List of women music publishers before 1900

This is a list of women music publishers who were active prior to the year 1900. Most of these names were extracted from searching Worldcat using prefixes such as "Veuve" or "Witwe" and their variants (both meaning widow in French and German respectively). The years active were determined from the holdings in Worldcat or as indicated in the footnotes. Since Worldcat should not be taken to represent all published works, most of the dates should be considered approximations primarily based on the evidence available.

Sorting surname Imprint Birth name or known name Birth/Death dates Husband Approx. years active Location Sample OCLC or other number Remarks
AdamsElizabeth Adams[1]Elizabeth Adams-Thomas Adams (died 1620)1620—ca. 1630London
AllouelVeuve AllouelMarguerite Madeline Prault[2]born after 1712—died after 1747Jean-Louis Allouel (died 26 December 1737)17381743 or 1747Paris18045712married 3 May 1737
Anderson? Anderson[3]James Johnson (ca. 1750—26 February 1811)[4]18111815Edinburgh181768673
ArtariaMath. Artarias's WitweKaroline Gsangler[5]* 1798Mathias Artaria (1793—22 April 1835)18351847[6]Vienna48709235she was the widow of Ludwig Maisch (see below); married Artaria on 4 November 1821
AyscoughAnne Ayscough[7]William Ayscough (died 1719)17201730Nottingham508320492
BaileyLydia Bailey (printer)Lydia Steele1 February 1779 – 21 February 1869Robert Bailey (died 1808)18081861Philadelphia11534652
BaldwinPrinted for A. BaldwinAnne Baldwin[8]Richard Baldwin (died 1698)16981725?[9]London
BallardVeuve Ballard, & Son filsLucrèce Dugué[10]1544?1598Robert Ballard (15301588)15881598Paris41001974
BarbatVeuve BarbatParis944271155
BarbinVeuve de Claude BarbinMarie Cochart[11]approximately 1643—3 December 1707Claude Barbin (died December 1698)16981707Paris1061995451married 22 February 1669
BeauxVve. BeauxParis843221929
Benavidesex officina herederos de Paula de Benavides, viuda de Bernardo CalderónPaula de BenavidesBernardo Calderón16561700Mexico CityIberian Books: C90146No extant copy of cited music edition
BenoîtVeuve Emile Benoît1897Paris842178259
BergenMelchior Bergens WitweMelchior BergenDresden962407950
Berger-LevraultVeuve Berger-LevraultStrasbourg842228201
BeroudVve. Beroud18401850?Geneva1041326734
BlancVeuve Blanc18681877[12]Paris763050740Sold business to J. Iochem in 1877
BodinVve. Bodin1867Paris844069755
BohemVve. Bohem1836Lille64344961
BoivinVeuve BoivinElisabeth Catherine Ballard[13]died 13 February 1776François Boivin (1693-1733)1733-1753ParisDaughter of publisher Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard; sold firm to Marc Bayard in 1753
BondeliVeuve Bondeli17561757Lausanne717585641
BoomWeduwe van Dirck BoomDirck Boom16901702Amsterdam498624375
BornetVeuve BornetLouis Bournet (died 1798)17891795[14]Paris498419873
BouchardVeuve Bouchard18481863Paris1027775975
BouchotVve. Bouchot1869Paris842223903
BoüinVeuve BoüinBoüin (died 1798)1798[15]Paris1061612308
BrandtVeuve Brandt1817Le Locle1040146220
BraunVeuve Braun18641866Paris965378268
BromeJoanna BromeHenry Brome (died 1681)16811684London965378268succeeded by her son, Charles Brome
BureauVeuve Philippe Bureau1678Niort14919012
BurxWittwe Burx1815Darmstadt498216836
CamusatVeuve Camusat1649ParisJMG 17-189
