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. 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 |
| Adams | Elizabeth Adams | Elizabeth Adams | - | Thomas Adams | 1620—ca. 1630 | London | ||
| Allouel | Veuve Allouel | Marguerite Madeline Prault | born after 1712—died after 1747 | Jean-Louis Allouel | 17381743 or 1747 | Paris | 18045712 | married 3 May 1737 |
| Anderson | ? Anderson | James Johnson | 18111815 | Edinburgh | 181768673 | |||
| Artaria | Math. Artarias's Witwe | Karoline Gsangler | * 1798 | Mathias Artaria | 18351847 | Vienna | 48709235 | she was the widow of Ludwig Maisch ; married Artaria on 4 November 1821 |
| Ayscough | Anne Ayscough | William Ayscough | 17201730 | Nottingham | 508320492 | |||
| Bailey | Lydia Bailey | Lydia Steele | 1 February 1779 – 21 February 1869 | Robert Bailey | 18081861 | Philadelphia | 11534652 | |
| Baldwin | Printed for A. Baldwin | Anne Baldwin | Richard Baldwin | 16981725? | London | |||
| Ballard | Veuve Ballard, & Son fils | Lucrèce Dugué | 1544?1598 | Robert Ballard | 15881598 | Paris | 41001974 | |
| Barbat | Veuve Barbat | Paris | 944271155 | |||||
| Barbin | Veuve de Claude Barbin | Marie Cochart | approximately 1643—3 December 1707 | Claude Barbin | 16981707 | 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 | 16561700 | Mexico City | Iberian Books: C90146 | No extant copy of cited music edition | |
| 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 | 18401850? | Geneva | 1041326734 | ||||
| Blanc | Veuve Blanc | 18681877 | 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 | died 13 February 1776 | François Boivin | 1733-1753 | Paris | Daughter of publisher Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard; sold firm to Marc Bayard in 1753 | |
| Bondeli | Veuve Bondeli | 17561757 | Lausanne | 717585641 | ||||
| Boom | Weduwe van Dirck Boom | Dirck Boom | 16901702 | Amsterdam | 498624375 | |||
| Bornet | Veuve Bornet | Louis Bournet | 17891795 | Paris | 498419873 | |||
| Bouchard | Veuve Bouchard | 18481863 | Paris | 1027775975 | ||||
| Bouchot | Vve. Bouchot | 1869 | Paris | 842223903 | ||||
| Boüin | Veuve Boüin | Boüin | 1798 | Paris | 1061612308 | |||
| Brandt | Veuve Brandt | 1817 | Le Locle | 1040146220 | ||||
| Braun | Veuve Braun | 18641866 | Paris | 965378268 | ||||
| Brome | Joanna Brome | Henry Brome | 16811684 | 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 | 27 November 1809—3 June 1851 | Charles-François-Toussaint Canaux | 18421882 | Paris | 658856515 | |
| Celard | Veuve C. Celard | 1893 | Paris? | 1078354579 | ||||
| Chabal | Veuve Chabal | Louise-Hyacinth Berthé | Jean-Louis Chabal | 18771900 | 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 | 18901891 | Paris | 842137098 | ||||
| Chiarini | Veuve Chiarini | 18551862 | Paris | 763059235 | ||||
| Clauzier | Vve. Clauzier | 1709 | Paris | 658683404 | ||||
