Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621571
for: Mixed choir (3–6 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 123428
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621572
from "Songs for Gospel 4"
for Choir (SATB) and Combo (Piano / Guitar / Bass / Drums)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, choir score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8022
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217133
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374559
(Rot ist der Wein)
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 194891
Der Raub der Lukrezia - Oper in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 619362
22 Complete Warm-Up Routines
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 679795
Novello Youth Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 302738
for TTBB Voices
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano/organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1192872
Volume 1
Urtext – Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB) (partial with soloist, piano)
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 611532
for Choir and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 681824
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813536
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), chamber ensemble
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 769233
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351745
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 818500
Musical Drama in three acts HWV 60
spiral bound
Novello Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 907414
Messe
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797793
Book 1: Five Pop Songs for Today's Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 563293
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275336
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 401792
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323688
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144612
Opern-Oratorium in 2 Akten nach Sophokles
for: Narrator, soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198784
für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 617472
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 636329
42 Segenslieder für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 620763
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
Integrity Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 625746
for six part mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 581564
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 408880
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012992
Volume 2
11 pieces by Ešenvalds, Dubra and others
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635163
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 293515
Symphony cantata
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279250
1st version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 150816
Ode. Fassung der Uraufführung und Fassung von 1751
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 661118
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 365991
from Dioclesian Suite
score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 682372
from "Three Nocturnes"
Westminster Choir College Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 680307
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 185231
for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 583901
Kantate zum 15. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673155
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 376624
Part Songs and Sacred Music for One to Six Voices
Reprint of An English Song Book, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York, 1961
Dover Vocal Scores
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 149012
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