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CHORAL MUSIC
(The list is roughly chronological. If the location of the music is known, the entry concludes with a Publisher or email address.
Music publishers who might have these works: Hildegard Publishing Co; Furore Verlag; ClarNan Editions; Arsis Press; Editions Ars Femina, A-R Edition, Treble Clef Music Press. Where no publisher is listed, you could try imslp.org)

  • HILDEGARD of Bingen (1098-1179): Various works, sometimes only if you buy 10 copies, including Music for Christmas and Easter Seasons and music in a collection of vocal works by 7 women; Hildegard Publishing
    (CD on Hyperion: A feather on the breath of God: Sequences & Hymns, by Gothic Voices)

  • Maddalena CASULANA: (c1544-c1583): Madrigals, 1583; Download from Casulana sheet music And: sheet music. Il vostro dipartir, SSAA; from: Il vostro dipartir. Stavasi il mio bel sol, SSA, from: Stavasi il mio bel sol.

  • Chiara Margarita COZZOLANI (1602-76): Magnificat, SSAATTBB/org, c12 , c1650; ClarNan Editions. O Dulcis Jesu, 1649; Hildegard Publishing. Diagolo fra gli Agneli, e Pastori, nella nativita di Nostro Signore, 2S/A/T/continuo; Download: Diagolo

  • Barbara STROZZI (1619-64): 5 Madrigals; Hildegard Publishing or UMP. Il Contrasto de Cinque Sensi, SSATB; Hildegard Publishing. Il Primo Libro de Madrigali, 2vv/continuo, c1644; Furore Verlag. Consiglio amoroso; Broude Brothers. Quis dabit mihi, ATB/continuo; ClarNan Editions
    (CD on Harmonia Mundi: Cantatas by Schola Cantorum Basiliensis)

  • Isabella LEONARDA: (1620-1704) Messa Prima, SATB soli/SATB choir/str/org, 22 , 1696; ClarNan Editions. Ave Regina Caelorum, choir; Broude Brothers. Motets, eg Surge Virgo, SATB/org, c1686; Hildegard Publishing or UMP. Beautus Vir, Op 19/4, 8 , c1684
    (CD on Tactus 2005: My Sister My Bride)

  • Antonia BEMBO (1643-1715): Te Deum laudamus, SATB soli/SSATB choir/2vn/2va/continuo, 17 , 1704; Furore or Carus Verlag. Les Sept Psaumes de David, 2S/B/2vn/continuo. 1694; Furore Verlag (7 vols). Exaudiat te dominus Psalm 19, 2S/B/continuo, c1700; Furore Verlag
    (CD on Priory Records: The Seven Psalms of David)

  • Marianne MARTINEZ (1744-1812): Messa, S/MS/T/B soli/choir/orch, 1765. Psalm 112, Laudate Pueri Dominum, SAT/2ob/2hn/continuo, 10'. Oratorio Isacco figure del redentore, 2S/T/B soli/choir/2202/2200/timpstr, 90', 1784. All Furore Verlag

  • Mary HUDSON (1758-1801): Psalm 107, SATB, 4', c1790, download from London Quire Repertoire No 351

  • Marianna BOTTINI (1802-58): Messa da Requiem, c50 , 1819, 4v/orch. Stabat Mater, 3vv, 1820. Mass, 4vv/orch
    (CD on Bottega Discantini: Messa da Requiem)

  • Fanny MENDELSSOHN (1805-47): Cantata: Job, soli/choir/2222/2200/timp/str, 15 , 1831; Furore Verlag. Cantata: Lobegesang, Meine Seele ist Stille, S&A soli/SATB choir/orch, 17 , 1831; Furore. Oratorio: Nach den Bildern der Bibel, soli/choir/orch, 45 , 1831; Furore Verlag. Choral music (5 vols), SATB; Hildegard Publishing. Eichendorff a cappella, SATB; Furore Verlag. Gartenlieder, 40 , 1847, SATB; Hildegard Publishing
    (CD on CPO: Oratorio)

  • Ann MOUNSEY (1811-91): Oratorio: The Nativity, Op 29, 1853. Cantata: Supplication & Thanksgiving, 1864

