Anne Midgette is Chief Classical Music Critic for The Washington Post. Her article, "The top 35 female composers in classical music," was written in response to National Public Radio's July 2017 article "The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women." The NPR article "was inspiring," Midgette writes,"but where were the composers? In the wake of much discussion about the chronic underrepresentation of female composers on American concert programs, I came up with my own best-of list."
Midgette narrowed her focus to artists in the recorded music era, naming historic greats like Hildegard von Bingen, Fanny Mendelssohn,