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.
aus der Oper "Nabuccodonosor", für gem. Chor u. Orchester (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307830
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 307765
Hier liegt vor deiner Majestät
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SA), 2 horns, basso continuo
Organ score
Item no.: 308251
Opera buffa in four acts K. 492
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551956
Weltliche a-cappella Chöre von 1846
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165647
für Soli, gemischten Chor, zwei Klaviere und Harmonium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279296
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 196758
für kleinen gemischten Chor mit Klavierbegleitung
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285128
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174776
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 281882
Opera buffa in four acts K. 492
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 339498
Five songs without words
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 337483
Cantiones profanae
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 287315
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
Klavierauszug
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 147051
Eine musikalische Stilkunde in 16 Chorarrangements eines bekannten Volksliedes
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book, online audio (app)
Item no.: 1549940
Tastenbegleitbuch
for: Voice [choir/parish]; guitar [piano/organ/accordion] ad lib.
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 697012
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 143710
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 279327
Pauken-Messe Hob. XXII:9
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 217136
Dona nobis pacem, Domine
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279279
Das Chorbuch für gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 484968
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 247648
Opéra comique in 4 Akten
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 214667
Choral aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3027
Ein Veilchen auf der Wiese stand
for: 2 voices (MezA) [women's choir]; piano ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 4893
dutch text
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 686636
RV 714
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 798003
aus "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
für Sopran solo, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2656
from Three Nocturnes
Music from Westminster - Westminster Choir College Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 776662
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 990885
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 326421
Aus: Trois Chansons Bretonnes
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1080635
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 274458
Arioso aus "Cantata con stromenti"
for: Soloist (alto/baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; strings ad lib.
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 330931
Notre-Dame de Rocamadour
for: Women's choir (smeza), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 327922
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 323244
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 612960
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 619536
für gem Chor und Orgel
Partitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 622009
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296489
Psalm 112
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 248407
"Herr, Gott, dich loben wir. / Herr, dich bekennen wir."
Hymne
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TTBB)], organ [piano]; winds ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 246296
Erfolgstitel der Viel-Harmoniker
Originaltitel "Whispering"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 583572
für 3-stg gem Chor (SABar) und Orgel ad lib
Als Einzelexemplar mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 202035
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 471952
religious and spiritual songs
Messe für Chor, Sprecher und instrumentale Begleitung (Klavier, Flöte/Violine, Bass, Percussion) ad lib.
mit allen Chor-Ausgaben verwendbar: SATB (SAAB), SSA, SA
for: Narrator, mixed choir; instruments ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 370740
Musica Drammatica 1 (Faksimile)
Rappresentata in Mantova l’anno 1607
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 363317
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388487
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