Choral Music Composed by Women
47 compositions for Coro SATB
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- Composers: Fanny (Mendelssohn) Hensel (1805-1847), Maddalena Casulana (1544-1590), Vittoria (Raffaella) Aleotti (1575-1620), Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Florence Price (1887-1953), Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972), Carole Nelson (1955-), Phoebe Knapp (1839-1908), Daphna Rosenberg (1967-), Abbie Betinis (1980-), Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704), Dorothea Hofmann (1961-), Evita Rudžionyte (1999-), Lucia Birzer (1995-), Lea Morris, Anna Tabbush (1979-), Alicia Adélaide Needham (1863-1945), Dorothee Schabert (1952-), Vivienne Olive (1950-), Reena Esmail (1983-), Ika Peyron (1845-1922), Miina Härma (1864-1941), Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850-1927), Hedda Wagner (1876-1950), Ann Mounsey Bartholomew (1811-1891), Florence Ashton Marshall (1843-1922), Emily B. Tallmadge (1840-1900), Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016), Elise Lavater (1820-1901), Hanna Havrylets (1958-2022), Elisabeth Fußeder (2000-), Karin Rehnqvist (1957-), Julieta Dellarole (1990-), Josephine Lang (1815-1880), Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929), Alice Charlotta Tegnér (1864-1943), Eleanor Daley (1955-), Mélanie Bonis (1858-1937), Amy Beach (1867-1944), Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Julija Ovseiciuk (1981-), Felicitas Kukuck (1914-2001), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847-1907)
- Instrumentation (this edition): SATB Choir
- Originally for: Organ, Piano, Voice, Basso continuo, SATB Choir, Violin I, Violin II, Orchestra, Drum, Mixed Choir, Piano / Organ, SA Choir, Theorbo
- Work Languages: English, German
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- Size: 8.3 x 11.7 inches
- Pages: 112
Description
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.
Works:
- Bonis: Ave Verum, Op. 166
- Nelson: Beloved (2014)
- Knapp: Blessed assurance (1873)
- Rosenberg: Between darkness and light (2006)
- Betinis: Be Like the Bird (2009)
- Leonarda: Canon Coronato à 3 (TTT), No. 11 from Salmi Concertati a 4 voci con Strumenti (1689)
- Hofmann: Die Gedanken sind frei! (2012)
- Le Beau: Der schlummerlosen Sonne, Op. 9, No. 1
- Rudžionyte: Evening Prayer (2024)
- Birzer: Fire (2022)
- Gondoliera, No. 3 from Cl. Schumann: 3 Gemischte Chöre (Abendfeyer in Venedig, Vorwärts, Gondoliera), Op. 19
- Casulana: Gran miracol d'amore, No. 20 from Madrigals - Book 2 (1570)
- Lang: Grant, We Beseech Thee, Merciful Lord, Op. 51
- Morris: Heart Wide Open (2020)
- Tabbush: Harbour (2020)
- Hor che la vaga Aurora from Aleotti: Ghirlanda de Madrigali a 4 voci (1593)
- Needham: How Dear to Me the Hour (1900)
- Schabert: Hymnus Baum des Lebens / O nobilissima viriditas (2024)
- Kukuck: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier (1962)
- Olive: I love a sunburnt country (2002)
- Peyron: Lofsång, Op. 14
- Lang: Lied an den Mai (Maysong)
- Tegnér: Loven Gud i himmelshöjd (Psalm 150) from 3 Psalms
- Härma: Lootuse laul (Psalm 121) (Song of Hope) (1882)
- Ovseiciuk: Lux aeterna (2024)
- H. Wagner: Media vita, Op. 142
- Mounsey Bartholomew: Mutability, No. 4 from 6 Four-Part Songs, Op. 30
- Hensel: Nacht ruht auf den fremden Wegen, H. 225
- Daley: O ye who taste that Love is sweet (2006)
- Farrenc: O père qu'adore mon père - A Capella Version
- Beach: Peace I leave with You, No. 3 from 3 Choral Responses, Op. 8
- Price: Praise the Lord (1951)
- Marshall: Rest hath come (1884)
- Tallmadge: Song of the Beautiful (1880)
- Oliveros: Nos. 8, 12, 14, & 16 from Sonic Meditations (1971)
- Lavater: Stille Nacht, du sinkst hernieder (1892)
- Havrylets: Tropar an die Heilige Mutter Gottes
- Esmail: Take What You Need - Chorale Version (2016)
- Smyth: The March of the Women, No. 3 from Songs of Sunrise (1910)
- Grøndahl: Til de Døde, No. 10 from Songs for Choir, Op. 67
- Fußeder: Trinity Halleluja (2021)
- Andrée: Ur Drömliv (1882)
- Rehnqvist: Universe (2022)
- Dellarole: Vuele lejos (2020)
- Cl. Schumann: Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär (3-Part Canon) (1840)
- B. Strozzi: Voi sete o bagli occhi from Madrigals, Op. 1
- Hensel: Wer will mir wehren zu singen, H. 447
Choral Music Composed by Women
