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 1980

Ammer, Christine
Unsung : a history of women in American music
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1980, 317 p.
      (Series: Contributions in Women's Studies; 14)


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  Abrams, Harriet (b. 1758 d. 1822 a. 1784-1785)   soprano, composer
  Adams, Carrie Bell (b. 1859 d. 1940)   organ, teacher
  Anderson, Beth [Barbara Elizabeth] (b. 1950)   composer, piano
  Ballou, Esther Williamson (b. 1915 d. 1973)   composer, piano
  Baur, Bertha (b. 1858 d. 1940)   music educator
  Baur, Clara (b. 1835 d. 1912)   music educator
  Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney (b. 1867 d. 1944)   piano, composer
  Beardsley, Caroline (b. 1860 d. 1944)   organ
  Becker, Dora Valesca   violin, Violine
  Beegle, May   manager
  Belcher, Carolyn (a. 1900)   violin
  Belmont, O.H.P. (a. 1919)   librettist
  Berger, Anna Teresa (a. 1890)   cornet
  Bianchini, Maria (b. 1835 d. 1910 a. 1880)   flute
  Biscaccianti, Eliza (b. 1824 d. 1896)   singer, soprano
  Blankstein, Mary (a. 1970s)   violin
  Bond, Carrie Jacobs (b. 1862 d. 1946)   composer, publisher
  Bond, Victoria Ellen (b. 1945)   composer, conductor
  Bonds, Margaret (Allison) (b. 1913 d. 1972)   composer, piano
  Boulanger, Nadia (Juliette) (b. 1887 d. 1979)   piano, teacher
  Branscombe, Gena (b. 1881 d. 1977)   music educator, composer
  Brennan, Wendy (a. 1970s)   clarinet
  Brico, Antonia (b. 1902 d. 1989)   conductor, Dirigent
  Britain, Radie (b. 1908)   composer
  Brown, Beatrice (b. 1917)   conductor, viola
  Browne, Augusta (b. 1820 d. 1882)   composer, writer
  Bryan, Lenore Walburn (a. 20th century )   cello
  Caldwell, Sarah (b. 1924)   opera impresario, conductor
  Cappiani, Louisa (a. 1884)   singer, teacher of singing
  Carpenter, Marion (a. 1900)   violin
  Carpenter, Nettie van den Berg Shorey (b. 1868)   violin
  Carreno, Teresa [Maria Teresa] (b. 1853 d. 1917)   piano, composer
  Ciani, Suzanne Elizabeth (b. 1946)   composer, performer
  Clench, Nora [Esther Leonora] (b. 1867 d. 1938)   violin
  Corbett, Sara (a. 1900)   viola
  Cottlow, Augusta (b. 1878 d. 1954)   Klavier, piano
  Crawford Seeger, Ruth (b. 1901 d. 1953)   composer, music educator
  Crozier, Catherine (b. 1914)   organ, music educator
  Currier, Bertram (a. 1900)   viola
  Currier, Frank (a. 1900)   violin
  Curtis, Natalie (b. 1875 d. 1921)   folksong collector, folklorist
  Dandlin, J.E. (a. 1888)   conductor
  Daniels, Mabel Wheeler (b. 1878 d. 1971)   composer
  Daniels, Nellie (a. 1873)   cornet
  De Varon, Lorna Cooke (b. 1921)   conductor, music educator
  Dearborn, George (a. 1838)   composer
  Dessoff, Margarethe (b. 1874 d. 1944)   singer
  Diller, Angela (b. 1877 d. 1968)   piano, music educator
  Dlugoszewski, Lucia (b. 1931)   composer, percussion
  Dow, Peggy (a. 1816)   composer
  Durrell, Josephine (a. 1900)   violin
  Dwyer, Doriot Anthony (b. 1922)   flute
