Choral Music composed by Women
47 compositions for Coro SATB
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.
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Editor
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
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