Choral Music Composed by Women
47 Compositions for Coro SATB
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.
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- Wer will mir wehren zu singen
- Universe
- Die Gedanken sind frei!
- Heart wide open
- Harbour
- Lux aeterna
- Nacht ruht auf den fremden Wegen
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Franziska de Gilde
Franziska de Gilde studied music and English as a teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt and singing and choral conducting at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt. She works as a choir director, singing teacher and solo and ensemble singer (e.g. Kammerchor Stuttgart, Vokalensemble Et Hepera, Ensemble Choreos). Personal details
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Mary Ellen Kitchens
| 1959
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Jan Schumacher
| 1980Professor Jan Schumacher is Director of Music at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and conductor of Camerata Musica Limburg. He has been teaching choral conducting to beginners and advanced students for over twenty years, regularly leads international conducting courses and master classes and is active worldwide as a guest conductor, adjudicator and seminar leader. He is Chairman of the Choral Advisory Board of the German Music Council and Vice President of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM). As an author and editor he has been associated with Carus-Verlag for many years. Personal details
Reviews
Das vorliegende Chorbuch… ist mit seinen 47 (neu-)veröffentlichten Kompositionen eine absolute Bereicherung des Chorrepertoires für Kirchen- und Kammerchöre.
Sven Dierke, Musik-Medienhaus, 01/2026
Das Chorbuch glänzt in meinen Augen vor allem durch eines: gute und sehr gute Musik.
Johannes M. Schröder, Kirchenmusik Bistum Limburg, 04/2025
… eine spannende Sammlung von Werken, die vielfach zeitgenössisch sind und teilweise auch gut von ambitionierten Laienchören in Angriff genommen werden können. ... dem Buch wünsche ich Eingang in das Repertoire vieler Chöre und Singgemeinschaften!
Singende Kirche, 03/2025
Dieser Band ist eines der ersten Chorbücher, das relativ leicht handhabbare und kurze Chorwerke von Frauen in der gesamten historischen sowie internationalen Bandbreite abbildet. … Dieses Verdienst ... kann nicht hoch genug gewürdigt werden.
Marleen Hoffmann, nmz, 03/2025
Die äußerst empfehlenswerte Sammlung füllt eine entscheidende Lücke... Sie deckt stilistisch wie sprachlich eine große Bandbreite ab und ist mit den kurzen Biographien der Komponistinnen ... sehr informativ.
Chorzeit, 03/2025
Eine durchaus interessante Chormusiksammlung … aus fünf Jahrhunderten. … eine wahre Fundgrube unentdeckter Kompositionen von der Renaissance bis in die Gegenwart.
Musik & Kirche, 01/2025
Zahlreiche verborgene Juwelen für gemischten Chor…
Kirchenmusik Südtirol, 01/2025
Eine echte Novität im deutschsprachigen Raum! … Zu entdecken sind klangvolle Werke in einer Vielfalt unterschiedlicher Stile. … Ein faszinierendes Repertoire aus fünf Jahrhunderten Musikgeschichte!
Württembergische Blätter für Kirchenmusik, 12/2024
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There is probably still a lot of beautiful choral music by women lying dormant somewhere - it would be nice to have a sequel.
Ulrike Noffke, choir director, Switzerland
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