  Eddy, Sara (b. 1852 a. 1879)   patron, singer
  Eichberg, Julius (b. 1824 d. 1893 a. 1856)   violin, composer
  Eichhorn, Anna (a. 1900)   violin
  Fagan (a. 1824)   singer
  Fay, Amy (b. 1844 d. 1928)   piano, writer on music
  Fay, Mary (a. 1860)   piano
  Fine, Vivian (b. 1913)   composer, piano
  Fletcher, Alice Cunningham (b. 1838 d. 1923)   ethnomusicologist
  Fonaroff, Vera (b. 1889)   violin
  Foy, Cora (a. 1909)   concertmaster Women's Symphony Orchestra of Los An
  Freer, Eleanor Warner Everest (b. 1864 d. 1942)   composer
  Fried, Miriam (b. 1946)   Soloist: Violine, violin
  Frohock, Lillian S. (a. 1846-1866)   organ
  Fuchs, Lillian (a. 1900)   VL~
  Garwood, Margaret (b. 1927)   composer, piano
  Gaynor, Jessie Love [Lovel] (b. 1863 d. 1921)   piano, music educator
  Geaufreau (a. 1824)   harp
  Gerrish-Jones, Abbie (b. 1863 d. 1929)   critic, writer
  Gideon, Miriam (b. 1906)   composer, music educator
  Glanville-Hicks, Peggy (b. 1912 d. 1990)   composer
  Golden, Anna (a. 1900)   viola
  Graever, J. (a. 1857)   piano
  Grandval, Marie Felicitas (b. 1830 d. 1907)   composer
  Hahn, Adolf (a. 1900)   violin
  Harrison, Beatrice (b. 1892 d. 1965)   cello
  Heckscher, Celeste de Longpre (b. 1860 d. 1928)   composer
  Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (b. 1793 d. 1835)   poet
  Henry (d. 1739)   string instrument maker
  Hewitt, Naomi (a. 1913-1935 active: 1913-1935)   cello
  Hewitt, Sophia (d. 1846)  
  Hier, Ethel Glenn (b. 1889 d. 1971)   composer, piano
  Hillis, Margaret (Eleanor) (b. 1921)   conductor, music educator
  Hodges, Faustina Hasse (b. 1823 d. 1895 a. 1850s)   organ, composer
  Holden, Ida Mead (a. 1900)   clarinet
  Hood, Helen (b. 1863 d. 1949)   composer
  Hopekirk, Helen (d. 1945)   piano, composer
  Horne, Elma (a. 1900)   piano
  Howe, Mary Alberta Bruce (b. 1882 d. 1964)   composer, piano
  Hughes (a. 1830s-1840s)   composer
  Ivey, Jean Eichelberger (b. 1923)   composer
  Jackson, Leonora (b. 1879 d. 1969)   violin
  Jolles, Susan (b. 1940)   harp, horn
  Jones, Annette H. (a. 1900)   piano
  Jones, Elayne (b. 1928)   timpani
  Josselyn, Eliza (a. 1863)   piano
  Kahn, Sue Ann (a. 1970s)   flute
  Kleinhenn, Grace (b. 1890)   music educator
  Kneisel, Marianne (b. 1899)   violin
  Kolb, Barbara Anne (b. 1939)   composer
  Kraeuter, Phyllis (a. 1900)   clarinet
  Krogmann, Carrie William (b. 1863 d. 1943)   composer
  Landowska, Wanda (b. 1879 d. 1959)   harpsichord, interprete
  Lang, Margaret Ruthven (b. 1867 d. 1972)   composer
  Laredo, Ruth (b. 1937)   piano
  Lasselle, Georgia Pray (a. 19th century )   cello
  Launder, Letty   teacher of violin
  Lauridsen, Beverly (a. 1970s)   clarinet
  Leginska, Ethel (b. 1886 d. 1970)   Dirigent, Klavier
  Lewing, Adele (b. 1866 d. 1943)   piano, composer
  Lhevinne, Rosina (b. 1880 d. 1976)   Klavier, piano
  Lichtenberg, Leopold (b. 1861 d. 1935)   violin
  Littlehales, Lillian May (d. 1949 a. 1904-1915)   cello, member of the Olive Mead Quartet
