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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 633917
(liturgisch)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 633411
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 625727
Hob. XXI:2
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 680649
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115065
Die besondere Gattung 9
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1015235
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SMezA), organ; strings ad lib.
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688548
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 659526
Messe für gemischten Chor a cappella (2 Flöten, Kontrabass, Orgel ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 655353
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 655764
Intermedium in 3 Akten
Lateinische Komödie
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1340748
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 661265
for: Children's choir, instruments
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1672730
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608643
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 241847
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 478443
Kantate BWV 129 – Trinitatisfest
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 477276
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477233
Were you there
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308745
Reglos liegt das Feld
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308728
Wach auf, wach auf, mit heller Stimm
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308694
Die vor mir den Winterlang
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308692
5 skandinavische Volkslieder 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308663
Hei, zum Kolo hingerannt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308649
Drei Chöre nach Worten von Angelus Silesius 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308643
Es wollt ein Maderl
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308634
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308629
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308574
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308559
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308528
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308511
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308478
mit Klavier
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308461
aus der Oper "Rosamunde", mit Orchester oder Klavier
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308432
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308381
aus "Die Zauberflöte", für gem. Chor mit / ohne Klavier
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308375
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308348
aus dem Oratorium "Salomo", gem Chor, Orch. oder Klavier
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308336
für 3stg Chor (SABar) u. Orgel (Harmonium 2 Vl ad lib)
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308281
aus der Operette "Die lustige Witwe", gem Chor Orchester (Klav)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308224
Piano (Leadsheet + Vocal)
for: Soloist, mixed choir (SATB), piano, bass, drums
Single part Piano
Item no.: 496732
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 trombones, strings, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 192594
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 192993
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 193752
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 193730
Strubes Chorblaetter~Chorblatt Nr 50
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 551581
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 490388
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217929
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