List of 20th-century American women composers
This is a list of 20th-century American women composers ordered alphabetically by surname.
A[edit]
- Esther Allan (1914–1985)[1]
- Beth Anderson (born 1950)[2]
- Elinor Armer (born 1939)[3]
- Clarice Assad (born 1978)[4]
- Lera Auerbach (born 1973)[5]
- May Aufderheide (1888–1972)[6]
B[edit]
- Elaine Barkin (born 1932)[7]
- Floy Little Bartlett (1883–1955)[8]
- Amy Beach (1867–1944)[9]
- Eve Beglarian (born 1958)[10]
- Carla Bley (born 1938)[11]
- Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)[12]
- Radie Britain (1899–1994)[13]
- Rosemary Brown (1916–2001)[14]
- Canary Lee Burton (born 1942)[15]
C[edit]
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
- Gloria Coates (1938–2023)[16]
- Nellie Weldon Cocroft (1885–1986)[17]
- Valerie Coleman
- Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962)[18]
D[edit]
- Katherine Kennicott Davis (1892–1980)[19]
- Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)[20]
E[edit]
- Marti Epstein (born 1959)[21]
- Reena Esmail (born 1983)[22]
F[edit]
- Sylvia Fine (1913–1991)[23]
- Vivian Fine (1913–2000)[24]
G[edit]
- Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)[25]
- Annie Gosfield (born 1960)[26]
H[edit]
- Juliana Hall (born 1958)[27]
- Barbara Harbach (born 1946)[28]
- Melissa Hui (born 1966)[29]
- Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)[30]
K[edit]
- Laura Karpman (born 1959)[31]
- Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
L[edit]
- Joan La Barbara (born 1947)[32]
- Anne La Berge (born 1955)[33]
- Vanessa Lann (born 1968)[34]
- Libby Larsen (born 1950)[35]
- Tania León (born 1943)[36]
M[edit]
- Linda Martinez (1975–2005)[37]
- Josephine McGill (1877–1919)[38]
- Cindy McTee (born 1953)[39]
- Missy Mazzoli (born 1980)[40]
- Meredith Monk (born 1942)[41]
O[edit]
- Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)[42][43]
P[edit]
- Judith Palmer
- Florence Price (1887–1953)[44]
R[edit]
- Nancy Raabe (born 1954)[45]
- Shulamit Ran (born 1947)[46]
S[edit]
- Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)[47]
- Amy Scurria (born 1973)[48]
- Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)[49]
- Alex Shapiro (born 1962)[50]
- Judith Shatin (born 1949)[51]
- Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947)[52]
- Netty Simons (1913–1994)[53]
- Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)[54]
- Cristina Spinei (born 1984)[55]
- Pauline Anna Strom (1946–2020)[56]
T[edit]
- Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)[57]
- Karen P. Thomas (born 1957)[58]
- Joan Tower (born 1938)[59]
V[edit]
- Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)[60]
W[edit]
- Melinda Wagner (born 1957)[61]
- Shirley Walker (1945-2006)
- Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)[62]
- Wang Jie (born 1980)
- Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002)
- Diane Wittry
- Julia Wolfe (born 1958)[63]
Z[edit]
- Pamela Z (born 1956)[64]
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)[65]
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