A real novelty in the German-speaking world, Choral Music Composed by Women features a total of 47 works for mixed choir.

Women composers have always made significant contributions to the choral repertoire. Numerous hidden gems for mixed choir are ready and waiting to be performed in concerts and church services. This choral collection spotlights female composers from Europe, North and South America and Israel, ranging from the Renaissance period to young composers of the present day. Many were pioneers of their time, who fought against strong opposition for acceptance as professional composers. You will discover beautiful sacred and secular works in a variety of styles from psalm settings, madrigals and romantic choral songs to experimental pieces, spirituals, canons and simple songs for choral events and community singing as well as contemporary music for chamber choirs. Mostly based on English or German texts, the works deal with a wide spectrum of themes, even reflecting current social issues. A fascinating repertoire from five centuries of music-making that features many unfamiliar names!

• 47 sacred and secular compositions for SATB choir, some works are divisi and some with organ/piano accompaniment
• 45 women composers born between 1540 and 2000
• Most pieces of easy to moderate difficulty; only a few divisi passages for male voices
• Featuring commissioned works and pieces published for the first time
• Most texts in English or German
• From madrigals to simple songs for community singing
• Separate editions available in print and digital form
• In cooperation with the Deutscher Chorverband e.V. and the Archiv Frau und Musik.

Contents

Mel Bonis: Ave verum op. 166,1

Carole Nelson: Beloved

Phoebe Knapp: Blessed assurance (1873)

Daphna Rosenberg: Between darkness and light (2006)

Abbie Betinis: Be like the bird (2009)

Isabella Leonarda: Canon coronato à 3 (1689)

Dorothea Hofmann: Die Gedanken sind frei! (2012)

Luise Adolpha Le Beau: Der Schlummerlosen Sonne op. 9,1 (1880)

Evita Rudzionyte: Evening prayer

Lucia Birzer: Fire (2022)

Clara Schumann (Wieck): Gondoliera (1848)

Maddalena Casulana: Gran miracol d'amore (1570)

Margaret Ruthven Lang: Grant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord op. 51 (1912)

Lea Morris: Heart wide open

Anna Tabbush: Harbour

Vittoria Aleotti: Hor che la vaga Aurora

Alicia Adélaide Needham: How dear to me the hour (1900)

Dorothee Schabert: Hymnus Baum des Lebens / O nobilissima viriditas

Felicitas Kukuck: I stand beside thy cradle here (1962)

Vivienne Olive: I love a sunburnt country (2002)

Ika Peyron: Lofsang efter David op. 14 (1888)

Josephine Lang: Lied an den Mai

Alice Tegnér: Loven Gud i himmelshöjd

Miina Härma: Lootuselaul

Julija Ovseiciuk: Lux aeterna

Hedda Wagner: Media vita op. 142 (1948)

Ann Mounsey Bartholomew: Mutability op. 30,4 (1855)

Fanny Hensel: Nacht ruht auf den fremden Wegen H 225 (1846)

Eleanor Daley: O ye who taste that Love is sweet

Louise Farrenc: O père qu'adore mon père (Hymne de Lamartine)

Amy Beach: Peace I leave with you op. 8,3 (1891)

Florence B. Price: Praise the Lord (1951)

Florence Ashton Marshall: Rest hath come

Emily B. Tallmadge: Song of the Beautiful (1880)

Pauline Oliveros: Sonic Meditations (1971)

Elise Lavater: Stille Nacht, du sinkst hernieder (1892)

Hanna Havrylets: Tropar an die Heilige Mutter Gottes

Reena Esmail: Take what you need (2016)

Ethel Smyth: The march of the women (1910)

Agathe Backer Grondahl: Til de Dode op. 67,10 (1906)

Elisabeth Fußeder: Trinity Halleluja (2021)

Elfrida Andrée: Ur Drömliv (1882)

Karin Rehnqvist: Universe

Julieta Dellarole: Vuele lejos (2020)

Clara Schumann (Wieck): Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär

Barbara Strozzi: Voi sete o begli occhi (1644)

Fanny Hensel: Wer will mir wehren zu singen H 447