Composer’s names appear in alphabetical order and are organized chronologically by century of their birth.
18th century
- Agnesi, Maria Teresa (1720-1795)
- Allessandra, Caterina (1700s?)
- Arnim, Bettina von (1785-1859)
- Coccia, Maria Rosa (1759-1833)
- Szymanowska, Maria (1789-1831)
19th century
- Andrée, Elfrida (1841-1929)
- Backer-Grøndahl, Agathe (1847-1907)
- Bauer, Marion (1882-1955)
- Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney (1867-1944)
- Beyer, Johanna (1888-1944)
- Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918)
- Carreño, Teresa (1853-1917)
- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)
- Holt, Nora Douglas (1884/5-1974)
- Price, Florence B. (1887-1953)
- Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983)
20th century
- Abe, Keiko (1937-)
- Abels, Michael (1962-)
- Adams, Leslie (1932-2024)
- Agócs, Kati (1975-)
- Akiho, Andy (1979-)
- Al-Ahmad, Lora (1995-)
- Alberga, Eleanor (1949-)
- Albert, Adrienne (1941-)
- Alvarado, Jannet (1963-)
- Amis, Kenneth (1970-)
- Anderson, T.J. (1928-)
- Archer, Violet (1913-2000)
- Ardovino, Lori (1960-)
- Arismendi, Diana (1962-)
- Armer, Elinor (1939-)
- Assad, Clarice (1978-)
- Baba, Noriko (1972-)
- Balch, Katherine (1991-)
- Barraine, Elsa (1910-1999)
- Bliss, Marilyn (1954-)
- Bonds, Margaret (1913-1972)
- Brandon, Jenni (1977-)
- Briz, Anna (1981-)
- Brogue, Roslyn (1919-1981)
- Brouwer, Leo (1939-)
- Burrell, Diana (1948-)
- Byström, Britta (1977-)
- Chang, Dorothy (1970-)
- Cheatham, Wallace (1945-2021)
- Colasanti, Silvia (1975-)
- Coleman, Valerie (1970-)
- Davis, Anthony (1951-)
- Day, Kevin (1996-)
- de Leon, Mario Diaz (1979-)
- Dun, Tan (1957-)
- Eastman, Julius (1940-1990)
- Erkoreka, Gabriel (1969-)
- Esmail, Reena (1983-)
- Fairlie-Kennedy, Margaret (1925-2013)
- Frank, Gabriela Lena (1972-)
- Fung, Vivian (1975-)
- Gomez, Alice (1960-)
- Hailstork, Adolphus (1941)
- Holland, Jonathan Bailey (1974-)
- Hrabovsky, Leonid (1935-)
- Huang, Ruo (1976-)
- Ince, Kamran (1960-)
- Izarra, Adina (1959-)
- Jazwinski, Barbara (1950-)
- Karabyts, Ivan Fedorovych (1945-2002)
- Kats-Chernin, Elena (1957-)
- Kay, Ulysses (1917-1995)
- Koh, Emily (1986-)
- Kouyoumdjian, Mary (1983-)
- Kruusmaa, Alisson (1992-)
- Lara, Ana (1959-)
- Lee, James, III (1975-)
- Leiviskä, Helvi (1902-1982)
- León, Tania (1943-)
- Lim, Liza (1966-)
- Lizée, Nicole (1973-)
- Loggins-Hull, Allison
- Martin, Theresa (1979-)
- Mazzoli, Missy (1980-)
- Milstein, Silvina (1956-)
- Montgomery, Jessie (1981-)
- Moore, Dorothy Rudd (1940-2022)
- Mumford, Jeffrey (1955-)
- Nabors, Brian (1991-)
- Navarro, Johanny (1992-)
- Negrón, Angélica (1981-)
- Noguera Palau, Carolina (1978-)
- Ortiz, Gabriela (1964-)
- Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932-2004)
- Perry, Julia (1924-1979)
- Perry, Zenobia Powell (1908-2004)
- Ran, Shulamit (1949-)
- Reisserová, Julie (1888-1938)
- Scott, Jeff (1967-)
- Seeger, Ruth Crawford (1901-1953)
- Shirazi, Aida (1987-)
- Simon, Carlos (1984-)
- Skoryk, Myroslav (1938-2020)
- Smith, Linda Catlin (1957-)
- Smith, Gabriella (1991-)
- Tabakova, Dobrinka (1980-)
- Takemitsu, Tōru (1930-1996)
- Talma, Louise (1906-1996)
- Tanaka, Karen (1961-)
- Thompson, Richard (1950-)
- Þorvaldsdottir (Thorvaldsdóttir), Anna S. (1977-)
- Tillis, Frederick C. (1930-2020)
- Urteaga, Irma (1929-2022)
- Ustvolskaya, Galina (1919-2006)
- Vercoe, Elizabeth (1941-)
- Vrebalov, Aleksandra (1970-)
- Vynnytsky, Volodymyr (1955-)
- Walker, Gwyneth (1947-)
- Wallen, Errollyn (1958-)
- Ware, Lawren Brianna (1994-)
- Washington, Shelley (1991-)
- Wen, Deqing (1958-)
- Williams, Grace (1906-1977)