| Cluppel | Weduwe van Albert Cluppel | Albert Cluppel | 1655 | Enkhuizen | 498307023 | |||
| Cnobbart | Weduwe ende Erfghenamen van Jan Cnobbart | Jan Cnobbart | 1645 | Antwerp | 498382558 | |||
| Cogniet | Veuve Cogniet | Marie Senez | Victor Cogniet | 18951910 | Paris | 971615522 | ||
| Colombier | Veuve Colombier | Olympe Masset | died 6 April 1892 | François-Jules Colombier | 18841892 | Paris | 659206072 | Daughter of the publisher Eugène-Théodore Troupenas |
| Conrard | Vve. Conrard | Léon Conrard | 1888 | Paris | 658796040 | Married 11 March 1876 to the widow Caisel | ||
| Corbaz | Veuve L. Corbaz | 18431852 | Paris | 715140685 | ||||
| Courleux | Veuve G. Courleux | 18951897 | Paris | 951174847 | ||||
| Curmer | Vve. A. Curmer | Alphonse Curmer | 18651867 | Paris | 1078378626 | |||
| Daullé | Veuve Daullé | 17651768 | Paris | 658583270 | ||||
| Decombe | Veuve Decombe | Marie-Anne Bal | Jacques-François Decombe ; married 1791 | 18061819 | Paris | 498765364 | ||
| Delarue | Vve. Delarue | 1869 | Bayeux | 1085383200 | ||||
| Delcros | Veuve Delcros | 1739 | Clermont-Ferrand | 16883685 | ||||
| Delormel | Veuve Delormel | Pierre Delormel | 17511756 | Paris | 825554169 | worked in association with her son Pierre-Nicolas Delormel | ||
| De Schippers | Veuve De Schippers | 16771692 | Amsterdam | 498641958 | ||||
| Dieth | Veuve de L Dieth | 1771 | St. Gall | 716150334 | ||||
| Dinquel | Veuve Dinquel | 1856-1865 | Paris | 887564622 | ||||
| Dondey-Dupré | Veuve Dondey-Dupré | 1844 | Paris | 435935343 | ||||
| Dubos | Veuve Dubos et fils | 1890 | Paris | 944274516 | ||||
| Duchêne | Vve. Duchêne | 1879 | Paris | 948672603 | ||||
| Duchesne | Veuve Duchesne | Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne | 17651788 | Paris | 28176569 | |||
| Dufaut | Veuve Dufaut | 1830 | Paris | 68067357 | ||||
| Dumesnil | Veuve Laurent Dumesnil | 1789 | Paris | 498817920 | ||||
| Dumont | Veuve Dumont | 1882 | 1030607104 | |||||
| Erard | Melles. Erard or Mlles. Erard | Marie-Françoise Marcoux and Catherine-Barbe Marcoux | 1777–1851 ca 1779–1815 | ca. 17981830? | Paris | 842371550 | Catherine-Barbe married Delahante | |
| Farrenc | Vve. L. Farrenc | Jeanne-Louise Dumont | 31 May 1804—Paris, 15 September 1875 | Aristide Farrenc | 1865-1872 | Paris | 844202912 | |
| Fatout | Veuve Fatout | 1893-1901 | Paris | 816729905 | formed a partnership with Léon Girard; after Girard's death, she appears as "Jenne Veuve Girard " | |||
| Felginer | Felginers Wittwe | 17421744 | Hamburg | 62261185 | ||||
| Fevrot | Veuve Fevrot | 1850 | Lyon | 944277771 | ||||
| Foucault | Veuve Foucault | Henri Foucault | 1720 | Paris | JMF 13-17 | in 1722 she married Dallemont, a furrier, and sold her business to François Boivin | ||
| Fournier | Veuve Fournier | 18861887 | Paris | 842099595 | ||||
| Freund | G. Freund's Witwe | 1868 | Prague | 497108703 | ||||
| Gaultier | Veuve Gaultier | 16721673 | Paris | 30403961 | ||||