  Macdowell, Marian Nevins (b. 1857 d. 1956)   piano, lecturer
  Mamlok, Ursula (b. 1928)   composer
  Mana-Zucca (b. 1885 d. 1981)   cast, composer
  Mansfield, Gwyndolyn (a. 1970s)   flute
  Maxwell, Elsa (b. 1883 d. 1963)   composer, producer
  McKellar, Gertrude Elizabeth (a. 1904)  
  McLin, Lena Johnson (b. 1928)   music educator, choir conductor
  Mead, Olive (b. 1874 d. 1946)   violin, composer
  Megley, Mary Willing (a. 1931)   choir master
  Mehlig, Anna (d. 1928)   piano
  Mekeel, Joyce Haviland (b. 1931)   composer, harpsichord
  Menuhin, Hephzibah (b. 1920 d. 1981)   pianista, piano
  Meyer, Lorenzine (a. 1830-1840)  
  Moore, Mary Carr [Mary Louise Carr] (b. 1873 d. 1957)   composer, teacher
  Morgan, Geraldine (b. 1868 d. 1918)   violin, Violine
  Morgan, Maud (b. 1860 d. 1941)   harp
  Morini, Erica (b. 1904)   Soloist: Violine, violin
  Muller-Campbell, Lucy (a. 1889)   cello
  Musgrave, Thea (b. 1928)   composer, musicisti
  Nelsova, Zara (b. 1924)   cello, Soloist: Violoncello
  Neuman, Maxine (a. 1970s)   cello, clarinet
  Newlin, Dika (b. 1923)   musicologist, piano
  Newman, Hilda (a. 1900)   organ
  Nichols, Marie (b. 1879)   violin
  Nicols, Caroline (b. 1864 d. 1939)   conductor
  Nixon (a. 1838)   composer
  North, Gladys (a. 1903)   member of the Olive Mead Quartet
  O'Reilly, Sally (b. 1940)   violin, music educator
  Ohe, Adele (b. 1864 d. 1937)   Klavier, piano
  Oliveros, Pauline (b. 1932)   composer
  Oppens, Ursula (b. 1944)   piano
  Ostinelli, Louis (a. 1818-1842)   orchestra leader
  Parke, Ada (a. 1900)   VL~
  Parke, Nina (a. 1900)   clarinet
  Parker, Alice Stuart (b. 1925)   composer, conductor
  Parlow, Kathleen Mary (b. 1890 d. 1963)   violin, Violine
  Parmelee, Jennie Ladd (a. 1900)   violin
  Perry, Julia (Amanda) (b. 1924 d. 1979)   composer, conductor
  Petersen, Julie (a. 1894)   flute
  Petersen, Julie (a. 1900)   flute
  Petit, Annie (a. 1970s)   piano
  Phillips, Karen Anne (b. 1942)   piano, viola
  Pickens, Elizabeth (a. 1900)   clarinet
  Pilat (a. 1900)   violin
  Pittman, Evelyn Larue (b. 1910 d. 1992)   music educator, composer
  Powell, Maud (b. 1867)   violin, Violine
  Pownall, Mary Anna (b. 1751 d. 1796)   actress, singer
  Pray, Georgia (a. 1900)   clarinet
  Price, Florence Beatrice (b. 1888 d. 1953)   composer, arranger
  Quaile, Elizabeth (b. 1874 d. 1951)   piano
  Queler, Eve Rabin (b. 1936)   conductor
  Ran, Shulamit (b. 1949)   composer, piano
  Raps, Gena (a. 1970s)   piano
  Rhoade, Eugenie (a. 1856)   piano
  Rice, Fanny (a. 1887)   singer, cornet
  Richter, Marga (b. 1926)   composer, piano
  Ridley, Mildred (a. 1900)   clarinet
  Rive, Caroline (b. 1822 d. 1882)   soprano
  Rive-King, Julie (d. 1937)   piano
  Robison, Paula (Judith) (b. 1941)   flute
  Robound, Edith (a. 1900)   violin
  Rogers, Clara Kathleen (b. 1844 d. 1931)   singer, composer
  Roth, Bertha (b. 1882 d. 1974)   violin, conductor
  Rousseau (a. 1827)  