CanauxVeuve CanauxFlore-Félicité Poiré[16]27 November 1809—3 June 1851Charles-François-Toussaint Canaux (30 January 1801—12 November 1842)18421882Paris658856515
CelardVeuve C. Celard1893Paris?1078354579
ChabalVeuve ChabalLouise-Hyacinth Berthé[17]Jean-Louis Chabal18771900Paris659184268married Chabal on 5 July 1842
CharlesVeuve Charles1898Paris1018389924
ChatotVeuve Chatot1890Paris46665015
ChavrondierVve. Chavrondier et fils18901891Paris842137098
ChiariniVeuve Chiarini18551862Paris763059235
ClauzierVve. Clauzier1709Paris658683404
CluppelWeduwe van Albert CluppelAlbert Cluppel1655Enkhuizen498307023
CnobbartWeduwe ende Erfghenamen van Jan CnobbartJan Cnobbart1645Antwerp498382558
CognietVeuve CognietMarie Senez[18]Victor Cogniet (died 1889)18951910Paris971615522
ColombierVeuve ColombierOlympe Masset[19]died 6 April 1892François-Jules Colombier (August 1809-19 January 1884)18841892Paris659206072Daughter of the publisher Eugène-Théodore Troupenas (17991850)
ConrardVve. ConrardLéon Conrard1888Paris658796040Married 11 March 1876 to the widow (Veuve) Caisel
CorbazVeuve L. Corbaz18431852Paris715140685
CourleuxVeuve G. Courleux18951897[20]Paris951174847
CurmerVve. A. CurmerAlphonse Curmer18651867Paris1078378626
DaulléVeuve Daullé17651768[21]Paris658583270
DecombeVeuve DecombeMarie-Anne Bal(l)iat)[22]Jacques-François Decombe (died 20 May 1806); married 179118061819Paris498765364
DelarueVve. Delarue1869Bayeux1085383200
DelcrosVeuve Delcros1739Clermont-Ferrand16883685
DelormelVeuve DelormelPierre Delormel[23]17511756Paris825554169worked in association with her son Pierre-Nicolas Delormel
De SchippersVeuve De Schippers16771692Amsterdam498641958
DiethVeuve de L[éonard] Dieth1771St. Gall716150334
DinquelVeuve Dinquel1856-1865Paris887564622
Dondey-DupréVeuve Dondey-Dupré1844Paris435935343
DubosVeuve Dubos et fils1890Paris944274516
DuchêneVve. Duchêne1879Paris948672603
DuchesneVeuve DuchesneNicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne (died 4 July 1765)[24]17651788Paris28176569
DufautVeuve Dufaut1830Paris68067357
DumesnilVeuve Laurent Dumesnil1789Paris498817920
DumontVeuve Dumont18821030607104
ErardMelles. Erard or Mlles. ErardMarie-Françoise Marcoux and
Catherine-Barbe Marcoux[25]
1777–1851
ca 1779–1815
ca. 17981830?Paris842371550Catherine-Barbe married Delahante
FarrencVve. L. Farrenc (Louise Farrenc)Jeanne-Louise Dumont[26]31 May 1804—Paris, 15 September 1875Aristide Farrenc1865-1872Paris844202912
FatoutVeuve Fatout1893-1901Paris816729905formed a partnership with Léon Girard; after Girard's death (17 March 1920), she appears as "Jenne Veuve Girard (née Fatout)"[27]
FelginerFelginers WittweCatharina Sophia FelginerTheodor Christoph Felginer (1686–1726)17421742Hamburg62261185
FevrotVeuve Fevrot1850Lyon944277771
FoucaultVeuve FoucaultHenri Foucault (died 19 October 1719)[28]1720ParisJMF 13-17in 1722 she married Dallemont, a furrier, and sold her business to François Boivin
FournierVeuve Fournier18861887[29]Paris842099595
FreundG. Freund's Witwe1868Prague497108703
GaultierVeuve Gaultier (Richer)16721673Paris30403961
GaraudéVve. [Alexis] de GaraudéJeanne-Julie Digout[30]Alexis-Adélaïde-Gabriel de Garaudé (21 March 1779—30 March 1852)18531888Paris854747132married 4 April 1840
