Swedish Mass No. 1
Elfrida Andree (1841–1929)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: Soli
Accompaniment: Organ or String Orchestra
Language: Swedish
Recording link is to the third mvt. Thanks to SWO for posting the score.
Season after Pentecost
48 recommended works by women composers for Mass.
Elfrida Andree (1841–1929)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: Soli
Accompaniment: Organ or String Orchestra
Language: Swedish
Recording link is to the third mvt. Thanks to SWO for posting the score.
Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: Soli
Accompaniment: Organ or orchestra
Language: Latin
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: organ
Mel Bonis (1858–1937)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: SSS/TTT
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 18
Language: Latin
Lina Braghetta (1906–1987)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SA
Accompaniment: organ
Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
Diana Burrell (b. 1948)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation
Accompaniment: piano/organ
Diana Burrell (b. 1948)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 18
Diana Burrell (b. 1948)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Two equal voices
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
Katherine Dienes-Williams (b. 1970)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB/SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Katherine Dienes-Williams (b. 1970)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Four cellos and Taped Voice
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 20
This is a 10-mvt work drawn from various mass traditions. Five of the mvts are textless. Composed for Fine's colleagues at Bennington College, George Kinckel and Jan DeGaetani.
Jessica French (b. 1984)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation, Choir
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SAATTBB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 13
Language: Latin
Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 20
Language: Latin
Sungji Hong (b. 1973)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SSA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 30
Language: Latin
Elizabeth Kimble (b. 1986)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv and Congregation
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange (b. 1971)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB and Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: continuo, 2 vlns
Duration: 42
Language: Latin
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: continuo, 2 vlns
Language: Latin
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: continuo, 2 vlns
Language: Latin
Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: S
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 15
Language: Latin
Marianna Martines (1744–1812)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: Soli
Accompaniment: organ / orchestra
Duration: 50
Language: Greek/Latin
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 13
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Text source: Ordinary of the Mass
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
short for a mass
Lena J. McLin (1928–2023)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB and Congregation
Accompaniment: piano
Language: English
Unison parts in hymnal Lift Every Voice and Sing II
Sandra Milliken (b. 1961)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 5
Language: Latin
Thea Musgrave (b. 1928)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
June Nixon (b. 1942)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Greek/Latin
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SSATBB · Solos: Sop, Baritone
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 14
Language: Latin
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SSATBdiv · Solos: Sop/Treble, Tenor
Accompaniment: organ (or string quartet)
Duration: 20
Language: Latin
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: organ
Dorothy Papadakos (b. 1960)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
written for St. Margaret's Episcopal church in Washington D.C.
Dorothy Papadakos (b. 1960)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB and Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
A jazz mass written for the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
This work will be published soon by Jaygayle Music.
Florence Price (1887–1953)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (b. 1992)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: Latin
Margaret Rizza (b. 1929)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB and Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: SATB soli
Accompaniment: orchestra
Language: Latin
Sarah Kirkland Snider (b. 1973)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: 12 instruments
Duration: 44
Language: English/Latin
Commissioned by Trinity Wall Street in 2018
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: Latin
Summers was composer-in-residence at Nottingham Cathedral when she wrote this setting.
Mass Setting
Voicing: Congregation & Choir
Accompaniment: organ / piano
Language: English
Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: U · Solos: SATB
Accompaniment: jazz combo
Duration: 60
Language: English
"Music for Peace" addresses the social ills of the 60's and 70's. The work was commissioned by the Vatican and choreographed by Alvin Ailey.
Grace Williams (1906–1977)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB, Treble chorus · Solos: SATB soli
Accompaniment: orchestra
Duration: 68
Language: Latin