1952)
* Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
* Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
* Jitka Snížková (1924–1989)
* Mary McCarty Snow (1928–2012)
* Joanídia Sodré (1903–1975)
* Charlotte Sohy (1887–1955)
* Josefa Somellera (1810–1885)
* Silvia Sommer (born 1944)
* Brunhilde Sonntag (1936–2002)
* Sylvia Soublette (1924–2020)
* Mildred Souers (1894–1977)
* Ann Southam (1937–2010)
* Isabel Soveral (born 1961)
* Maj Sønstevold (1917–1996)
* Susan Spain-Dunk (1880–1962))
* Eva Ruth Spalding (1883–1969)
* Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
* Anita Socola Specht (1871–1958)
* Lita Spena (1904–1989)
* Fannie Morris Spencer (1865–1943)
* Williametta Spencer (born 1927)
* Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
* Louise Cooper Spindle (1885–1968)
* Cristina Spinei (born 1984)
* Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
* Louise Spizizen (1928–2010)
* Charlotte Sporleder (1836–1915)
* Hope Squire (1878–1936)
* M. M. Srilekha (born 1974)
* Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
* Patty Stair (1869–1926)
* Louise E. Stairs (1892–1975)
* Elena Stanekaite-Laumyanskene (1880–1960)
* Erika Stang (1861–1898)
* Helen Camille Stanley (born 1930)
* Iet Stants (1903–1968)
* Anna Diller Starbuck (1868–1929)
* Helen Steele (born 1894)
* Ivana Stefanovic (born 1948)
* Gladys Marie Stein (1900–1989)
* Lena Stein-Schneider (1874–1958)
* Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956)
* Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)
* Gitta Steiner (1932–1990)
* Julia Stilman-Lasansky (1935–2007)
* Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895)
* Lindsey Stirling (born 1986)
* Magdalene Stirling (1765–1846)
* Margaret McClure Stitt (1886–1979)
* Stella Stocker (1858–1925)
* Morris Stockton (1873–1964)
* Nina Stollewerk (1825–1914)
* Ingrid Stölzel (born 1971)
* Pauline B. Story (1870–1952)
* Louise Strantz (1823–1909)
* Anne Stratton (1887–1977)
* Alice Streatch (1909–1999)
* Lyubov Streicher (1888–1958)
* Else Streit (1869–?)
* Lily Strickland (1887–1958)
* Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
* Dorothy Strutt (born 1941)
* Elsa Stuart-Bergstrom (1889–1970)
* Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912)
* Herma Studeny (1886–1973)
* Dorothy Geneva Styles (1922–1984)
* Meenakshi Subramanyam
* Dana Suesse (1909–1987)
* Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
* Marion Dix Sullivan (fl. 1840–50)
* Mira Sulpizi (born 1923)
* Asya Sultanova (1923–2021)
* Heidi Sundblad-Halme (1903–1973)
* Anna Suszczynska (1877–1931)
* Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
* Rodica Sutzu (1913–1979)
* Natela Svanidze (1926–2017)
* Elizabeth Swados (1951–2016)
* Freda Swain (1902–1985)
* Elsa Swartz (1874–1948)
* Edith Swepstone (fl. 1885–1930)
* Kay Swift (1897–1993)
* Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935)
* Mary Helena Synge (1840–1917)
* Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994)
* Iris Szeghy (born 1956)
* Erzsébet Szőnyi (1924–2019)
* Margit Sztaray (1859–?)
* Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)
* Iwonka Bogumila Szymanska (born 1943)
* Joan Szymko (born 1957)