| Garaudé | Vve. de Garaudé | Jeanne-Julie Digout | Alexis-Adélaïde-Gabriel de Garaudé | 18531888 | Paris | 854747132 | married 4 April 1840 | |
| Galante | Veuve Galante | 17391760 | Brussels | 1066861400 | ||||
| García Infançón | Viuda de Juan Garcia Infançon | Juan García Infançón | 1714 | Madrid | 435943220 | |||
| Gaude | Veuve Gaude | 1843 | Nismes | 367473134 | ||||
| Gauvin | Veuve Gauvin | 18871894 | Paris | 658873607 | ||||
| Genton | Veuve S. Genton | 18781882 | Lausanne | 715916903 | ||||
| Gerlach | Catharinæ Gerlachiæ | Katharina Bischoff, Katharina Schmidin, Katharina Gerlachin | ca. 15201592 | Nicolas Schmid, Johann vom Berg, Dietrich Gerlach | 1564-1592 | Nuremberg | 751649631 | |
| Gheluve | Veuve Ghéluve | Clémentine Blocquet | 18351923 | Edmond Van Gheluve | 18801895 | Paris | 1027768019 | |
| Girod | Veuve E. Girod | Antoinette-Louise Manera | 11 November 1838 – 8 March 1906 | Etienne Girod | 18811907 | Paris | 658941871 | |
| Goulden | Veuve Goulden | 1797-1798 | Paris | 658588006 | no further information other than working with Frédéric-Daniel Vogt | |||
| Groot | Weduwe van Gysbert de Groot/Veuve G. de Groot | Gysbert de Groot | 17051716 | Amsterdam | 498642632 | |||
| Hagenaar | Veuve L. Hagenaar | 1840 | Amsterdam | 67012291 | ||||
| Händel | Peter Händel | 1648 | Königsberg | 856871958 | ||||
| Hardy | Veuve Hardy | 18961897 | Paris | 659145425 | ||||
| Haslinger | Veuve Haslinger | Caroline Haslinger | 5 April 1789 – 24 March 1848 | Tobias Haslinger | 1842-1848 | Vienna | ||
| Hayard | Vve. Léon Hayard | 19031907? | Paris | 930792229 | ||||
| Héraud | Veuve Héraud | 1888-1889 | Paris | 659201143 | ||||
| Herissant | Veuve Herissant | 17751790 | Paris | 1016208526 | ||||
| Heuzé | Veuve Heuzé | 1836 | Rennes | 843724957 | ||||
| Hirand | Vve. Hirand | 1889 | Paris | 844188339 | ||||
| Hoffmann | C.L. Hoffmanns sel. Wittwe und Erben | Carl Ludolph Hoffmann | 17841786 | Weimar | 74893716 | |||
| Hoffmann | Joh. Hoffmanns's Witwe | 1881 | Prague | 703149634 | ||||
| Hummel | Veuve de B: Hummel | 17971800 | Hague | 1061644578 | ||||
| Hüter | Johan Hüters Witwe | 1682 | Mülhausen | 842463770 | ||||
| Iochem | Veuve Jules Iochem | Aglaé-Célestine Bourcier | died 30 January 1890 | Jules-Jean-Mathieu | 1889-1890 | Paris | 948673243 | married in 1877 |
| Jacob | Veuve J. Jacob | 1700-1799 | Liége | 23626456 | ||||
| Jacobsz | Th. Jacobsz Witwe | Theunis Jacobsz | 1666—1680 | Amsterdam | 311492551 | |||
| Jolly | Veuve J. F. Jolly | 1760 | Amsterdam | 1061664455 | ||||
| Joly | Veuve Joly | 1823 | Paris | 419986788 | ||||
| Johnson | Veuve Johnson et Fils | 1740 | Rotterdam | 1069341201 | ||||
| Konynenbergh | Konynenbergh Witwe | 1620 | Amsterdam | 311492306 | ||||
| Laborda | viuda de A. Laborda | 1639 | Valencia | Iberian Books: B82180 | ||||
| Laet | Veuve de Jean Laet | 1569 | Antwerp | 78354663 | ||||
| Lamaignère | Veuve Lamaignère | 1870 | Bayonne | 68235451 | ||||
