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| Composers | |
| The ancient times | p. 3 |
| Dark and middle ages 850-1450 | p. 7 |
| Renaissance 1450-1600 | p. 15 |
| The Baroque period 1600-1750 | p. 19 |
| The classical period 1750-1820 | p. 23 |
| The Romantic period 1820-1910 | p. 28 |
| British (United Kingdom) composers | p. 47 |
| Composers from English speaking countries | p. 73 |
| Western European composers : France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland | p. 99 |
| Central and East European composers : Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan | p. 119 |
| Other international composers : Iceland, India, Israel | p. 150 |
| Latin American composers : Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela | p. 159 |
| Asian composers : China, Japan, Korea, Asian American, Asian Canadian | p. 169 |
| The second new England school | p. 179 |
| Pen women in music | p. 185 |
| Women of color : triumph and tragedy | p. 205 |
| Twentieth century American composers | p. 217 |
| Contemporary American composers | p. 236 |
| Women behind the silver screen | p. 292 |
| Conductors | |
| Wielding the small stick | p. 301 |
| On the Podia in the 21st century | p. 315 |
| Women in military bands | p. 364 |
| Women principals in American orchestras | p. 377 |
| Ladies of the orchestra | p. 386 |
| Around the world with a few women | p. 415 |
| Performers | |
| Instrumentalists | |
| Ladies take a bow : violin | p. 422 |
| That "king-size" violin : viola | p. 474 |
| 'Cello and bass-the really unladylike instruments | p. 482 |
| The art of the luthier | p. 512 |
| Other strings attached : guitar, sitar | p. 528 |
| Harpists past and present | p. 532 |
| Women of the winds : recorder, piccolo, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, contra bassoon, saxophone | p. 566 |
| Women polish their brasses : French horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba | p. 583 |
| Ladies get to bang the drums | p. 604 |
| The harpsichord still sings | p. 608 |
| Ladies of the keyboard | p. 614 |
| Mastering the king of instruments | p. 672 |
| Instruments of mystery : theremin, ondes martenot, synthesizer | p. 695 |
| Singers | |
| Immortal divas-breaking the chains of silence | p. 699 |
| Into the 20th century : 1900-1929 | p. 715 |
| The next generation : 1930-1940 | p. 736 |
| 21st century prima donnas | p. 750 |
| The legacy of black singers : a courageous heritage | p. 791 |
| Other fine voices | p. 805 |
| Women cantors | p. 819 |
| Musicologists | |
| American musicologists | p. 830 |
| International musicologists | p. 870 |
| Women in the business of music | |
| Orchestra managers, archivists | p. 898 |
| Lady phantoms of the opera | p. 921 |
| Publishers-music between the sheets | p. 937 |
| The recording industry | p. 943 |
| Different drummers | p. 949 |
| Agents - the starmakers | p. 957 |
| The unforgotten-those amazing philanthropists | p. 976 |
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