Choral Overlooked Repertoire: Sacred and Secular
Vittoria Aleotti:
T’amo mia vita (c1593) 2:22 min
Catarina Assandra:
Motteti, Op. 2: Duo Seraphim (c1609) 4:45 min
https://musescore.com/user/80345557/scores/19969576: score for large mixed choir (as sung above) : orig. 3 voices only
Amy Beach:
Grand Mass in E Flat Major, Op. 5 (1889/1892) 1:01:35 min
https://shop.wophil.org/product/grand-mass-in-e-flat-for-satb-soloists-satb-chorus-organ-optional-orchestra-op-5-score/: pdf download of Paper copy after payment
Commmonwealth Chorale & New England Philharmonic, Nov 2017; Vancouver B.C. Cantata Singers, April 2024
Maddalena Casulana:
Morir non può il mio cuore. 4 voice Madrigal (c1544) 1:58 min
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
Now Late on the Sabbath Day (1901) 7:10 min
Whispers of Summer. (1910) 5:27 min
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani:
Vespro della Beata Vergine /Vespers for the Blessed Virgin (1650) 1:39:03 min
https://cappella-artemisia.com/artemisia-editions-catalogue-2/ Scroll to Cozzolani
Magnificat Primo from the Salmi a Otto Voci Concertati (1650) 8:59 min
Magnificat Secondo from the Salmi a Otto Voci Concertati (1650) 8:47 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Salmi_a_otto_voci_concertati,_Op.3_(Cozzolani,_Chiara_Margarita) : Contains both pieces above
https://cappella-artemisia.com/artemisia-editions-catalogue-2/Artemisia Editions Catalogue
Isabella Leonarda:
Alma Redemptoris Mater 5:47 min
Magnificat, Op.19, from Salmi Concertati (1619 ) 9:17 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Salmi_Concertati_a_4_voci_con_Strumenti%2C_Op.19_(Leonarda%2C_Isabella) Tenth in the list
https://elektra.ca/shop/sheet-music/magnificat/: Paper score to purchase
Vancouver, BC, Elektra Womens Choir, March 2020; Bellingham, WA, Vox Pacifica (Soprano-Alto) Choir, Dec 2024
Mesa Prima, Op.XVIII (1696) 41:33 min
Surge Virgo, Op.10 (1684) 7:59 min
Paper score to purchase
Vicente Lusitano (Afro-Portuguese):
Inviolta integra et casta es /You are inviolate, untouched, and chaste, Mary (1551) 12:12 min
Marianna Martines:
Dixit Dominus (1774) 26:22 min
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:
Cholera Musik: Oratorium nach Bildung der Bibel (Oratorium on words of the Bible; aka Cantata nach Aufhoren der Cholera im Berlin, 1831 (Cantata after the Cessation of the Cholera in Berlin) (1831) 33:43 min
https://juilliardstore.com/products/hensel-mendessohn-oratorium-fue-5330: Paper score to purchase
Hiob Cantata for Choir and Orchestra ( 1831 )
Paper score to purchase
Undine Smith Moore:
We Shall Walk through the Valley (arr. traditional spiritual) (1977) 3:26min
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/we-shall-walk-through-the-valley-22364057.html : Paper score to purchase
Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia (Afro-Brazilian):
Magnificatdas Vesperas de Sao Jose (1810) 9:25 min
Christmas Matins (1799) 28 min
http://www.josemauricio.com.br/JM_E_Mat.htm#: Score embedded within
Miserere (1798) 15:20 min
Double Missa Pastoril para noite de nata/ Mass for Christmas Night (1811) 29:07 min
Requiem Mass in D (1816 ) 36:23 min
Helsinki Phil. Orchestra, 2019
Maria Von Paradis (1759-1824):
Es ist ein’ Ros’/A Rose Has Sprung Up 3:32 min
Available in : Multitude of Voyces: Sacred Music by Women Composers Volume 3, No. 17 https://www.multitudeofvoyces.co.uk/p... https://www.multitudeofvoyces.co.uk/d... for a digital offprint
Camilla de Rossi:
The Sacrifice of Abraham (Oratorio) (1708) 1:14:56 min T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ67N3mPWmY: five sequential videos
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/il-sacrifizio-di-abramo-1708-score-18394164.html: Paper score to purchase
Florence Price:
Resignation (1850) 2:42 min:
https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/61166/Resignation-for-SATB-chorus--Florence-Price/: Print of score upon payment OR
Ethel Smyth:
Mass in D Major (1891) 1:54:00 min
BBC Symph & Proms, Aug 2022; Seattle Pro Musica (w/Mozart C Minor Mass) May, 2023; American Symphony Orchestra, NYC, 2023
The Prison: Symphony for Soprano and Bass-Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra (1930) 1:03:58 min
Judith Weir:
Life as the Hart: Psalm 42: 1–7 (2022) (for Qn Eliz funeral) 3:12 min
https://www.jwpepper.com/11422716E.item: Paper score to purchase OR
Catherine Rae Sheldon M.Ed M.L.S.
Advocate for Overlooked Classical Music
Bellingham, WA
catraes@gmail.com