List of women music publishers before 1900

Women music publishers have existed since the late 16th century, but were comparatively rare before the 20th century. 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.

List of women music publishers before 1900

Women music publishers before 1900

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Sorting surname	Imprint	Birth name or known name	Birth/Death dates	Husband	Approx. years active	Location	Sample OCLC or other number	Remarks
Adams	Elizabeth Adams^[1]	Elizabeth Adams	-	Thomas Adams (died 1620)	1620—ca. 1630	London
Allouel	Veuve Allouel	Marguerite Madeline Prault^[2]	born after 1712—died after 1747	Jean-Louis Allouel (died 26 December 1737)	1738–1743 or 1747	Paris	18045712	married 3 May 1737
Anderson	? Anderson^[3]			James Johnson (ca. 1750—26 February 1811)^[4]	1811–1815	Edinburgh	181768673
Artaria	Math. Artarias's Witwe	Karoline Gsangler^[5]	* 1798	Mathias Artaria (1793—22 April 1835)	1835–1847^[6]	Vienna	48709235	she was the widow of Ludwig Maisch (see below); married Artaria on 4 November 1821
Ayscough	Anne Ayscough^[7]			William Ayscough (died 1719)	1720–1730	Nottingham	508320492
Bailey	Lydia Bailey (printer)	Lydia Steele	1 February 1779 – 21 February 1869	Robert Bailey (died 1808)	1808–1861	Philadelphia	11534652
Baldwin	Printed for A. Baldwin	Anne Baldwin^[8]		Richard Baldwin (died 1698)	1698–1725?^[9]	London
Ballard	Veuve Ballard, & Son fils	Lucrèce Dugué^[10]	1544?–1598	Robert Ballard (1530–1588)	1588–1598	Paris	41001974
Barbat	Veuve Barbat					Paris	944271155
Barbin	Veuve de Claude Barbin	Marie Cochart^[11]	approximately 1643—3 December 1707	Claude Barbin (died December 1698)	1698–1707	Paris	1061995451	married 22 February 1669
Beaux	Vve. Beaux					Paris	843221929
Benavides	ex officina herederos de Paula de Benavides, viuda de Bernardo Calderón	Paula de Benavides		Bernardo Calderón	1656–1700	Mexico City	Iberian Books: C90146	No extant copy of cited music edition
Benoist	Mme. Benoist^[12]				1811–1821	Paris	44826530
Benoît	Veuve Emile Benoît				1897	Paris	842178259
Bergen	Melchior Bergens Witwe			Melchior Bergen		Dresden	962407950
Berger-Levrault	Veuve Berger-Levrault					Strasbourg	842228201
Beroud	Vve. Beroud				1840–1850?	Geneva	1041326734
Blanc	Veuve Blanc				1868–1877^[13]	Paris	763050740	Sold business to J. Iochem in 1877
Bodin	Vve. Bodin				1867	Paris	844069755
Bohem	Vve. Bohem				1836	Lille	64344961
Boivin	Veuve Boivin	Elisabeth Catherine Ballard^[14]	died 13 February 1776	François Boivin (1693-1733)	1733-1753	Paris		Daughter of publisher Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard; sold firm to Marc Bayard in 1753
Bondeli	Veuve Bondeli				1756–1757	Lausanne	717585641
Boom	Weduwe van Dirck Boom			Dirck Boom	1690–1702	Amsterdam	498624375
Bornet	Veuve Bornet			Louis Bournet (died 1798)	1789–1795^[15]	Paris	498419873
Bouchard	Veuve Bouchard				1848–1863	Paris	1027775975
Bouchot	Vve. Bouchot				1869	Paris	842223903
Boüin	Veuve Boüin			Boüin (died 1798)	1798^[16]	Paris	1061612308
Brandt	Veuve Brandt				1817	Le Locle	1040146220
Braun	Veuve Braun				1864–1866	Paris	965378268
Brome	Joanna Brome			Henry Brome (died 1681)	1681–1684	London	965378268	succeeded by her son, Charles Brome
Bureau	Veuve Philippe Bureau				1678	Niort	14919012
Burx	Wittwe Burx				1815	Darmstadt	498216836
Camusat	Veuve Camusat				1649	Paris	JMG 17-189
Canaux	Veuve Canaux	Flore-Félicité Poiré^[17]	27 November 1809—3 June 1851	Charles-François-Toussaint Canaux (30 January 1801—12 November 1842)	1842–1882	Paris	658856515
Celard	Veuve C. Celard				1893	Paris?	1078354579
Chabal	Veuve Chabal	Louise-Hyacinth Berthé^[18]		Jean-Louis Chabal	1877–1900	Paris	659184268	married Chabal on 5 July 1842
Charles	Veuve Charles				1898	Paris	1018389924
Chatot	Veuve Chatot				1890	Paris	46665015
Chavrondier	Vve. Chavrondier et fils				1890–1891	Paris	842137098
Chiarini	Veuve Chiarini				1855–1862	Paris	763059235