Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to fame, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius did in Finland and Bedřich Smetana in Bohemia.
Johan Halvorsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.
Agathe Ursula Backer Grøndahl was a Norwegian pianist and composer. Her son Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl (1885–1959) was also a pianist and composer, who promoted his mother's compositions in his concerts.
Oliver Ditson was an American businessman and founder of Oliver Ditson and Company, one of the major music publishing houses of the late 19th century.
Hans Kronold was a Polish-born Jewish cellist, composer, educator, and a member of symphony orchestras of New York and Boston. He was the first cellist to have his work recorded on audio, which he did for recording pioneer Gianni Bettini phonograph cylinders in the 1890s.
Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek was a Soviet composer, pianist, and artistic director.
Ellen Florence Williams Whitlock was a British composer, conductor and educator who was known professionally as E. Florence Whitlock.
Jeanne Emilie Virginie Vignery was a Belgian composer, teacher, and violinist who published her compositions under the name "Jane Vignery." She is best remembered today for her Sonata for Horn and Piano, opus 7.
J. Lillian Vandevere was an American author, composer, and music educator. She is best remembered today for her compositions for rhythm band and toy orchestra, and her work on the California State Series textbooks for music education.
Viola Edna Beck Van Katwijk was an American composer and pianist. Her music was published under the names "Viola Beck" and "Viola Van Katwijk."
Léonie Antoinette Tonel was a French pianist and composer.
Albertha Wilhelmina Tideman-Wijers was a Dutch composer who lived in Indonesia for almost two decades and incorporated Indonesian elements into her compositions. She published her music under the name Bertha Tideman-Wijers.
Karen Anne Tarlow is an American composer and music educator who has composed multi-media pieces and many choral works based on Hebrew texts.
Rodica Lucia Sutzu was a Romanian composer and pianist who studied with Nadia Boulanger and served as the Romanian Radio piano soloist for almost 20 years.
Charlotte Wilhelmine Eringarde Freiin Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim Sporleder was a German composer who won a medal at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. She published her music under the name Charlotte Sporleder.
Lillian Alison Tait Sheldon was an American composer and organist who composed many hymns.
Sophie Seipt, also seen as Sophie Seibt (1812–1889), was a German composer and arranger who wrote several pieces for cello and piano.
Friederike Schwarz was a Czech composer, educator, pianist and writer. She, together with her sister, committed suicide during the Prague uprising. She sometimes published under the pseudonym rz.
Theresa Schaeffer was a 19th century German composer who wrote music for orchestra, piano and voice. Little is known about her life and education, but she composed works through at least opus 27 which were published by Carl Paez and Adolf Martin Schlesinger. Her compositions included:
Caroline Sawath was a German composer of piano pieces. She performed in at least one concert in 1848 and taught at the Mitternast Piano School in Vienna from 1855 to 1863. Her compositions were published by H. F. Muller Witwe and by C. A. Spina.