## T

* Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980)
* Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
* Toyoko Takami (born 1945)
* Marjo Tal (1915–2006)
* Louise Talma (1906–1996)
* Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
* Hilary Tann (born 1947)
* Bertha Tapper (1859–1915)
* Frances Tarbox (1874–1959)
* Charlotte Tardieu (1829–1890)
* Karen Tarlow (born 1947)
* Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
* Erna Tauro (1916–1993)
* Cornelia Tautu (1938–2019)
* Katherine Teck (born 1939)
* Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)
* Anna Teichmüller (1861–1940)
* Nancy Telfer (born 1950)
* Hope Temple (1859–1938)
* Maria Elizabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen (1885–1980)
* Anice Potter Terhune (1873–1964)
* Anne Terrier Laffaille (1904–1971)
* Alicia Terzian (born 1934)
* Ivana Marburger Themmen (born 1935)
* Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989)
* Annette Thoma (1886–1974)
* Gertrude Auld Thomas (1872–1959)
* Jennifer Thomas (pianist) (born 1977)
* Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
* Diane Thome (born 1942)
* Alexandra Thomson (1867–1907)
* Ellen R. Thompson (1928–2014)
* Shirley Thompson (born 1958)
* Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir (Anna Thorvaldsdottir) (born 1977)
* Pauline Thys (c. 1836–1909)
* Tibors (fl. mid-12th century)
* Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979)
* Bertha Tideman-Wijers (1887–1976)
* Jeanette Tillett (1888–1965)
* Eta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (1917–2008)
* Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967)
* Zlata Tkach (1928–2006)
* Helen Tobias-Duesberg (1919–2010)
* Esther Cox Todd (1895–1971)
* Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991)
* Leonie Tonel (died 1886)
* Celia Torra (1889–1962)
* Joan Tower (born 1938)
* Marie Townsend (1851–1912)
* Natalie Townsend (1866–1962)
* Michiko Toyama (1908–2000)
* Elinor Meissner Traeger (1906–1983)
* Susan Trew (born 1853)
* Joan Trimble (1915–2000)
* Ruth Tripp (1897–1971)
* Alba Trissina (fl. 1622)
* Theodora Troendle (1893–1972)
* Wilhelmine von Troschke und Rosenwehrt (1775–1830)
* Josephine Trott (1874–1950)
* Josephine Troup (1853–1912)
* Agnes Tschetschulin (1859–1942)
* Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
* Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (1923–2023)
* Karmella Tsepkolenko (born 1955)
* Calliope Tsoupaki (born 1963)
* Felicia Tuczek (1849–1905)
* Louise Tunison (1872–1899)
* Mildred Cozzens Turner (1897–1992)
* Myra Brooks Turner (1936–2017)
* Florence Turner-Maley (1871–1962)
* Pava Turtygina (1902–1985)
* Hendrika van Tussenbroek (1854–1935)
* Mary Lynn Twombly (born 1935)
* Norma Tyer (born 1928)
* Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883)
* Mildred Lund Tyson (1895–1989)

## U

* Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
* Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009)
* Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846–1896)
* Anne Upton (1892–1970)
* Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
* Irma Urteaga (1929–2022)
* Julia Usher (born 1945)
* Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
* Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)

