Under-rated female composers

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Composer categories

1) Canonical composers (early period), 2) Canonical composers (modern period), 3) Living composers, 4) Under-rated female composers, 5) Under-rated male composers, 6) Trailblazers, 7) Crossover composers, 8) Wildcards

Music subjects

1) Classical forms (sonatas etc.), 2) Landscapes and the seasons, 3) Love and relationships, 4) War and peace, 5) Religion and Christianity, 6) Pageantry and patriotism, 7) Folksongs and mythology, 8) Storytelling

 

Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)

One of the first women hired by a professional orchestra. See also Folksongs and mythology

Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998)

Overcame both the race and gender barriers to make her name. See also Landscapes and the seasons

 

Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)

They would not play her music, so she set up her own orchestra. See also Landscapes and the seasons

 

Dorothy Howell (1898-1982)

Dubbed the “English Strauss” for her tone poems. See also Storytelling