Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

Brooke's arrangement of this traditional sea shanty is invigorating and atmospheric. Changing voices will enjoy the theme of trains and ships in the text, as well as the boisterous call-and-response t...

A powerfully emotive setting that contrasts moments of reflection with declamatory exultation, Psalm 57 uses passages from the eponymous psalm in the King James translation. Written in 1972, it is ded...

This familiar text with an original melody by Bob Chilcott can be performed in unison, two parts, or three parts at the discretion of the conductor or singers. The parts can be sung in any combination...

This imaginative setting of the well-loved text O little town of Bethleham, by Phillips Brooks, displays McGlade's characteristic rich and expressive harmonies, with their jazz inflections. It would b...

A fast and rhythmic arrangement of the traditional French Christmas carol Il est né, which includes the original French words as an alternative to sing. Offprinted from the Christmas cantata A Light i...

This celebratory carol on the popular fifteenth-century text is full of Christmas cheer. Jaunty, up-tempo, and in 7/8-time, it is an ideal opening for Christmas concerts and services.

Taking verses from Psalm 4, this text for Compline is set with delicate simplicity and contemplative musicality throughout.

In addition to Shaw's classic editions of the 'Tudor' Preces & Responses by Byrd, Morley, Smith & Tomkins for SAATB, this revised volume also contains the Preces & Responses by Thomas Tallis and setti...

This touching carol for choir and organ sets a tender text by G. K. Chesterton. Immaculately crafted, it has at its heart another winning melody from arguably the world's most famous living composer o...

This inspiring work takes biblical texts on the subject of bread as both physical and spiritual sustenance, culminating in a beautiful and uplifting setting of The Lord's Prayer.

This setting of Langston Hughes's poem In time of silver rain uses uplifting melodies and a supportive piano accompaniment featuring oscillating semiquavers and broken chords. The solo cello carries a...

This stirring Christmas song, setting a text by Kevin Crossley-Holland, combines bouncing rhythms, expressive Chilcott harmonies, and vibrant word-painting to depict the gifts brought to Christ's stab...

Dhire-dhire sets a 'dohe' (couplet) about patience by the Indian mystic poet Kabir. Esmail explores the soundworld of the Hindustani classical tradition, and the score includes both devanagari script...

With a syncopated and arpeggiated cello line throughout, Arakelyan's To a Skylark grows from successive upper and lower voice canons, to a canon between the upper and lower voices, before climaxing wi...

This set of three captivating pieces is designed to introduce choirs to the Hindi language. Each piece teaches linguistic concepts of Hindi and musical concepts of Hindustani music, while reminding us...

This set of three captivating pieces is designed to introduce choirs to the Hindi language. Each piece teaches linguistic concepts of Hindi and musical concepts of Hindustani music, while reminding us...

This set of three captivating pieces is designed to introduce choirs to the Hindi language. Each piece teaches linguistic concepts of Hindi and musical concepts of Hindustani music, while reminding us...

This gently flowing, contemplative sacred choral work sets words from Isaiah 26 and Psalm 73, expressing gratitude for God's protection and guidance. McGlade includes a short passage which may be sung...

Keep me as the apple of the eye is a tranquil and meditative sacred work, suitable for performance throughout the liturgical year. Drawn from Psalm 17, the text is a plea for shelter and protection in...

This peaceful and meditative work sets William Butler Yeats' classic poem, The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Underpinned by a balladic piano accompaniment, the flowing vocal lines convey a message of longin...

This peaceful and meditative work sets William Butler Yeats' classic poem, The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Underpinned by a balladic piano accompaniment, the flowing vocal lines convey a message of longin...

Based on the well-known poem by William Blake, this Christmas piece transports listeners with sounds of heavenly angels beckoning the little Lamb in layered melodic fragments that cascade through the...

This arrangement of Huron Carol, renamed Iesous ahatonnia' to reflect its origins, sets new texts by Wendat poet Andrée Levesque Sioui and invites us to learn from the past while working to shape a be...

The patron saint of music is honoured in McDowall's setting of lyrics based on 'The Life of Saint Cecilia' in Jacobus de Voragine's 1275 The Golden Legend or Lives Of The Saints. The work's outer sect...

Forman's joyful setting of Robert Frost's poem about renewal and rebirth has a lilting 6/8 metre and a powerful cadential refrain. The supportive piano accompaniment underpins contrasting vocal textur...