A Centennial Mass
Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation & Choir
Accompaniment: organ, optional chamber orchestra
Language: English
Women Composers Database
Mass Settings
48 recommended works by women composers.
Canterbury Mass
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 13
Celebration Mass
Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Communion Service for St. Paul's Burlingame (Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)
Elizabeth Kimble (b. 1986)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv and Congregation
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
Communion Service in F
Florence Price (1887–1953)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Douai Missa Brevis
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SSATBB · Solos: Sop, Baritone
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 14
Language: Latin
DifficultScore: =HYPERLINK("http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Panufnik-Roxanna-Douai-Missa-Brevis-SSATBB/2060382","Boosey&Hawkes") RecordingBoosey & Hawkes
Eucharist of the Soul
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
Frederica Setting of the Eucharist
Mass Setting
Voicing: Congregation & Choir
Accompaniment: organ / piano
Language: English
Mary Lou's Mass (orig. Music for Peace)
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.
Mass for St. Luke's
Jessica French (b. 1984)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation, Choir
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Mass for the Endangered
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 for the Mystery of Faith
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (b. 1992)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: Latin
Mass in A minor
Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 20
Language: Latin
ModerateScore: Contact Graham Ross at gr267@cam.ac.uk RecordingContact Graham Ross at gr267@cam.ac.uk
Mass in D
Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: SATB soli
Accompaniment: orchestra
Language: Latin
Mass in E flat Major
Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: Soli
Accompaniment: Organ or orchestra
Language: Latin
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("http://www.pandolfopaolo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Beach-Mass.pdf","CPDL") RecordingPublic Domain
Mass in E minor
Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateJaygayle Music
This work will be published soon by Jaygayle Music.
Mass of Saint Benedict
Margaret Rizza (b. 1929)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB and Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Messa Prima (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo)
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: continuo, 2 vlns
Duration: 42
Language: Latin
Messa Seconda (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo)
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: continuo, 2 vlns
Language: Latin
Messa Terza (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo)
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: continuo, 2 vlns
Language: Latin
Messe À la sérénité
Mel Bonis (1858–1937)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: SSS/TTT
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 18
Language: Latin
Messe pour deux voces egales
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Two equal voices
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("http://imslp.org/wiki/Messe_pour_deux_voix_%C3%A9gales%2C_Op.167_(Chaminade%2C_C%C3%A9cile)","IMSLP") RecordingPublic Domain
Messe Solennelle
Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
Michael's Mass
Diana Burrell (b. 1948)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation
Accompaniment: piano/organ
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("https://ump.co.uk/catalogue/diana-burrell-michaels-mass/","UMP")=HYPERLINK("https://ump.co.uk/catalogue/diana-burrell-michaels-mass/","UMP")
Missa Brevis
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: Latin
ModerateWhite Light Publishing
Summers was composer-in-residence at Nottingham Cathedral when she wrote this setting.
Missa Brevis
Diana Burrell (b. 1948)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 18
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("https://ump.co.uk/catalogue/diana-burrell-missa-brevis/","UMP")=HYPERLINK("https://ump.co.uk/catalogue/diana-burrell-missa-brevis/","UMP")
Missa Brevis
Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SAATTBB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 13
Language: Latin
Missa Brevis
Thea Musgrave (b. 1928)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("https://www.musicroom.com/product-detail/product1144060/variant1144060/thea-musgrave-missa-brevis/","Musicroom")Novello
Missa Brevis
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.
Missa Brevis "Awake My Soul"
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("https://www.edition-peters.com/product/missa-brevis-awake-my-soul/ep7982","Edition Peters")=HYPERLINK("https://www.edition-peters.com/product/missa-brevis-awake-my-soul/ep7982","Edition Peters")
Missa Brevis "The Road to Emmaeus"
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("https://www.edition-peters.com/product/missa-brevis-the-road-to-emmaeus/ep71161","Edition Peters")=HYPERLINK("https://www.edition-peters.com/product/missa-brevis-the-road-to-emmaeus/ep71161","Edition Peters")
Missa Brevis I
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("https://www.edition-peters.com/product/missa-brevis/ep71079","Edition Peters")=HYPERLINK("https://www.edition-peters.com/product/missa-brevis/ep71079","Edition Peters")
Missa brevis Sancti Cecilia
Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: S
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 15
Language: Latin
EasyRSCM
Missa Cambrensis
Grace Williams (1906–1977)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB, Treble chorus · Solos: SATB soli
Accompaniment: orchestra
Duration: 68
Language: Latin
Missa Lumen de lumine
Sungji Hong (b. 1973)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SSA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 30
Language: Latin
DifficultScore: =HYPERLINK("https://ump.co.uk/catalogue/diana-burrell-trinity-mass/","UMP") RecordingSungji Hong
Missa Margarita
Dorothy Papadakos (b. 1960)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
written for St. Margaret's Episcopal church in Washington D.C.
Missa Nativitatis Domini
June Nixon (b. 1942)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Greek/Latin
Missa Sanctae Heracleae
Lina Braghetta (1906–1987)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SA
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("http://www.pandolfopaolo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Braghetta-Piozzi-Lina-MISSA-Sanctae-Heracleae-a-2-voci-pari-e-organo.pdf","CPDL")Public Domain
Missa semplice
Sandra Milliken (b. 1961)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 5
Language: Latin
EasyScore: =HYPERLINK("https://www.editionpeters.com/product/missa-semplice/ep7912","Edition Peters") Recording=HYPERLINK("https://www.editionpeters.com/product/missa-semplice/ep7912","Edition Peters")
Missa St. Saviour
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
Norwich Festival Mass
Katherine Dienes-Williams (b. 1970)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB/SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Quarta Messa
Marianna Martines (1744–1812)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: Soli
Accompaniment: organ / orchestra
Duration: 50
Language: Greek/Latin
Schola Missa de Angelis
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SSATBdiv · Solos: Sop/Treble, Tenor
Accompaniment: organ (or string quartet)
Duration: 20
Language: Latin
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Panufnik-Roxanna-Schola-Missa-De-Angelis-Organ-Vocal-Score/2203572","Boosey&Hawkes") RecordingBoosey & Hawkes
St. Paul's Eucharist Wellington
Katherine Dienes-Williams (b. 1970)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
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.
The St Helen's Service
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange (b. 1971)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATB and Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
Trinity Mass
Diana Burrell (b. 1948)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: Congregation
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("https://ump.co.uk/catalogue/diana-burrell-trinity-mass/","UMP")=HYPERLINK("https://ump.co.uk/catalogue/diana-burrell-trinity-mass/","UMP")
Westminster Mass
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Mass Setting · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateScore: =HYPERLINK("http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Panufnik-Roxanna-Westminster-Mass-Vocal-Score/715770","Boosey&Hawkes") RecordingBoosey & Hawkes