  • Mary Ann Virginia GABRIEL (1825-77): Cantata Dreamland, 1870. Cantata Evangeline (Longfellow text), 1873

  • Charlotte SAINTON-DOLBY (1821-85): Cantata The Legend of St Dorothea, vv, 1876

  • Ethel SMYTH (1858-1944): Mass in D, 65 , 1893, SATB soloists, SATB choir, 2223/4231/timp/perc/str; Novello. Songs of Sunrise, SSA, 4', 1911; Treble Clef Music Press
    (CDs on Virgin and EMI: Plymouth Music Series)

  • Imogen HOLST (1907-84): Mass in a minor, 20 , 1927. (CD by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge). A Hymn to Christ (J.Donne), SATB, 1940; Boosey & Hawkes. Chorus a cappella, including Hares on the Mountains, SSA; Novello.
    (CD on Harmonia Mundi: HMU 907576)

  • Amy BEACH (1867-1944): Mass in E flat, 1890, 1 hour, Op 5, 4vv/orch. 3 Shakespeare Songs, 1897, 7 , Op 39/1-3, female chorus 4vv; Treble Clef Music Press. Service in A, including Te Deum, 9 , Benedictus, 7 , Magnificat, 8 , & Jubilate Deo, 6 , Nunc Dimitis, 6 , SATB/org, Op 63, 1906; Laurendale Associates. Chambered Nautilus, Op 66, 1906, S&A soli/SSAA chorus/orch; Hildegard Publishing. Evening Hymn: The Shadows of the Evening Hours, 6 , 1936, Op 125/2 (S&A soli/SATB). 2 Short Anthems, SATB/org; Boosey & Hawkes.
    (For CD recordings, see ASV 2002, & Albany Records 1998, and Great Cathedral Anthems)

  • Lili BOULANGER (1893-1918): Les Sirènes (The Mermaids), c6 , Mezzo solo/SAT/pf, 1911; G Schirmer Inc ot Treble Clef Music Press. Vielle Priere Bouddique, 9 , T solo/SATB/orch, 1917; Editions Durand. Psalm: Du fond de l abime, 24 , women chorus, 1917; Editions Durand. Psaume 24, La terre appartient a l Eternel, T solo/SATB/org/orch, 5', 1916/1924; Editions Durand. Sous Bois, Editions Durand. Hymne au Soleil, 4', A solo/SATB/pf, Forsyth
    (CD on Chandos, by CBS Chorus/Yan Pascal Tortelier)

  • Rebecca CLARKE (1886-1979): Weep you no more sad fountains, (Dowland words) SATB, 1912; OUP. Ave Maria, SSA, 1937; OUP

  • Ruth CRAWFORD SEEGER (1901-1953): 3 Chants for Female Chorus, 9 , 1930; see youtube. American Folksongs, 1948
    (CD on Smithsonian Folkways: The Sounding Joy)

  • Mabel DANIELS (1877-1971): Song of Jael, Op 37, 1937, S solo/SATB/orch. Piper, Play on! 1961. Dream Song, SSAA, 3'. When Diana's Silver Light, 3', 1942; Treble Clef Music Press

  • Florence PRICE (1887-1953): Moon Bridge, 2.5 , chorus/pf, 1930; (details from info@vocalessence.org). Song for Snow, 2 , chorus/pf, 1957

  • Alice PARKER (1925- 2023): Street Corner Spirituals, 7 , 1964, SATB/tpt/gtr/drm; Alfred Archive Edition. Women on the Plains, 3 Canadian Folksongs, SSAA/pf, 6'; Treble Clef Music Press
    (CD on Gothic Records: Listen Lord, by Musicians of Melodious Accord/Alice Parker)

  • Phyllis TATE (1911-87): A Secular Requiem, The Phoenix & the Turtle, 15 , 1967, SATB/chamber orch; OUP

  • Elizabeth MACONCHY (1907-1994): Creatures, SATB, 14', 1979. Music Sales

  • Emma Lou DIEMER (b1927): Fragments from Mass, SSAA; Edward B Marks Music. Agnus Dei (from Mass), 6 , SATB; Santa Barbara Music Publishing. The Prophecy, SSAA; Boosey & Hawkes. 3 Madrigals (Shakespeare), 5 , 1960, SATB; Boosey & Hawkes or Carl Fischer. 4 Christmas Carols, SSA/keyboard, 1960; UMP. Psalm 148, SATB/optional hand bells; Sacred Music Press. Hallelujah! SATB/keyboard; Santa Barbara Music Publishing. Visionary, SSA/pf; Seesaw Music Corp. O Viridissima, 5 songs to the virgin, SSAA; Hildegard, UMP or Theodore Presser