| Landry | Veuve Landry | 1702 | Paris | |||||
| Larouse | Vve. P. Larousse | 18851889 | Paris | 844294112 | ||||
| Launer | Veuve Launer | Marie-Pierre Boissiere | 23 May 1787 — 21 May 1863 | Jean-Louis-Marie Launer | 18391853 | Paris | Drexel 4775 | married 27 August 1825 |
| Laurent | Veuve Laurent | 1740 | Berlin | 498643155 | ||||
| Lauster | Vve. Lauster | 1848 | Paris | 842225591 | ||||
| Lavinée | Veuve Lavinée | Auguste-Jean-Bapsite Lavinée | 18781883 | Paris | 762582077 | |||
| Leclair | Vve. Leclair | 1766 | Paris | 658646999 | ||||
| Leduc | Veuve Leduc | Augustine-Julie Bernier | died 16 July 1831 | Antoine-Pierre-Auguste | 18281837 | Paris | 68582431 | his 2nd wife; after her death the firm kept operating under her imprint until July 1837 |
| Lemenu | Veuve Lemenu | Roze Croisoeuil du Courty | Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert | 1775—1790 | Paris | 173513257 | married 26 June 1752; sold store to Charles-George Boyer on 21 January 1779 | |
| Lemoine aîné | Vve. Lemoine aîné | Constance Berger | died 8 September 1849 | François Lemoine | 18391849 | Paris | 869897782 | married 3 April 1839 |
| Levrault | Wittwe Levrault | 18421868 | Strasbourg | 844027103 | ||||
| Lillie | Ludolph Henrich Lillies Wittwe | 1765 | Copenhagen | 485726239 | ||||
| Loddé | Vve. Lucien Loddé | 1890 | Orléans | 1027766292 | ||||
| Lorentz | Johann Lorentz nachgelassenen Wittwe | 1736 | Berlin | 498646589 | ||||
| Lottin | Veuve de Ph. N. Lottin | 1752 | Paris | 740934545 | ||||
| Lucca | F. Lucca | Giovannina Strazza | 1810—19 August 1894 | Francesco Lucca | 1832—1888 | Milan | married Lucca in 1832 and began working with him; sold business to Ricordi in 1888 | |
| Magnier | Veuve Magnier | 1856-1872 | Paris | 1043701712 | ||||
| Maisch | Ludwig Maisch | Anna Maria Carolina | Ludwig Maisch | 1810-1822 | Vienna | Married 2 May 1800; After Maisch's death, his widow kept running the firm under his name until she married Mathias Artaria | ||
| Marais | Veuve Marais | 1729 | Paris | 1065396500 | ||||
| Margueritat | Veuve Margueritat | 18671880 | Paris | 867601931 | ||||
| Markordt | Veuve Markordt | 17851800? | Amsterdam | 638618795 | ||||
| Marquerie | Veuve Ch. Marquerie | Mme. Bernardo | Charles-Marie Marquerie | 18591867 | Paris | 780289683 | ||
| Mechel | Johann Conrad von Mechel sel. Wittwe | 1741 | Basel | 32919270 | ||||
| Mechetti | Pietro Mechetti Veuve | Theresia Mechetti | baptized 13 February 1788, died 28 June 1855 | 18501855 | Vienna | 1002885776 | ||
| Mechel | Veuve de Jean Conrad de Mechel | 1759 | Basel | 498227456 | ||||
| Meïs | Vve. Meïs | F. Meis | 1881 | Paris | 842136987 | |||
| Mercier | Veuve Le Mercier | 1781 | Paris | 1040961171 | ||||
| Mesen | Weduwe Jacob Mesens | Jacob Mesen | 1628 | Amsteredam | 498451125 | |||
| Metzner | Vve. Metzner | 1888 | Nancy | 843049072 | ||||
