1790 Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt

Maria Theresia von Ahlefeldt, born in January 1755, was a German born aristocrat and a Danish composer. She is known as the first female composer in Denmark.

She grew in a cultural environment at the princely court in Regensburg, which was a centre of French, German and Italian opera, theatre, ballet, pantomimes and concerts. She was instructed in clavecin playing with her sisters and displayed an early talent of music composition.