For women composing art (classical) music. This category is composed of links to composers listed in categories of
Arts: Music: Composition: Composers and lists sites presenting information about women composers in general.
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Agnesi, Maria Teresa d'
Alberga, Eleanor
Ali-Zadeh, Franghiz
Alrich, Alexis
Anderson, Olive
Ansink, Caroline
Archer, Violet Balestreri
Bacewicz, Grazyna
Backer Gröndahl, Agathe
Bond, Victoria
Bonds, Margaret
Boulanger, Lili
Boulanger, Nadia Juliette
Caccini, Francesca
Carcas, Gillian
Carlos, Wendy
Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stephanie
Chen Yi
Clarke, Rebecca
Coulthard, Jean
Doncaster, Sara
Farrenc, Louise
Fields, Dorothy
Figueroa, Adriana
Fine, Vivian
Folio, Cynthia
Fullman, Ellen
Gideon, Miriam
Gubaidulina, Sofia
Hensel, Fanny
Hildegard
Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne
Hutchinson, Brenda
Kanno, Yôko
Kapralova, Vitezslava
Lang, Josephine
La Barbara, Joan
LeFanu, Nicola
Lehmann, Liza
Leon, Tania
Lockwood, Annea
Lutyens, Elisabeth
Maconchy, Elizabeth
Mahler, Alma
Manziarly, Marcelle de
Martinez, Odaline de la
Masaoka, Miya
Mendelssohn, Fanny
Monk, Meredith
Moore, Undine Smith
Musgrave, Thea
Newman, Maria
Norman, Katharine
Okoye, Nkeiru
Oliveros, Pauline
Payne, Maggi
Perry, Julia Amanda
Phillips, Anne
Price, Florence
Ran, Shulamit
Rubin, Anna
Schindler, Alma
Schumann, Clara
Seeger, Ruth Crawford
Sirmen, Maddalena Lombardini
Tailleferre, Germaine
Tanaka, Karen
Tower, Joan
Wagner, Melinda
Weir, Judith
Wieck, Clara
Zaimont, Judith Lang
Zwillich, Ellen Taaffe
Site
Kaiser, Shirley
Concert pianist and composer of classical and healing music. Masterclasses, workshops, and recordings.
Tann, Hilary
Composer living in upstate New York, and chair of the Department of Performing Arts at Union College, Schenectady.
Williamson, Chris
Musical activist and popular music pioneer and composer.
Albritton, Anne
Arranger, pianist, and theorist in Dallas.
Edwards, Clara
American songwriter, 1880 to 1974. About her life and her music.
Milstein, Silvina
Lecturer in music at King's College London, author of a book on Schoenberg, and composer of orchestral and chamber music.
Jordan, Cynthia
Composer of piano music who seeks to create a peaceful environment with her music. Biography and recordings.
Serter, Jane
British composer. "Her music displays an enjoyment of opposites and extremes."
Plowman, Lynne
Composer and flautist living in Wales.
Andrews, Nicola Ellis
Cornelius Cardew Composition Prize winner. Working by herself and also collaboratively with her husband poet Phil Andrews McGovern.
Karadjov, Rostislava Pankova
Bulgarian born composer, currently living in Swaziland, Southern Africa.
Bennett, Jennifer
Composer of choral music living in Kingston, Ontario.
Stephan, Naomi
Choral composer living in California.
Huber, Ruth
"Classically trained and eclectically inclined" composer.
Miller, Jane Ramseyer
Singer, composer, and choir director.
Munn, Zae
"Associate Professor of Music at Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana where she has taught composition, theory, and orchestration since 1990."
Villanueva, Maria Cecilia
Argentine composer. Curriculum vitae, list of works, audio samples, discography, bibliography, publications. Spanish and English site.
Ellen, Jane
American composer Jane Ellen (ASCAP) with biography, works, and other musings.
Miller, Elma
Composer and music typographer living in Canada.
Beglarian, Eve
Composer and performer Eve Beglarian, whose work ranges from art music to electronic music.
The Woman Composer Question
Bibliography of women composers, by Eugene Gates, Ed.D.
Andrée, Elfrida
Lived 1841 to 1929. Swedish Music Information Center page. Organist and composer.
Women Composers
A database of women whose music has been recorded on CD.
Musician's Biographies
Scores of short biographies about women composers throughout time. From Hildegard Publishing Company.
Women in Czech Music
Promotes composers, past and present; includes links.
Loo, Katherine
Contains discography, and CD ordering information for the pianist.
Webb, Orianna
Composer of chamber and orchestral music.
Breuer, Carolyn
Provides biography, news, events calendar, interview, and photographs of the saxophonist and composer.
Women of Note
Descriptions of many female composers and their works.
Pittman, Evelyn LaRue
Noted for folk opera, spiritual arrangements and compositions for solo voice. 1827 to 1903. African-American Art Song Alliance page.
McLin, Lena Johnson
African-American Art Song Alliance page. Born 1929. "Her musical style reflects but is not limited to the influence of the church and gospel music."
Dimoff, Eleanor
"Conservatively classical, with occasional forays into jazz forms or experiments in sound."
Web Search
International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM)
URL : www.iawm.org
Offers a resource for women composers, materials for scholars, and general information for the public.[2009/06/15]
Women Composers
URL : www.kapralova.org/DATABASE.htm
Provides database and links to individual composers' sites. ... in film music please refer to this list.] In this database, composers ...[2009/05/02]
Women in Music/Gender & Music Guide
URL : libweb.uoregon.edu/music/researchguides/womguide.html
This guide provides a list of resources for researching issues of gender and music and women in music, including women composers, at the University of Oregon's ...[2009/06/15]
Music: Women Composers, Performers
URL : womenshistory.about.com/cs/music
Resources for women in music: from the first female composer whose biography is known, to modern rock, folk and jazz pioneer performers.[2009/06/27]
Music
URL : www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject/music.html
The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock : Trouble Girls by Barbara O'Dair (Editor) ... Early Music Women Composers Page. Web Site of Sarah Whitworth. Drummergirl. ...[2008/04/18]
Women Composers
URL : www.zeroland.co.nz/classical_women.html
Women composers, a web directory. ... Dedicated to promoting women in music. Vitezslava Kapralova, Czech composer and conductor. ...[2009/04/04]
"Women in Film Music"
URL : www.iawm.org/articles_html/carlsson_women_in_film.html
Women in Film Music - Or How Hollywood Learned to Hire Female Composers for (at ... There are several successful women composers in film. ...[2009/06/12]
MusicMoz - Women in Music: Composers
URL : musicmoz.org/Women_in_Music/Composers
Top " Women in Music " Composers. Subcategories: Links (40) Related Categories: ... Composition: Composers. This category needs an editor. validate xml edit ...[2005/03/17]
Phenomenal Women in Music - Women's History Month
URL : musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/a/womeninmusic.htm
... doubt that women have come a long way in many different fields including music. ... composers. women's history month. songwriting 101 ...[2009/06/24]
Leonarda Productions
URL : www.leonarda.com
Publishes recordings and educational materials on music and women in music.[2009/06/13]
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