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celebrating three hundred years of music by women


ANNIVERSARIES
Historical moments for celebrating: 100, etc, years after births and deaths
(The lists are alphabetical)


2025

  • Alice Barnett: 50 years after death: 1975. Songs.

  • Maria Emmanuelle Bayon Louis: 200 years after birth: 1825. Opéra-comique, Sonatas.

  • Cathy Berberian: 100 years after birth: 1925. Vocal.

  • Edith Borroff: 100 years after birth: 1925: Stage, chamber, choral.

  • Hilda Dianda: 100 years after birth: 1925. Orchestra, chamber, choral.

  • Sophia Dussek: 250 years after birth: 1775. Keyboard, harp.

  • Louise Farrenc: 150 years after death: 1875. Symphonic, chamber, piano.

  • Virginia Gabriel: 200 years after birth: 1825. Opera, cantatas, songs.

  • Marie Jaëll: 100 years after death: 1925. Concerto, chamber, piano.

  • Nelly Moretto: 100 years after birth: 1925. Chamber, electronics.

  • Daphne Oram: 100 years after birth: 1925. Film, electronics.

  • Alice Parker: 100 years after birth: 1925. Film, choral, vocal.

  • Joanídia Sodré: 50 years after death: 1975. Opera, chamber.

  • Stella Stocker: 100 years after death: 1925. Theatre, instrumental, choral.

  • Ruth White: 100 years after birth: 1925. Electronics.

  • Agnes Zimmermann: 100 years after death: 1925. Chamber, piano.

    2026

  • Ella Adeyevskaya: 100 years after death 1926: Opera.

  • Irina Mikhaylovna Elcheva: 100 years after birth 1926: Russian folk songs.

  • Narcisa Freixas: 100 years after death 1926: Children's songs.

  • Guy d'Hardelot (Helen Rhodes): 90 years after death 1936: Songs.

  • Betsy Jolas: 100 years after birth 1926: Stage, orchestral, choral.

  • Melinda Kistétényi: 100 years after death 1926: Stage, instrumental, vocal.

  • Luísa Leonardo: 100 years after death 1926: Incidental theatre music.

  • Zara Levina: 50 years after death 1976: Orchestral, children's songs.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult: 110 years after death 1836: Keyboard: Études.

  • Carmen Petra-Basacopol: 100 years after birth 1926: Theatre, symphonic, chamber, instrumental.

  • Claire Polin: 100 years after birth 1926: Orchestral, instrumental.

  • Priaulx Rainier: 40 years after death 1986: Orchestral, chamber, vocal.

  • Louise Reichardt: 200 years after death 1826: Songs.

  • Elsa Respighi: 30 years after death 1996: Opera, vocal.

  • Marga Richter: 100 years after birth 1926: Orchestral, chamber.

  • Esther Scliar: 100 years after birth: Instrumental, choral, vocal.

  • Patti Stair: 100 years after birth 1926: Orchestral, chamber, instrumental, choral.

    2027

  • Liana Alexandra: 80 years after birth: 1947. Stage.

  • Laurie Anderson: 80 years after birth: 1974. Performance artist.

  • Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia: 220 years after death: 1787; Herzogin Anna Amalia Library Collection.

  • Anna Amalia: 220 years after death: 1807. Singspeil.

  • Vera Baeva: 10 years after death: 2017. Instrumental, vocal.

  • Amy Beach: 160 years after birth: 1867: Works List.

  • Janet Beat: 90 years after birth: 1937. British Music Collection.

  • Hortense Eugénie de Beauharnais: 190 years after death: 1837. Songs.

  • Louise Bertin: 150 years after death: 1877. Operas.

  • Leopoldine Blahetka: 150 years after death: 1887. Opera, chamber, vocal.

  • Mel Bonis: 90 years after death: 1937. Orchestra, chamber, choral. Mel Bonis Society.

  • Nadia Boulanger: 140 years after birth: 1887: Orchestra, choral, vocal.

  • Ina Boyle: 60 years after death: 1967. Stage, orchestra, vocal. Ina Boyle Society.