  • Nina GILBERT: 3 Shaker Spirituals, SSAA, 4'; Treble Clef Music Press

  • Jean COULTHARD (1908-2000): This Land, Choral Symphony, 1967, soli/SATB/orch; info from Canadian Encyclodedia
    (CD on Canadian Choral Classics, Sing unto the Lord)

  • Jean BELMONT (b1939): If Music be the food of love, SATB; Alfred Archive Edition

  • Undine SMITH MOORE (1905-89): Mother to Son, S solo/chorus, 1955; (details from maecenascontemp@aol.com. Missa Brevis: The Roads to Emmaeus, SATB/org, 24 , 2003; Edition Peters. The Secret Garden, SATB/org, 20 , 2004 (Proms commission); Edition Peters. Shakespeare Requiem, 35 , 2007, S & Bar soli/SATB/orch; Peters Edition. Missa Brevis: Awake my Soul, 10 , 2007; Peters Edition
    (CDs: Naxos 2007; Signum 2009; Hyperion 2013.)

  • Victoria BOND (b1945): Tarot, 21 , 1978, Sop solo, SATB chorus, perc ensemble; Band Music

  • Rhian SAMUEL (b1944): La Belle Dame Sans Merci, 1982/7, Choir & orch; Stainer & Bell. Love songs and Observations, 1989, SATM; Stainer & Bell

  • Ruth SCHONTHAL (1924-2006): Cantata: Young Dead Soldiers, chorus/chamber orch, 1986; Hildegard Publishing

  • Libby LARSEN (b1950): Beautiful Star, SATB soli, SATB choir, str, handbells, 4 ; G Schirmer Inc. Novum Gaudeum, SATB a cappella; Kirkwood Editions or Download. Alaska Spring, SATB chorus/Str 4tt; Download: Alaska Spring. Touch the Air Softly, SSAA a cappella; Download: Touch the Air Softly. Oratorio: Coming Forth into Day, 48 , 1985. Whitman s America, SATB a cappella; Download: Whitman's America. Canticle of the Sun, 12 , SSAA, perc/synth/org, 1987; G Schirmer Inc. The Womanly Song of God, SSSSAAAA, 2003; OUP. Western songs, including Green grow the Lilacs, SATB, 2005; OUP
    (CD Mass for the Earth on Koch)

  • Sofia GUBAIDULINA (b1931): Cantata Hommage to Marina Tsvetayeva, SATB, 15', 1984. Jauchtz vor Gott, choir/organ, 10', 1989. Jetzt immer Schnee, choir/chamber ensemble, 25', 1993. Boosey & Hawkes
    CD on Chandos: Canticle of the Sun; Hommage to Marina Tsvetayeva

  • Judith ZAIMONT (b1945): Sunny Airs and Sober, SSATB, 14 , 1976; Walton Music Corp. Parable: A Tale of Abraham & Isaac (text Wilfred Owen), S,T,Bar soli/SSATTB/org or str/hpd, 16 , 1981; Hildegard Publishing (CD on Naxos American Classics). Life Cycle, 1994-2001 & continuing, SSAA/pf/various other; Subito Music Corp

  • Sinta WULLUR (b1958): De papalanggi heeft geen tijd, mixed choir, 13 , 1987; Donemus

  • Errollyn WALLEN (b1958): When the Wet Wind Sings, 40 voices, 10 , 2003; Edition Peters

  • Jennifer HIGDON (b1962): Southern Grace, SATB, 24 , 1998 (8 Appalachian tunes) from Higdon choral. Deep in the Night, SATB, 6 , 1997; from the composer. Imagine, 1999. On the Death of the Righteous (Donne), SATB/3224/533331/timp/perc/str, 12 , 2009.
    (CD on Sono Luminus: Celebrating the American Spirit)

