Pauline Margrete Hall (2 August 1890 – 24 January 1969) was a Norwegian composer and music critic. She was the founding chairwoman of Ny Musikk (1938–1961) and served as president of the International Society for Contemporary Music (1952–1953).
Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer and accordionist. Oliveros is considered a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco...
Pauline Viardot (pronounced [po.lin vjaʁ.do]; 18 July 1821 – 18 May 1910) was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García, she came from a musical family and took up music at a...
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. Over his seven-decade career, he has composed many of the best-known scores in film history. His style blends romanticism and impressionism with complex...
Pauline Maria de Ahna (4 February 1863 – 13 May 1950), also known as Pauline Strauss, was a German operatic soprano and the wife of composer Richard Strauss. Her singing career was closely tied to her husband's career as a conductor and composer....
Marie Pauline Hall (8 April 1884 – 11 November 1956) was an English violinist.
Harry Carroll (November 28, 1892 – December 26, 1962) was an American songwriter, pianist, and composer.
Emily Pauline Johnson (10 March 1861 – 7 March 1913), also known by her Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake (pronounced dageh-eeon-wageh, lit. 'double-life'), was a Canadian poet, author, and performer who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th...
This is a list of 20th-century American women composers ordered alphabetically by surname.