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11 Mary E. English, “Creative Programming for Women’s En- ertoire for Two-Year College Women’s Choirs.” Choral
sembles.” Choral Journal 6, no. 5 (1966): 10. Journal 51, no. 5 (2010): 59–60.
12 Crawford R. Thoburn, “The Joint Performance: Some 19 The Venetian Ospedali were four charitable institutions in
Thoughts About its Place in the Choral Program of a Venice that tended to the needs of poor, sick, aged, and
Women’s College.” Choral Journal 9, no. 6 (1969): 7-8. homeless women (orphans). These women were trained
13 James Elson, “Practical Aspects of our art: Music Selection to be highly skilled musicians and attracted large audi-
and Program Building for the Women’s Chorus.” Choral ences to their performances of music written specifically
Journal 13, no. 2 (1972): 18-19. for them. Jeanette L. MacCallum, “The Sacred Choral
14 Mary English, “Creative Programming”; Monica Hubbard, Works of the Venetian Ospedali,” in Conducting Women’s
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Journal 39, no. 5 (1998): 59-62; Marie Stultz, “Works for 20 https://www.composerdiversity.com/choral-diversity-
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Choral Journal 38, no. 3 (1997): 27-34. 21 https://ocwomenschorus.org/women-composers/
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Voices.” Choral Journal 21, no. 1 (1980): 20-25. 23 https://elektra.ca/repertoire/
16 Lynne Bradley and Hattie Robertson, “General Suggestions 24 https://www.singmirabai.org/literature-resources
for Finding Treble Choir Repertoire.” Choral Journal 23, 25 Elizabeth Hearn and Alicia Canterbury, “Repertoire Anal-
no. 1 (1982): 23-27. ysis of Soprano-Alto Choirs at Regional and National
17 Sr. Sharon Ann Breden, Ed., “Committee Report on Wom- ACDA Conferences, 2000-2023” (unpublished manu-
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Table 1
Compositions in Choral Journal Repertoire-Focused Articles (1966 to 2013).
Organized by Number of Citations and Alphabetically by Composer.

Composer Title Voicing Accompaniment Number Citations
Cited

Brahms, Johannes Four Songs, Op. 17 SSA Harps and Horn 10 English, 1966; Thoburn, 1969;
Elson, 1972; Breden, 1983;
Meredith, 1997; Stultz, 1997;
Guelker-Cone, 1997; Hubbard,
1998b; Laprade, 2010; Gravelle,
2013

Britten, Benjamin Ceremony of Carols SSA Piano or Harp 7 English, 1966; Thoburn, 1969,
1980; Bradley and Robertson,
1982; Breden, 1983; Hubbard,
1998b; Laprade, 2010

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