GalanteVeuve Galante17391760Brussels1066861400
García InfançónViuda de Juan Garcia InfançonJuan García Infançón (16761707)1714Madrid435943220
GaudeVeuve Gaude1843Nismes367473134
GauvinVeuve Gauvin18871894Paris658873607
GentonVeuve S. Genton18781882Lausanne715916903
GerlachCatharinæ GerlachiæKatharina Bischoff, Katharina Schmidin, Katharina Gerlachinca. 15201592Nicolas Schmid, Johann vom Berg, Dietrich Gerlach1564-1592Nuremberg751649631
GheluveVeuve GhéluveClémentine Blocquet[31]18351923Edmond Van Gheluve18801895Paris1027768019
GirodVeuve E. GirodAntoinette-Louise Manera[32]11 November 1838 – 8 March 1906Etienne Girod (1824?—11 January 1865)18811907Paris658941871
GouldenVeuve Goulden1797-1798Paris658588006no further information other than working with Frédéric-Daniel Vogt[33]
GrootWeduwe van Gysbert de Groot/Veuve G. de GrootGysbert de Groot17051716Amsterdam498642632
HagenaarVeuve L. Hagenaar1840Amsterdam67012291
HändelPeter Händel (Witwe)1648Königsberg856871958
HardyVeuve Hardy18961897Paris659145425
HaslingerVeuve HaslingerCaroline Haslinger5 April 1789 – 24 March 1848Tobias Haslinger (1787-1842)1842-1848Vienna
HayardVve. Léon Hayard19031907?Paris930792229
HéraudVeuve Héraud1888-1889Paris659201143
HerissantVeuve Herissant17751790[34]Paris1016208526
HeuzéVeuve Heuzé1836Rennes843724957
HirandVve. Hirand1889Paris844188339
HoffmannC.L. Hoffmanns sel. Wittwe und ErbenCarl Ludolph Hoffmann (17291780)17841786Weimar74893716
HoffmannJoh. Hoffmanns's Witwe1881Prague703149634
HummelVeuve de B: Hummel17971800Hague1061644578
HüterJohann Hüters WitweJohann Hüter (1605–1677)1677–1682Mülhausen842463770
IochemVeuve Jules IochemAglaé-Célestine Bourcier[35]died 30 January 1890Jules-Jean-Mathieu (10 August 1843—22 April 1889)1889-1890Paris948673243married in 1877
JacobVeuve J. Jacob1700-1799Liége23626456
JacobszTh. Jacobsz WitweTheunis Jacobsz1666—1680Amsterdam311492551
JollyVeuve J. F. Jolly1760Amsterdam1061664455
JolyVeuve Joly1823Paris419986788
JohnsonVeuve Johnson et Fils1740Rotterdam1069341201
KöhlerHenning Kölers Sel. WitbeHenning Köhler (1599–1656)1656–1668Leipzig
KonynenberghKonynenbergh Witwe1620Amsterdam311492306
Labordaviuda de A. Laborda1639ValenciaIberian Books: B82180
LaetVeuve de Jean Laet1569Antwerp78354663
LamaignèreVeuve Lamaignère1870Bayonne68235451
LandryVeuve Landry1702Paris
LarouseVve. P. Larousse18851889Paris844294112
LaunerVeuve LaunerMarie-Pierre Boissiere[36]23 May 1787 — 21 May 1863Jean-Louis-Marie Launer (1785-5 October 1839)18391853ParisDrexel 4775married 27 August 1825
LaurentVeuve Laurent1740Berlin498643155
LausterVve. Lauster1848Paris842225591
LavinéeVeuve LavinéeAuguste-Jean-Bapsite Lavinée[37] (1805?—3 April 1878)18781883Paris762582077
LeclairVve. Leclair1766Paris658646999
LeducVeuve LeducAugustine-Julie Bernier[38]died 16 July 1831Antoine-Pierre-Auguste (1779—25 May 1823)18281837Paris68582431his 2nd wife; after her death the firm kept operating under her imprint until July 1837
Lemenu (Le Menu)Veuve Lemenu (Le Menu)Roze Croisoeuil du CourtyChristophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert (died 16 September 1774)1775—1790Paris173513257married 26 June 1752; sold store to Charles-George Boyer on 21 January 1779
