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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• Mary Anne à 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 (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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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 (born 1926)

• Elaine Hugh-Jones (1927–2021)

• Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854)

• Sarah Hutchings (born 1984)

• Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)

• Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

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• Regina Irman (born 1957)

• Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)

• Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010)

• Adina Izarra (born 1959)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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