  • Gena Branscombe: 50 years after death: 1977. Choral, songs, chamber.

  • Francesca Caccini: 440 years after birth: 1587. Opera, cantatas.

  • Julie Candeille: 260 years after birth: 1767. Stage, vocal, keyboard sonatas.

  • Mathilde Capuis: 10 years after death: 2017. Orchestra, chamber.

  • Teresa Carreño: 110 years after death: 1917. Piano, chorus, orchestra.

  • Cécile Chaminade: 170 years after birth: 1857. Comic operas, chamber, piano.

  • Laura Sedgwick Collins: 100 years after death: 1927. Vocal, incidental music.

  • Mabel Wheeler Daniels: 150 years after birth: 1877. Stage, choral, instrumental.

  • Emma Lou Diemer: 50 years after death: 1947. Orchestra, chamber, choral, vocal.

  • Fanny Charles Dillon: 80 years after death: 1947. Orchestral, instrumental, vocal.

  • Madeleine Dring: 50 years after death: 1977. Stage, songs, piano.

  • Sophia Dussek: 180 years after death: 1847: Keyboard, harp.

  • Rosalind Ellicott: 170 years after birth: 1857: British Music Collection,

  • Evelyn Faltis: 140 years after birth: 1887. Symphonic, chamber, choral, songs.

  • Beatriz Fereya: 90 years after birth: 1937: electronic.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga: 180 years after birth: 1847. Stage, dances, songs.

  • Clémence de Grandval: 120 years after death: 1907. Operetta, orchestra, oratorio, choral, songs.

  • Agathe Grøndahl: 120 years after death: 1907. Songs, piano.

  • Júlia Hajdú: 40 years after death: 1987. Stage, orchestra, songs.

  • Augusta Holmès: 180 years after birth: 1847. Opera, cantatas, orchestra, choral.

  • Imogen Holst: 120 years after birth: 1907. Stage, orchestra, chamber, vocal. Holst Society

  • Katherine Hoover: 90 years after birth: 1937. Orchestra, chamber, choral, vocal.

  • Amy Horrocks: 160 years after birth: 1867. Songs, chamber, vocal, piano.

  • Elaine Hugh-Jones: 100 years after birth: 1927. Songs, chamber, piano.

  • Elena Katz-Chernin: 70 years after birth: 1957. Boosey.com

  • Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden: 170 years after birth: 1857. Opera, melodrama, orchestra, vocal.

  • Elizabeth Kuyper: 150 years after birth: 1877. Orchestra, chamber, vocal.

  • Margaret Ruthven Lang: 160 years after birth: 1867: Songs, choral, orchestra.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau: 100 years after death: 1927: Choral, vocal, chamber. IMSLP

  • Nicola LeFanu: 80 years after birth: 1947. LeFanu

  • Queen of Hawaii Lili'uokalani: 110 years after death: 1917. Choral, songs.

  • Ruth Lomon: 10 years after death: 2017.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy: 120 years after death: 1907: Wise Classical Music

  • Bernadetta Matuszczak: 90 years after birth: 1937: PWM

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: 180 years after death: 1847; Furore-verlag.de

  • Ida Georgina Moberg: 80 years after death: 1947: orchestra, choral.

  • Mary Carr Moore: 70 years after death: 1957. IMSLP

  • Geraldine Mucha: 110 years after birth: 1917. Works

  • Laura Constance Netzel: 100 years after death: 1927. Keiser publications

  • Jana Obrovska: 40 years after death: 1987. Schott-music

  • Irina Odegescu: 90 years after birth: 1937. Symphonic, choral, chamber.

  • Elizabeth Poston: 40 years after death: 1987. Boosey.com works

  • Florence Price: 140 years after birth: 1887. Wise Classical Music

  • Julie Rivé-King: 90 years after death: 1937. IMSLP.

  • Delphine von Schauroth: 140 years after death: 1887. 12 Lieder, Op 18.

  • Barbara Strozzi: 350 years after death: 1677: Madrigals.


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