  • Gabriele PROY (b1965): Kokoro, 8-10 sop/alt a cappella, 2007. Frieden, SATB a cappella, 2013. e-mail gabriele.proy@aon.at

  • Helena TULVE (b1972): Exodus, 14 mixed vv, 5 , 1993. Vie secrete, 2002; from the composer: helena@voxclamantis.ee

  • Nicola LeFANU (b1947): Christ Calls Man Home, 2S soli/3SATB choirs, 14, 1975; Novello. Carols Rosa Sine Spine & Misterium Mirabile, SSA, 4'&4'; Edition Peters. 5 Songs from Catalunya, SATB, 12 , 2006; Edition Peters. Rosetti Songs, women's voices, 5', 2008; Edition Peters

  • Elena MENDOZA (b1973): Fe de erratas, 6 singers a cappella, 12 , 2008; Edition Peters

  • Sally BEAMISH (b1956): Mr & Mrs Discobbolos (Lear), 1983, 10 , Spkr, Cl, Vn, Va, Vc, Pf. Seven Songs (Emily Dickinson), 1990, 10 . SA. Magnificat, 1992, 25 , Sop, Mez-Sop, Hn/Tpt/Tbn/3Perc/Vn/Va/Vc. Winter Journey A Northern Nativity, 1996, 40 . Accomp choral. Children, Pf (Perc). Shadow & Silver, 1995, 8 . SATB. Love is Leaping, 1993, 7 , SATB Perc. Loom Song, 2006, SSA Pf. God of the Moon, 2009, SATB Org. All Scottish Music Centre
    (On CD A Song more Silent, for Portsmouth Remembrance Day concert)

  • Margaret RIZZA (b1929): Fire of Love, SATB/str 4tt/organ, 6 , 1998; Faber Music. Ave Generosa, SATB, 7 , 2007/8. Faber. Mysterium amoris, SATB, 5 2004; Faber

  • Diana SYRSE (b1984): Mar de Suenos, chorus/pf, 2003-6. La Iglesia de San Juan, a cappella, 2011. Oda a la Probeza, 2011, a cappella, 2011. from the composer: dianasyrse@gmail.com

  • Carol BARNETT (b1949): The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, S,A,T soli/SATB/vn/mand/gtr/bass, 30 , 2006; Boosey & Hawkes

  • Roxanna PANUFNIK (b1950): Westminster Mass, SATB/pf, 27 , 1997; Edition Peters

  • Isidora ZEBELJAN (b1967): Hero's Miseries, SATB, 1985. Glory, 42 female vv, 1987; from isidorazebeljan.com. Latum Lalo, 12 a cappella voices, 15', 2008; Ricordi Italy no 140495

  • Arlene ZALLMAN (1934-2006): Emerson Motets (SATB), 1985, 12', http://www.apnmmusic.org/arlenezallman.html

  • Dobrinka TABAKOVA (b1980): Calm Light, SATB, 10', 2001; from puchase scores

  • Kitty BRAZELTON (b1951): O Joy! SATB, 5 , 2008; Boosey & Hawkes

  • Joan GRIFFITH (1941-2010): Sweet Noel, SATB, 10 , 2008; Walton Music

  • Kerry ANDREW (b1978): The Earth Hath Voice, 5 , 2011; OUP. Where the Marsh Plants Grow, 13 , 2012. Andrew choral works

  • Cecilia McDOWALL (b1951): Ave Maris Stella, 12 , 2001; OUP. A Fancy of Folksongs, mixed choir, 12 , 2003; OUP. A Canterbury Mass, SATB, 13 , 2007; Gemini Publications
    (CD on Avie: A Song More Silent). McDowall choral works

  • Judith WEIR (b1954): Magnificat & Nunc & Dimittis, SATB, 8 , 2011; Chester Music
    (CD on Delphian: Choral Music by Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge)
    Wise Music Classical

  • Caroline AKS: 'The Journey' (Tennyson text), womens voices; Treble Clef Music Press

  • Collection on Furore Verlag:- Christmas Carols Vol 3: by Muriel Herbert, Catharina van Rennes, Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen, Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn, Emilie Zumsteeg, Lili Boulanger, Amy Marcy Beach, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff, Rebecca Clarke, Elizabeth Poston.
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