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Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.
French composer and harpsichord player in the court of King Louis the XIV. One of the few female composers who managed to maintain a career as a composer and performer. She was also the first French woman to have an opera produced on a reknowned stage- "Cephale et Procris", which premiered in 1694 in Paris -
Maria Anna Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus's older sister, "nannerl" as she was fondly called, began harpsichord lessons at the age of seven and showed tremendous natural talent very quickly. She toured many cities with her younger brother and played for nobility in many courts. -
Jane Austen
One of the great novelists of her time, Austen was reknowned for her great social commentaries and creates independent women of the middle class. -
Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin
French novelist who wrote under the name George Sand, so that she could be published. In addition to writing novels, Sand wrote political texts and literary criticisms. During the 1848 revolution she started a newspaper which allowed her to publish more essays. -
Clara Schumann
German composer and pianist. Considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic Era. She married the reknowned composer Robert Schumann. Clara is also widely known for beginning the tradition of performing pieces entirely for memory, which is a practice highly encouraged today. -
Simon de Beauvoir
French writer, intellectual, feminist theorist. Known for her Feminist Treatise "the second sex".