| Meyer | J.H. Meyers Wittwe | 1757 | Lemgo | 24829291 | ||||
| Morel | Vve. Morel | 1709 | Paris | 658662297 | ||||
| Morisot | Veuve Morisot | 1870 | Sens | 763059777 | ||||
| Moucelot | Veuve Moucelot | 18721873 | Paris | 1018392529 | ||||
| Mouret | Veuve Mouret | 17321744 | Paris | 21824937 | ||||
| Mourette | Veuve Md. Mourette | 17271738 | Paris | 21824956 | ||||
| Müller | H.F. Müller Veuve | Dorothea Müller | ca. 1784 – 9 April 1858 | 18481858 | Vienna | 23165568 | ||
| Muraille | Veuve Léopold Muraille | 18621903? | Liége | JMF 89-887 | ||||
| Naderman | Veuve de Jean-Henri Naderman | Barbe-Rose Courtois | 1755—7 January 1839 | Jean-Henri Naderman | 17991825 | Paris | 421722562 | |
| Nicolo | Veuve Nicolo | 1816?1825 | Paris | 13295209 | sold firm to E. Troupenas | |||
| Nolting | Veuve W. C. Nolting et fils | 17951817 | Amsterdam | 931915337 | ||||
| Olivier de Varennes | Veuve d'Olivier de Varennes | 1679 | Charenton | 498641839 | ||||
| Orga | viuda de Joseph de Orga | Joseph de Orga | 1765 | Valencia | 803589716 | |||
| Ott | Elsbeth Ott | died ca. 1557 | Hans Ott | 1546–1554 | Nuremberg | |||
| Paté | Veuve Paté | Constance Laurent | before 1884 | Edme-Nicolas Paté | 18591870 | Paris | 936576867 | married 21 May 1836 |
| Pichler | A. Pichlers Witwe | Elisabeth Pichler | 27 April 1783 – 22 October 1865 | 18711923 | Vienna | 27351245 | ||
| Piermarini | Vve. Piermarini | 1876 | Paris | 842304124 | ||||
| Plantin | Veuve Plantin | 1591 | Anvers | 67794880 | ||||
| Porchet | Vve. E. Porchet | Émile-David Porchet | 18861898 | Paris | 1059289189 | |||
| Poussielgue | Vve. Poussielgue | Antoine-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Poussielgue | 18491866 | Paris | 839250668 | ceded operation to her sons in 1866, "Poussielgue Frères" who kept her imprint | ||
| Prêtre | Veuve Prêtre | 18701872 | Paris | 920036370 | ||||
| Ramírez | Ramírez, María | 1598-1600 | Alcalá de Henares | Iberian Books: 54401 | ||||
| Ravayre-Raver | Vve. Ravayre-Raver | Louis Ravayre | 1872 | Bordeaux | 844196642 | |||
| Ravesteyn | Veuve de Paul de Ravesteyn | Paul van Ravesteyn | 1657—1659 | Amsterdam | 716670553 | |||
| Régnier | Vve. Régnier | Clara Marquerite Canaux | 29 August 1892—after 1864 | Jean-Rémi Régnier | 1864-1869 | Paris | 842179058 | |
| Remondet-Aubin | Veuve Remondet-Aubin | 18371874 | Aix-en-Provence | 908129429 | Printed and published Le Mémorial d'Aix | |||
| Rheten | Georg Rheten Wittwe | 1655 | Gdańsk | 653113993 | ||||
| Ribou | Veuve Ribou | Pierre Ribou | 17191730 | Paris | 43094865 | |||
| Richault | Vve. Richault Mère | Marie-Madeleine-Louise Bastide | 30 October 1813—after 1898 | Guillaume-Simon Richault | 18951897 | Paris | 658710808 | married 24 August 1867 |
| Riedl | Franz Riedl's seel. Wittwe & Sohn | Anna Riedl | Franz Riedl | 18371851 | Vienna | 1061784396 | ||
| Riegel | Veuve de Christoffle Riegel | 1752 | Nuremberg | 65859524 | ||||
