Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, 1665 - 1729

Louise Farrenc,1804-1875

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, 1805-1847

Clara Schumann, 1819-1896

Emilie Mayer, 1821 (1812) -1883

Louise Adolpha Le Beau, 1850-1927

Amy Marcey Cheney Beach

Amanda Maier, 1853-1894

Ethel Smyth, 1858 - 1944

Rebecca Clarke, 1886 -  1979

Lili Boulanger, 1893 - 1918

Elisabeth Lutyens, 1906-1983

Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1901 - 1951

Elizabeth Maconchy, 1907 - 1994

Grazyna Bacewicz, 1909 - 1969

Galina Ivanovna Ustvolʹskai︠a︡, 1919-2006

Ruth Gipps, 1921 - 1999

Elaine Hugh-Jones, 1927 -

Thea Musgrave, 1928-

Sofia Gubaidulina, 1931 –

Nicola LeFanu, 1947 –

Kaija Saariaho, 1952 -

Judith Weir, 1954 –

Sally Beamish, 1956 -

Errollyn Wallen, 1958 –

Hilda Paredes, 1959 –

Unsuk Chin, 1961 –

Rebecca Saunders, 1967 –

Charlotte Bray, 1982 –

Angela Elizabeth Slater 

Information about women composers may be found at Music by Women