The number of important female composers has also increased significantly.

You are a young female composer in a male-dominated world.

She was probably the best known among female ragtime composers.

She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music.

She is known as the first female composer in Denmark.

"It's becoming more and more not a big deal to be a female composer," she said.

She believes that students are not exposed to female composers, especially living ones, throughout their course of study.

She has attempted to urge teachers to include more female composers and new music in their students' college repertoire.

His two sisters were the first female composers in Croatia.

She is among the generation of female American composers credited with creating her own voice and leading the way for later generations.