Lemoine aînéVve. Lemoine aînéConstance Berger[39]died 8 September 1849François Lemoine (Lemoine ainé) (1782—24 May 1839)18391849Paris869897782married 3 April 1839
LevraultWittwe Levrault18421868Strasbourg844027103
LillieLudolph Henrich Lillies Wittwe1765Copenhagen485726239
LoddéVve. Lucien Loddé1890Orléans1027766292
LorenzJohann Lorentz nachgelassenen WittweJohann Lorenz (died 1733)1736Berlin498646589
LottinVeuve de Ph. N. Lottin1752Paris740934545
LuccaF. LuccaGiovannina Strazza[40]1810—19 August 1894Francesco Lucca (21 December—20 February 1872)1832—1888Milanmarried Lucca in 1832 and began working with him; sold business to Ricordi in 1888
MagnierVeuve Magnier1856-1872Paris1043701712
MaischLudwig MaischAnna Maria Carolina [given name unidentified]Ludwig Maisch (ca. 1776- 18 April 1816)1810-1822ViennaMarried 2 May 1800;[5] After Maisch's death, his widow kept running the firm under his name until she married Mathias Artaria
MaraisVeuve Marais1729Paris1065396500
MargueritatVeuve Margueritat18671880Paris867601931
MarkordtVeuve Markordt17851800?Amsterdam638618795
MarquerieVeuve Ch. MarquerieMme. Bernardo[41]Charles-Marie Marquerie (9 October 1817 – 30 November 1853)18591867Paris780289683
MechelJohann Conrad von Mechel sel. Wittwe1741Basel32919270
MechettiPietro Mechetti VeuveTheresia Mechetti[42]baptized 13 February 1788, died 28 June 185518501855Vienna1002885776
MechelVeuve de Jean Conrad de Mechel1759Basel498227456
MeïsVve. MeïsF. Meis1881[43]Paris842136987
MercierVeuve [Pierre-Gilles] Le Mercier1781Paris1040961171
MesenWeduwe Jacob MesensJacob Mesen1628Amsteredam498451125
MetznerVve. Metzner1888Nancy843049072
MeyerJ.H. Meyers Wittwe1757Lemgo24829291
MorelVve. Morel1709Paris658662297
MorisotVeuve Morisot1870Sens763059777
MoucelotVeuve Moucelot18721873Paris1018392529
MouretVeuve Mouret17321744Paris21824937
MouretteVeuve Md. Mourette17271738Paris21824956
MüllerH.F. Müller VeuveDorothea Müller[44]ca. 1784 – 9 April 185818481858Vienna23165568
MurailleVeuve Léopold Muraille18621903?LiégeJMF 89-887
NadermanVeuve de Jean-Henri NadermanBarbe-Rose Courtois[45]1755—7 January 1839Jean-Henri Naderman (1735—4 February 1799)17991825Paris421722562
NicoloVeuve Nicolo1816?1825Paris13295209sold firm to E. Troupenas
NoltingVeuve W. C. Nolting et fils17951817Amsterdam931915337
Olivier de VarennesVeuve d'Olivier de Varennes1679Charenton498641839
Orgaviuda de Joseph de OrgaJoseph de Orga (17381809)1765Valencia803589716
OttElsbeth Ott[46]died ca. 1557Hans Ott (died 1546)1546–1554Nuremberg
PatéVeuve PatéConstance Laurent[47]before 1884Edme-Nicolas Paté (1800?—2 January 1862)18591870Paris936576867married 21 May 1836
PichlerA. Pichlers WitweElisabeth Pichler[48]27 April 1783 – 22 October 186518711923Vienna27351245
PiermariniVve. Piermarini1876Paris842304124
PlantinVeuve Plantin1591Anvers67794880
PorchetVve. E. PorchetÉmile-David Porchet (died 1888?)[49]18861898Paris1059289189
PoussielgueVve. PoussielgueAntoine-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Poussielgue (died 17 August 1849)18491866Paris839250668ceded operation to her sons in 1866, "Poussielgue Frères" who kept her imprint
PrêtreVeuve Prêtre18701872Paris920036370
RamírezRamírez, María1598-1600Alcalá de HenaresIberian Books: 54401
Ravayre-RaverVve. Ravayre-RaverLouis Ravayre (14 June 1794—17 January 1849)1872Bordeaux844196642