## W

* Mimi Wagensonner (1897–1970)
* Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
* Harriet Wainwright (c. 1766–1843)
* Mary Augusta Wakefield (1853–1910)
* Josephine-Rosalie de Walckiers (1756–1836)
* Julie Waldburg-Wurzach (1841–1914)
* Freya Waley-Cohen (born 1989)
* Caroline Holme Walker (1863–1955)
* Ella May Walker (1892–1960)
* Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
* Shirley Walker (1945–2006)
* Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
* Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
* Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780)
* Jennifer Walshe (born 1974)
* Constance Walton (1919–2017)
* Tekla Griebel-Wandall (1866–1940)
* Dorothy Wanderman (1897–1988)
* An-Ming Wang (born 1926)
* Qiang Wang (born 1935)
* Ying Wang (born 1976)
* Kate Lucy Ward (1833–1915)
* Hermene Warlick Eichhorn (1906–2001)
* Katharine Mulky Warne (1923–2015)
* Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991)
* Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865)
* Satella Waterstone (1875–1938)
* Mabel Madison Watson (1872–1952)
* Regina Watson (1845–1913)
* Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
* Carol Ann Weaver (born 1948)
* Mary Watson Weaver (1903–1990)
* Alliene Brandon Webb (1910–1965)
* Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabo (1813–1874)
* Vilma von Webenau (1875–1953)
* Bertha Weber (1887–1961)
* Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
* Emmy Wegener (1901–1973)
* Vally Weigl (1889–1982)
* Judith Weir (born 1954)
* Helen L. Weiss (1920–1948)
* Edith Weiss-Mann (1885–1951)
* Svea Nordblad Welander (1898–1985)
* Georgina Weldon (1837–1914)
* Jane Sinclair Wells (born 1952)
* Norma Wendelburg (1918–2016)
* Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
* Elisabet Wentz-Janacek (1923–2014)
* Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949)
* Helen Searles Westbrook (1889–1967)
* Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
* Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
* Mildred Weston (1892–1975)
* Adelheid Wette (1858–1916)
* June Weybright (1903–1996)
* Janet Wheeler (born 1957)
* Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)
* Claude Porter White (1907–1975)
* Elise Fellows White (1873–1953)
* Estelle White (1925–2011)
* Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)
* Ruth White (1925–2013)
* Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
* Bessie Marshall Whitely (1871–1944)
* E. Florence Whitlock (1889–1978)
* Dorothy Whitson Freed (1919–2000)
* Chris Mary Francine Whittle (born 1927)
* Caroline Wichern (1836–1906)
* Florence Wickham (1880–1962)
* Aimée Van de Wiele (1907–1991)
* Lili Wieruszowski (1899–1971)
* Frances Turgeon Wiggin (1891–1985)
* Mary Wiggins (1904–1974)
* Margaret Wigham (1904–1972)
* Inger Wikström (born 1939)
* Clara Wildschut (1906–1950)
* Margaret Jones Wiles (1911–2000)
* Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
* Maria Wilhelmj (1850s–1930)
* Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
* Grace Williams (1906–1977)
* Jean E. Williams (1876–1965)
* Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
* Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
* Regina Hansen Willman (1914–1965)
* Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002)
* Addie Anderson Wilson (1876–1966)
* Gertrude Hoag Wilson (1888–1968)
* Hilda Wilson (1860–1918)
* Joan Dolores Wilson (born 1933)
* Helen Wing (1892–1981)
* Therese Emilie Henriette Winkel (1784–1867)
* Elisabeth Wintzer (1863–1933)
* Edith Wire (1889–1973)
* Debbie Wiseman (born 1963)
* Caroline Wiseneder (1807–1868)
* Betty Rose Wishart (born 1947)
* Beatrice Witkin (1916–1990)
* Monica Witni (born 1930)
* Therese Wittman (1869–1942)
* Diane Wittry (born 1964)
* Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
* Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
* Sophie Wolff-Fritz (1858–1938)
* Erna Woll (1917–2005)
* Gertrude Price Wollner (1900–1985)
* Elsa Laura Wolzogen (1876–1945)
* Betty Ann Wong (born 1938)
* Hsiung-Zee Wong (born 1947)
* Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
* Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919)
* Eliza Woods (1872–1961)
* Emma Wooge (1857–1935)
* Julia Woolf (1831–1893)
* Lola Carrier Worrell (1870–1929)
* Amy Aldrich Worth (1888–1967)
* Ellen Riley Wright (1859–1904)
* Nannie Louise Wright (1879–1958)
* Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
* Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
* Sinta Wullur (born 1958)
* Ilse Gerda Wunsch (1911–2003)
* Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938)
* Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919)
* Ann Wyeth McCoy (1915–2005)
* Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)

## X

* Margareta Xenopol (1892–1979)
* Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991)
* Huguang Xin (1933–2011)
* Qu Xixian (1919–2008)

## Y

* Yevgania Yosifovna Yakhina (1918–1983)
* Michiru Yamane (born 1963)
* Ludmila Anatolievna Yaroshevskaya (1906–1975)
* Louise Yazbeck (1910–1995)
* Arlene Buckneberg Ydstie (born 1928)
* Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926)
* Chen Yi (born 1953)
* Eliza Mazzucato Young (1846–1937)
* Harriet Maitland Young (1828–1923)
* Jane Corner Young (1915–2001)
* Nina C. Young (born 1984)
* Rolande Maxwell Young (1927–2015)
* Glad Robinson Youse (1898–1985)

## Z

* Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948)
* Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
* Barbara Maria Zakrzewska-Nikiporczyk (born 1946)
* Arlene Zallman (1934–2006)
* Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek (1904–1972)
* Maria Semyonovna Zavalishina (born 1903)
* Ruth Zechlin (1926–2007)
* Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
* Dafina Zeqiri (composer) (born 1984)
* Gaziza Zhubanova (1927–1993)
* Valentine Yanovna Zhubinskaya (1926–2013)
* Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaia (born 1937)
* Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova (born 1909)
* Lidia Zielinska (born 1953)
* Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)
* Frances Ziffer (1917–1996)
* Marilyn J. Ziffrin (1926–2018)
* Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
* Margrit Zimmermann (1927–2020)
* Phyllis Zimmerman (1934–2012)
* Mirjana Živkovic (1935–2020)
* Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987)
* Marija Zubova (1749–1799)
* Mana Zucca (1885–1981)
* Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
* Esther Zweig (1906–1981)
* Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)