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.
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 812904
Teaching Harmony with Multicultural Rounds and Canons
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812196
für fünf Soli (SSTTB), gemischten Chor (SATB), zwei Violinen und Basso continuo (Instrumente ad lib)
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
SV 272
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 666940
Süßmayr-Version
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 663429
Martin Luther - Ein Singspiel
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 662423
Martin Luther - Ein Singspiel
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 662421
Trauermusik
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 661370
Spaur-Messe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 660063
(Lobgesang des Jean Racine)
Orchesterfassung mit Chor (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 659228
Ein Musical über das Wohl und Weh der Welt (2015)
für Kinderchor, Schauspieler und Orchester (oder Combo) - Mengenrabatt auf Anfrage
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), actors, piano, bass, drums [orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 655814
16 neue Lieder für gem. Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 648476
Kleine Orgelsolomesse in B
Hob. XXII:7
Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 632095
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester Harmoniestimmen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmoniestimmen
Item no.: 631174
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630691
Psaume 125
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 627278
für Tenor solo und Chor (SAM)
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), harp, percussion
Score
Item no.: 626320
aus: Funeral Music of Queen Mary Nr. 2
Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 625483
aus: Sechs ausgewählte Volkslieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 625479
für gem Chor a cappella
Musik aus Russland - Partitur (dt / kirchenslaw)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 623063
Kirchliche Festouvertüre
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 622455
Evangelien-Rockmotette (Shuffle) zum Erntedankfest
Motette Nr. 3 aus "Sieben Rockmotetten nach den Evangelien"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Score
Item no.: 621655
Evangelien-Rockmotette (Rock) zum 3. Sonntag der Passionszeit
Motette Nr. 2 aus "Sieben Rockmotetten nach den Evangelien"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Score
Item no.: 621654
Kyrie und Gloria. Bearbeitet von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 621650
Missa Brixinensis Coro SATB, Org, (2 Tr, 2 Trb, Tb, Timp) Chorpartitur 1 Soli + Tutti
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 617783
Kantate zum 3. Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 615227
Fassung für kleines Ensemble
for: Soloists, mixed choir, chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 613842
Stuttgarter Schuetz Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 613082
Orchesterfassung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 613070
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 610793
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 608624
Weltliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 472191
Graduale pro omne tempore
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471348
based on "The Creation" by Joseph Haydn
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 470984
Motette am heiligen Pfingsttag-Abend in der Vesper
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 460231
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Score
Item no.: 443873
Hier liegt vor deiner Majestät
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 443865
Psalm 112
Dresden version – First Edition
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 432782
Offertory for the Easter Sunday
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 432761
Gesamtausgabe, Bd. 19
for: Women's choir [male choir], piano
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 426184
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 426171
gem Chor, Orchester (Klav)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 260990
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 244431
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella (Orgel/Gitarre ad lib)
!
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ [guitar] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 672321
BWV 66
Cantata for the Second Easter Day
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, bassoon, violin solo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 681925
Schulchorbuch für gleiche Stimmen
Musizierband, Stimmenset
for: Youth choir, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 681217
Singen mit Kindern (6-12 Jahre)
Klavierband
for: Children's choir
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 680603
Ein Weihnachtsmusical für 1-stimmigen Kinderchor, Solisten, Flöte, Klavier und Bassgitarre
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 676714
für Soli, gemischten Chor, zwei Klaviere und Harmonium
Kompletter Stimmensatz für die Tasteninstrumente
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
Set of parts
Item no.: 676636
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