  Ruegger, Elsa (b. 1881 d. 1924)   cello, violoncelliste
  Runcie, Constant Faunt Le Roy (b. 1836 d. 1911)   piano, composer
  Salter, Mary Elizabeth (b. 1856 d. 1938)   soprano, composer
  Samaroff, Olga [Lucie Mary Olga Agnes] (d. 1948)   piano, teacher
  Schaefer, Mary Cherubim (b. 1886)   music educator, composer
  Schiller, Madeline (b. 1850 d. 1911)   piano, composer
  Schulz, Leo (b. 1865 d. 1944)   cello
  Schumacher, Marie (a. 1900)   violin
  Schuyler, Philippa Duke (b. 1932 d. 1967)   piano, composer
  Semegen, Daria (b. 1946)   composer
  Senkrah, Arma Leoretta (b. 1864 d. 1900)   violin, Violine
  Shelton, Lucy (Alden) (a. 1970s)   soprano
  Slenczynska, Ruth (b. 1925)   piano
  Sloman, Jane (b. 1824 d. 1850 a. 1839)   composer, concert pianist
  Smiley, Pril (b. 1943)   composer, music educator
  Smith, Julia (Frances) (b. 1911 d. 1989)   composer, piano
  Smyth, Ethel (Mary) (b. 1858 d. 1944)   composer
  Spaulding, Georgie Dean (a. 1873)   cornet
  Spiegel, Laurie (b. 1945)   composer, electronic instrument designer
  Spofford, Grace Harriet (b. 1887 d. 1974)   music educator
  Stair, Patty (b. 1869 d. 1926)   piano, organ
  Stein, Joan (a. 1970s)   piano
  Steiner, Emma Roberts (b. 1850 d. 1929)   conductor, composer
  Stong, Elsa Walburn (a. 20th century )   piano
  Strickland, Lily (Teresa) (b. 1887 d. 1958)   composer, organ
  Sutro, Florence Edith (b. 1865 d. 1906)   piano, songwriter
  Sutro, Ottlie (b. 1872 d. 1970)   piano, arranger
  Sutro, Rose Laura (b. 1879 d. 1957)   piano
  Talma, Louise Juliette (b. 1906 a. 1922)   composer, piano
  Thatcher, Catherine Hall (a. 1900)   violin
  Thompson, Grace   piano, accompanist
  Topp, Alide (a. 1867)   piano
  Tower, Joan (b. 1938)   piano, composer
  Trowbridge (a. 1885)   violin
  Trowbridge, Clara (a. 1885)   violin
  Trowbridge, Mary (a. 1885)   violin
  Tureck, Rosalyn (b. 1914)   piano, harpsichord
  Urso, Camilla (b. 1842 d. 1902)   violin
  Van de Vate, Nancy Hayes (b. 1930)   composer, music educator
  Van den Hende, Flavie (a. 1900)   cello
  Vane, Florence (a. 1845)   composer
  Ware, Harriet (b. 1877 d. 1962)   piano, composer
  Warren, Elinor Remick (b. 1900 d. 1991)   composer, piano
  Webster, Laura (a. 19th century )   cello, member Eichberg Quartet
  Weigl, Vally [Valerie] (b. 1889 d. 1982)   composer
  Weimlich, Josephine (a. 1867)   string instrument
  Weiss, Anna (a. 1900)   piano
  White, Charlotte (a. 1900)   clarinet
  White, Charlotte (a. 1900)   cello
  White, Elise Fellows (b. 1873 d. 1953)   violin, composer
  Williams, Day (a. 1900)   clarinet
  Winch, Lawrence A. (a. 1892)   harp
  Worth, Elizabeth (a. 1900)   violin
  Wright, Mary Louise (a. 1900)   violin
  Wrighten, M.A. (a. 1795)   piano
  Wunderle, Karl (b. 1866 d. 1944 a. 1893)   violin, composer
  Wunderle, Margaretha (a. 1893)   harp
  Zaimont, Judith Lang (b. 1945)   composer, piano
  Zeisler, Fannie (b. 1863 d. 1927)   Klavier, pianiste

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