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.
Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103538
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Single part 2
Item no.: 370647
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233097
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679028
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 216007
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 632048
Hymnus
Soli ebenfalls enthalten
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 766567
Cantata
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1017719
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1650623
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 834988
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692235
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582761
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 370648
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233098
Cantata for Estomihi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 233931
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
Violine 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233934
Kirchenkantate für den 2. Pfingstfesttag
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 326555
Das Weihnachtslied mit deutschem und englischem Text
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1014070
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 355082
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Songbook
Item no.: 355045
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 883560
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812930
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 144566
Ausgabe in D
Pauken in D/A
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672157
for: Women's choir (SA), strings, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1682015
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121471
GIA Christmas
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159363
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 303568
Flute
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159137
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824888
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097637
for: Women's choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 646841
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959606
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097426
Catholic Christmas Classics
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1159850
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915892
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121819
Navidad en Latinoamérica 3
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1009397
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1156790
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909299
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341541
for: Male choir, piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1078061
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092254
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117119
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097095
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 960089
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915572
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085958
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