RavesteynVeuve de Paul de RavesteynPaul van Ravesteyn1657—1659Amsterdam716670553
RégnierVve. RégnierClara Marquerite Canaux[50]29 August 1892—after 1864Jean-Rémi Régnier (1822-19 April 1864)1864-1869Paris842179058
Remondet-AubinVeuve Remondet-Aubin18371874Aix-en-Provence908129429Printed and published Le Mémorial d'Aix
RhetenGeorg Rheten Wittwe1655Gdańsk653113993
RibouVeuve RibouPierre Ribou[51]17191730Paris43094865
RichaultVve. Richault MèreMarie-Madeleine-Louise Bastide (also known as Mme. Armand)30 October 1813—after 1898Guillaume-Simon Richault (Richault fils) (2 November 1805—7 February 1877)18951897Paris658710808married 24 August 1867
RiedlFranz Riedl's seel. Wittwe & SohnAnna RiedlFranz Riedl (ca. 1782 – 23 April 1836)18371851 [52]Vienna1061784396
RiegelVeuve de Christoffle Riegel1752Nuremberg65859524
Rodríguez Lupercioapud herederos de la viuda de Francisco Rodríguez LupercioFrancisco Rodríguez Lupercio16571700Mexico CityIberian Books: C88913
RogerVeuve Roger1873Paris1034782271
Rolle"Auf Kosten der Wittwe des Autors"Johann Heinrich Rolle (17161785)1787Leipzig870946320Only published works by her husband
RotierVeuve Rotier1884Paris844200671
Rouzeau-MontautVeuve Rouzeau-Montaut1775Orléans57199414
RoyolVve. RoyolIsidore Royol[53]18561872?Paris718312361
SalfeldSel. David Salfelds Wittwe16881690Berlin1061675363
Saudinos-RitouretVeuve D. Saudinos-Ritouret18771878Paris1030601359
SchillerBenjamin Schillers Wittwe17141715Hamburg497426276
SchmidVeuve du feu Balthasar SchmidMaria Helena Volland17101791Balthasar Schmid (1705–1749)17521775Nuremberg497311897
SchützenJ. J. Schützens WittweJohann Jacob Schützen17551760Berlin909111850
SiffletVeuve Sifflet1771Paris718271849
SimonVeuve Simon & fils17701777Paris497812218
SimonVeuve Simon18521860Paris658499512
SitzmannWittwe Sitzmann17711776Kleve58801694
SomerenWeduwe van Johannes van SomerenJohannes van Someren16801685Amsterdam312846643
SoubreVve. Et. Soubre?Liége66885546
SprengerD. SprengerCaroline/Karoline Gsangler[5]* 1798(Johann) Daniel Sprenger (ca. 1794—21 September 1819)18191821Viennamarried Mathias Artaria (see above) after the death of Sprenger
St. HilaireVve. St Hilaire18601867Paris842214719
St-MarcVve. St-Marc1797Rennes658683505
StämpfliVeuve Stämpfli1820Bern78332313
StraussAnton Strauss's WitweMagdalena Strauß[54]1764–8 March 1845Anton Strauß (17751827)18281836Vienna497725899
StruckJ. Strucks Wittwe1832Stralsund936381495
SulzerVeuve Sulzer[55]18671869Paris658811240
TarbéVeuve TarbéPierre-Hardouin Tarbé1791Sens494980453
ThiébauxVeuve Thiébaux1889Paris658460513
TixadorVve. Tixador1897Perpignan843196342
VarennesVeuve Ollivier de Varennes1677Charenton716158783
WeidnerJohann Weidners WitweBarbara DreßlerJohann Weidner (15721625)1626Jena30403635
WinterG. L. Winters WittweGeorg Ludwig Winter (1772)ca. 17721787Berlin497668552
WouwWeduwe ende Erfgenamen van wijlen Hillebrant Iacobsen van Wouw1645s'⁠Gravenhage312688959
ZwahlenVve. Zwahlen1842Lausanne715140700
Zumsteeg“bei der Wittwe des Componisten”Luise Andreae[56]Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (17601802)17971803Stuttgart1028636034only published works by her husband

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Notes

