Odaline de la Martinez
Composer, conductor and a graduate in maths and music, Odaline was the first woman, in 1984, to conduct a Prom in 89 seasons of the BBC Promenade Concerts, since it’s inception in 1895.
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Shirley Collins
British folk musician
Clara Butt
One of the first and most successful women to make the most of the potential of recorded music
Eliška Krásnohorská
Czech patriotic poet
Lujza Blaha
Slovak-Hungarian actor and singer
Khuwyt
Ancient Egyptian musician
Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
Opera and concert singer
Emma Albani
“Queen of Song” in oratorio and opera.
Elsie Waters
As ‘Gert and Daisy’, the Waters sisters became stalwarts of seaside variety shows, music halls, Royal Variety performances, and the occasional film, although radio was where they found a natural home and made their best work.
Doris Waters
As ‘Gert and Daisy’, the Waters sisters became stalwarts of seaside variety shows, music halls, Royal Variety performances, and the occasional film, although radio was where they found a natural home and made their best work.