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.
(Fassung Maunder)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 236898
(Fassung Maunder)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236886
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236644
Schöpfungsmesse
Hob. XXII:13
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236625
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Tuba (B-flat low)
Item no.: 588876
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 588867
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone horn 1 (C high)
Item no.: 588860
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Bass trombone (C low)
Item no.: 588852
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Trombone 1 (C low)
Item no.: 588850
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Bass clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 588830
Music Of The Great Churches
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 341515
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 341394
Kantate zum 18. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233499
Cantata for the 5th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233468
Coronation Mass
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226134
aus: In Sturm und Frieden. Acht Lieder und Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 133071
aus: In Sturm und Frieden. Acht Lieder und Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 133056
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556105
Symphonic version (1900)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 477316
Symphonic version (1900)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin (orchestral part)
Item no.: 477314
Symphonic version (1900)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Harp
Item no.: 477312
Psalm 98
Stimmensatz (Streicher 3-3-0-2)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 664966
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 465211
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 465179
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 464358
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 173069
Kantate zum 15. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 673156
Kantate zum Fest der Himmelfahrt Christi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 366318
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 366079
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Item no.: 365796
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 368751
Motette
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 456795
Ostermusik in 12 Teilen
for: Choir, organ
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 880876
Suite nach der Feuerwerks-Musik von G. F. Händel
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 879191
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226145
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 131444
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 549493
Descant Collection
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1003514
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315866
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237705
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231492
Ein Singspiel über Lukas 2,1-20
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 231385
for: Children's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231332
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1136528
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124243
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1157777
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155320
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