  1. Humphries 1970, p. 49.
  2. Barbier 2007, p. 59-61.
  3. Humphries 1970, p. 52.
  4. Frank Kidson, William C. Smith and David Johnson, "Johnson, James," Grove Music Online, 2001, accessed 13 May 2019.
  5. Weinmann 1970, p. 9.
  6. Weinmann 1970, p. 13.
  7. Humphries 1970, p. 57.
  8. Humphries 1970, p. 60.
  9. Worldcat has entries up through 1725 with one from 1732; the English Short Title Catalog has entries only up to 1705.
  10. Devriès 1979, p. 22.
  11. Barbier 2007, p. 133-134.
  12. Devriès 1979, p. 58.
  13. Sylvette Milliot, "Boivin, François," Grove Music Online (accessed 25 April 2019).
  14. Devriès 1979, p. 38.
  15. Devriès 1979, p. 40-41.
  16. Devriès 1988, p. 86.
  17. Devriès 1988, p. 97.
  18. Devriès 1998, p. 110.
  19. Devriès 1998, p. 114.
  20. Devriès 1998, p. 128.
  21. Devriès 1979, p. 53-54.
  22. Devriès 1979, p. 54.
  23. Devriès 1979, p. 55.
  24. Devirès 1979, p. 60.
  25. Richard Macnutt, "Erard" (section 2, "Publishing), Grove Music Online accessed 21 May 2019).
  26. Bea Friedland, "Farrenc family," Grove Music Online (accessed 1 May 2019).
  27. Devirès 1988, p. 170.
  28. Devriès 1979, p. 68.
  29. Devriès, p. 174.
  30. Devriès 1988, p. 181-182.
  31. Devriès 1988, p. 189.
  32. Devriès 1988, p. 191.
  33. Devriès 1979, p. 157.
  34. Devriès 1979, p. 80.
  35. Devriès 1979, p. 230.
  36. Devriès 1988, p. 20.
  37. Devriès 1988, p. 262.
  38. Devriès 1979, p. 99-103.
  39. Devriès 1988, p. 276.
  40. "Lucca, Francesco," Treccani (accessed 12 May 2019).
  41. Devriés 1988, p. 299-300.
  42. Frank 2008, p. 128.
  43. Devriès 1988, p. 310.
  44. Frank 2008, p. 138.
  45. Devriès 1979, p. 122-123.
  46. Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon, Munich 2007, p. 1105.
  47. Devriès 1988, p. 337-338.
  48. Frank 2008, p. 149.
  49. Devriès 1988, p. 351.
  50. Devriès 1988, p. 86—87.
  51. Devriès 1979, p. 136.
  52. Frank 2008, p. 154.
  53. Devriès 1988, p. 378.
  54. Frank 2008, p. 191.
  55. Devriès 1988, p. 407.
  56. Gunter Maier, "Zumsteeg [Zum Steeg], Johann Rudolf," Grove Music Online (accessed 25 April 2019).
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