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Female musicians in the classical style

Names of female performers, conductors, composers and administrators throughout history.
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Last updated: March 28, 2023
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First submittedJune 5, 2019
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First woman to write a film score
Grace Williams
Wrote 'The March of the Women'
Ethel Smyth
First early music performer
Wanda Landowski
Russian composer known for being very small
Galina Ustvolskaya
Wrote 13 string quartets; taught by Vaughn Williams
Elizabeth Maconchy
First woman to be Master of the Queen's music
Judith Weir
Developed her own 12-tone technique
Elizabeth Luytens
First woman to win the Prix de Rome
Lili Boulanger
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Famous 19th century pianist and composer
Clara Schumann
First female conductor of an Oxbridge college choir
Sarah MacDonald
Wrote 'Westminster Mass'
Roxanna Panufnik
Won the 2014 British Composer Award for choral music
Cecilia McDowall
Had many works published under her brother's name
Fanny Mendelssohn
Wrote 'Gaelic Symphony'
Amy Beach
One of the first female festival administrators
Imogen Holst
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