| Rodríguez Lupercio | apud herederos de la viuda de Francisco Rodríguez Lupercio | Francisco Rodríguez Lupercio | 16571700 | Mexico City | Iberian Books: C88913 | |||
| Roger | Veuve Roger | 1873 | Paris | 1034782271 | ||||
| Rolle | "Auf Kosten der Wittwe des Autors" | Johann Heinrich Rolle | 1787 | Leipzig | 870946320 | Only published works by her husband | ||
| Rotier | Veuve Rotier | 1884 | Paris | 844200671 | ||||
| Rouzeau-Montaut | Veuve Rouzeau-Montaut | 1775 | Orléans | 57199414 | ||||
| Royol | Vve. Royol | Isidore Royol | 18561872? | Paris | 718312361 | |||
| Salfeld | Sel. David Salfelds Wittwe | 16881690 | Berlin | 1061675363 | ||||
| Saudinos-Ritouret | Veuve D. Saudinos-Ritouret | 18771878 | Paris | 1030601359 | ||||
| Schiller | Benjamin Schillers Wittwe | 17141715 | Hamburg | 497426276 | ||||
| Schmid | Veuve du feu Balthasar Schmid | Maria Helena Volland | 17101791 | Balthasar Schmid | 17521775 | Nuremberg | 497311897 | |
| Schützen | J. J. Schützens Wittwe | Johann Jacob Schützen | 17551760 | Berlin | 909111850 | |||
| Sifflet | Veuve Sifflet | 1771 | Paris | 718271849 | ||||
| Simon | Veuve Simon & fils | 17701777 | Paris | 497812218 | ||||
| Simon | Veuve Simon | 18521860 | Paris | 658499512 | ||||
| Sitzmann | Wittwe Sitzmann | 17711776 | Kleve | 58801694 | ||||
| Someren | Weduwe van Johannes van Someren | Johannes van Someren | 16801685 | Amsterdam | 312846643 | |||
| Soubre | Vve. Et. Soubre | ? | Liége | 66885546 | ||||
| Sprenger | D. Sprenger | Caroline/Karoline Gsangler | * 1798 | Daniel Sprenger | 18191821 | Vienna | married Mathias Artaria after the death of Sprenger | |
| St. Hilaire | Vve. St Hilaire | 18601867 | Paris | 842214719 | ||||
| St-Marc | Vve. St-Marc | 1797 | Rennes | 658683505 | ||||
| Stämpfli | Veuve Stämpfli | 1820 | Bern | 78332313 | ||||
| Strauss | Anton Strauss's Witwe | Magdalena Strauß | 1764–8 March 1845 | Anton Strauß | 18281836 | Vienna | 497725899 | |
| Struck | J. Strucks Wittwe | 1832 | Stralsund | 936381495 | ||||
| Sulzer | Veuve Sulzer | 18671869 | Paris | 658811240 | ||||
| Tarbé | Veuve Tarbé | Pierre-Hardouin Tarbé | 1791 | Sens | 494980453 | |||
| Thiébaux | Veuve Thiébaux | 1889 | Paris | 658460513 | ||||
| Tixador | Vve. Tixador | 1897 | Perpignan | 843196342 | ||||
| Varennes | Veuve Ollivier de Varennes | 1677 | Charenton | 716158783 | ||||
| Weidner | Johann Weidners Witwe | Barbara Dreßler | Johann Weidner | 1626 | Jena | 30403635 | ||
| Winter | G. L. Winters Wittwe | Georg Ludwig Winter | ca. 17721787 | Berlin | 497668552 | |||
| Wouw | Weduwe ende Erfgenamen van wijlen Hillebrant Iacobsen van Wouw | 1645 | s'Gravenhage | 312688959 | ||||
| Zwahlen | Vve. Zwahlen | 1842 | Lausanne | 715140700 | ||||
| Zumsteeg | “bei der Wittwe des Componisten” | Luise Andreae | Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg | 17971803 | Stuttgart | 1028636034 | only published works by her husband |