miniatura|Compositora i pianista Clara Wieck La següent és una llista de dones compositores que formen part de la tradició clàssica occidental, ordenades pel seu any de naixement.Print sources include the Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, ed. by Julie Anne Sadie & Rhian Samuel (New York; London: W.W. Norton, c1995), Barbara Garvey Jackson, "Say Can You Deny Me": A Guide to Surviving Music by Women from the 16th Through the 18th Centuries (Fayetteville: Univ of Arkansas Press, 1994), and Aaron I. Cohen, International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (NY: Books & Music, 1987). Els noms de compositores dones són encara, en gran part, absents als llibres d'història de la música i als programes de concert que constitueixen el cànon occidental musical, tot i que un gran nombre de dones ha compost música.
Anteriors al
Enheduanna (fl. c. 2300 BCE) – L'escriptora coneguda més antiga de textos literaris de temàtica musical. Safo (n. ca. 612 BCE) – La segona escriptora coneguda més antiga de textos referents a la música. Cai Yan (c.175–c.240) Cosroèntoque (fl. s.XVIII) Sahakduxt (fl. s.XVIII) Kàssia de Constantinoble (c.810–abans 867) Heloïsa (c. 1090–1164) Hildegarda de Bingen (1098–1179) Herrada de Landsberg (c. 1130–1195) Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mitjans s. XII) Iseut de Capio (c.1140–?) Tibors (fl. mitjans s. XII) Maria de França (1175?–1225?) Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. segona meitat s. XII) Maria de Ventadorn (segona meitat s. XII) Beatritz de Dia (fl. s.XII-XIII) Blanca de Castella i d'Anglaterra (1188–1252) Castelloza (fl. s.XIII) Margot (fl. s.XIII) Gertrude de Dagsburg (fl. s.XIII) Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. s.XIII) Sainte des Prez (fl. s.XIII) Lorete (fl. s.XIII) Garsenda de Proensa (fl. s.XIII)
Segle XVI
Gaspara Stampa (1523–1554) Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590) Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585) Lucia Quinciani (c. 1566, fl. 1611) Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–entre 1613 i 1619) Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (c. 1573, fl. 1597) Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–posterior a 1620) Sulpitia Cesis (1577–posterior a 1619) Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640) Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?) Caterina Assandra (c. 1590–posterior a 1618) Alba Trissina (ca.1590–posterior a 1638) Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662) Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?) Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
Segle
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678) Leonora Duarte (1610–1678) Leonora Baroni (1611–1670) Elisabet Sofia de Mecklenburg, duquessa de Brunsvic-Lüneburg (1613–1676) Francesca Campana (c. 1615-1665) Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704) Mlle Bocquet (principis s. XVII–posterior a 1660) Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704) Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (c. 1640–1680) Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (1640–1685) Amàlia Caterina de Waldeck-Eisenberg (1640–1697) Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–c. 1720) Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675) Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665) Mme Sicard (fl.1678) Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710) Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708) Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729) Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (1679–1745) Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703) Michielina della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744) Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. 1705–15 [b.ca.1685]) Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710) Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737) Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. 1713–1718 [b.ca.1690]) Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715) Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
1701–1750 miniatura|Princesa Anna Amalia de Prússia
Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (1704 o 1705–posterior a 1742) Zanetta Farussi (1707–1776) Guillemina de Prússia (1709-1758), margravina de Bayreuth Mlle Guédon de Presles (principi s. XVIII-1754) Maria Bàrbara de Bragança (1711–1758) Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762) Santa della Pietà (c. 1715?–posterior a 1774) (fl. c. 1725–1750) Felipa Carlota de Prússia (1716–1801) Mlle Duval (1718–posterior a 1775) Elisabeth de Haulteterre (c. 1720?–after 1768) (fl. 1737–1768) Agata della Pietà (c. 1720?–?) (fl. c. 1800) Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795) Anna Amàlia de Prússia (1723–1787) Maria Antònia de Baviera (1724–1780) Diamante Medaglia Faini (1724–1770) Miss Davis (c. 1726–posterior a 1755) Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765) Josina van Aerssen (Baronessa Boetzelaer) (1733–1787) Mme Papavoine (nascuda c. 1735, fl. 1755–61) Hélène-Louise Demars (b. c. 1736) Anna Bon (nascuda c. 1738/1739) Anna Amàlia de Brunsvic-Wolfenbüttel, duquessa de Saxònia-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807) Mlle Guerin (nascuda c. 1739, fl. 1755) Isabelle de Charrière (Belle van Zuylen) (1740–1805) Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828) Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820) Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824) Marianne von Martínez (1744–1812) Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818) Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825) Genovieffa Ravissa de Turin (1745/50–1807) Henriette Adélaïde Villard de Beaumesnil (1748–1813) Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (1749–1833) Polly Young, o Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799) Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828) Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
1751–1800
Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829) Corona Schröter (1751–1802) Juliane Reichardt (Juliane Benda) (1752–1783) Jane Savage (1752/3–1824) Charlotte von Brandenstein (1754–1813) Josepha Duschek (1754–1824) Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810) Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845) Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791) Georgiana Cavendish, Duquessa de Devonshire (1757–1806) Charlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Bachmann (1757–1817) Harriett Abrams (1758–1821) Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820) Marianna Auenbrugger (1759–1782) Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833) Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759–1824) Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838) Christina Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832) Katerina Maier (c. 1760–posterior a 1800) Maria Hester Park, (1760–1813) Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1759–1809) Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816) Ekaterina Siniavina (1761–1784) Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787) Jane Mary Guest (c. 1762–1846) Ann Valentine (1762–1842) Anna Maria Crouch (1763–1805) Hélène de Montgeroult (1764–1836) Charlotte Wilhelmina Franziska Brandes (1765–1788) Elizabeth Billington (1765–1818) Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (1765–?1834) Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813) Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835) Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (1767–1859) Julie Candeille (1767–1834) Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800) Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838) Veronica Rosalia Dussek (1769–1833) Nannette Streicher (1769–1833) Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. segona meitat del s. XVIII) Klementyna Grabowska (1771–1831) Lucile Grétry (1772–1790) Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822) Sophie Bawr (1773–1860) Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822) Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847) Margaret Essex (1775–1807) Sophie Gail (1775–1819) Sophie Gay (1776–1852) Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858) Louise Reichardt (1779–1826) Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810) Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863) Charlotta Seuerling (1782–1828) Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837) Henriette Löfman (1784–1836) Bettina von Arnim (Bettina Brentano) (1785–1859) Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858) Isabella Colbran (1785–1845) Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815) Marie Bigot (1786–1820) Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836) Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786–posterior a 1805) Elena Asachi (1789–1877) Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831) Harriet Browne (1790–1858) Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840) Amàlia de Saxònia (1794–1870) Olivia Buckley (nascuda a mitjans 1790–posterior a 1845) Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802) Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833) Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878) Helene Liebmann (1796–1835) Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863) Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857) Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848) Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799–1869) Maria Fredrica von Stedingk (1799–1868) Filipina Brzezińska-Szymanowska (1800–1886) Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
1801–1850
Marianna Bottini (1802–1858) Marion Dix Sullivan (1802–1860) Eliza Flower (1803–1846) Isidora Zegers (1803–1869) Louise Farrenc (1804–1875) Louise Bertin (1805–1877) Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847) Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865) Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884) Helen Blackwood (1807–1867) Emma Hartmann (1807–1851) Cecília de Suècia (1807–1844) Maria Malibran (1808–1836) Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880) Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885) Hanna Brooman (1809–1887) Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809–1875) Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858) Louise Geneviève de Le Hye (1810–1838) Loïsa Puget (1810–1889) Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900) Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885) Ann Mounsey (1811–1891) Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabò (1813–1887) Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887) Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865) Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861) Josephine Lang (1815–1880) Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863) Caroline Orger (1818–1892) Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892) Ellen Dickson (1819–1878) Clara Schumann (1819–1896) Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895) Augusta Browne (1820–1882) Felicita Casella (c. 1820–posterior a 1865) Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854) Clara Angela Macirone (1821–1914) Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885) Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912) Pauline Viardot (1821–1910) Faustina Hasse Hodges (1822–1895) Betty Boije (1822–1854) Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895) Marie Siegling (1824–1919) Jane Sloman (1824–posterior a 1850) Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877) Kate Loder (1825–1904) Maria Lindsay (1827–1898) Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904) Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891) Elizabeth Philp (1827–1885) Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907) Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869) Aurore von Haxthausen (1830–1888) Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879) Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892) Julia Woolf (1831–1893) Modesta Sanginés Uriarte (1832–1887) Mathilde von Rothschild (1832–1924) Sophia Dellaporta (fl. Segona meitat del s. XIX) Clotilde Kainerstorfer (1833–1897) Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917) Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861) Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896) Johanne Amelie Fenger (1836–1913) Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918) Anaïs Perrière-Pilté (1836–1878) Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911) Pauline Thys (c.1836–1909) Caroline Wichern (1836–1906) Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907) Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915) Georgina Weldon (1837–1914) Lili'uokalani (1838–1917) Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c. 1876) Lotten Edholm (1839–1930) Laura Netzel (1839–1927) Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884) Ingeborg von Bronsart (1840–1913) Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922) Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929) Clara H. Scott (1841–1897) Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841–1918) Oliveria Prescott (1842–1919) Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910) Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–1922) Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906) Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931) Ika Peyron (1845–1922) Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926) Marie Jaëll (1846–1925) Sophie Menter (1846–1918) Valentina Serova (1846–1924) Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883) Eliza Mazzucato Young (1846–1937) Eloísa D’Herbil (1847–1943) Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907) Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935) Augusta Holmès (1847–1903) Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925) Florence Everilda Goodeve (1848–1916) Nadejda Rímskaia-Kórsakova (1848–1919) Frances Allitsen (1849–1912) Soledad Bengoechea de Carmena (1849–1893) Catalina Berroa (1849–1911) Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930) Ludmila Jeske-Choińska-Mikorska (1849–1898) Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935) Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919) Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927) Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)
1851–1875
Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935) Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921) Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944) Helena Munktell (1852–1919) Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894) Teresa Carreño (1853–1917) Josephine Troup (1853–1912) Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937) Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)