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: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 291339
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 444044
New revised version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580398
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1696513
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 887944
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1032016
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 132778
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982655
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914339
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910606
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904724
Harmonia-Popular Music (lichte muziek)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766141
für 2 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342969
HWV 283
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 341705
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278553
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 274957
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 359237
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 359204
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 608048
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577132
Totenmesse für vier Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
zum ersten Jahrestag des Todes von Alessandro Manzoni
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 663678
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 380604
Oper/Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906952
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 912802
for: Male choir
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766153
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121498
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172586
Alfred Choral Design
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
CD
Item no.: 690919
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689764
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689750
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689748
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689672
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689423
As featured on Glee
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 765460
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764363
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764361
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764293
Alfred Pop Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764291
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764283
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764278
Pop und Rock
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764264
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764245
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764191
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764190
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764188
Folk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764137
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764073
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764071
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