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.
Ergänzungspaket, Orchestersatz ohne Partitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1042915
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 637079
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 298434
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 269043
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 312721
for: Choir, wind ensemble
Item no.: 313905
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; orchestra ad lib.
Set of parts (Orchestra)
Item no.: 302115
Graduale u. Offertorium für die 3. Messe des Weihnachtsfestes, mit Orchester u. Orgel
Österreichische Kirchenmusik Band 5
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
String parts (4)
Item no.: 309558
(„Still, ihr Winde“)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5658
a cappella oder mit Begleitung (Orgel/Klavier oder 3 Streicher)
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano/organ [2 violins, cello] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 692839
incorporating Toyland & Christmas Was Meant for Children
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126131
für Solo, Frauen- oder Jugendchor und Klavier
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 658444
Brieger Christnacht 1944
Zwei Instrumentalsätze (Vorspiel / Zwischenspiel)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, strings, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 155371
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170052
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 586885
for: Women's choir (SSAA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 208251
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 225765
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121430
Quartet
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 856766
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751475
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751476
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1155127
aus: Ecclesiasticarum Cantionum Quatuor Vocum ... Liber Primus
Venedig 1639
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6088
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4039
nach dem polnischen Weihnachtslied "Gdy sie Chrystus rodzi"
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751697
Motetto Pastorale
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 311494
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 231798
mit dem Choral Vom Himmel hoch
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 580612
Heft 1: für gemischt. Chor, meist SATB, z. T. mit Instr; ; herausgegeben vom VEKD
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 279336
for: Mixed choir; basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 277018
Chorheft 2: 41 Sätze / meist Coro SATB; zum EG-Regionalteil Niedersachsen/Bremen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 337880
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425439
für Chor mit Einzelstimmen
nach Worten von Gisela Behm
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 119966
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342688
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 244303
aus dem Tessin (Noi siamo i tre re)
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 243158
Vergriffen laut Strube 23.05.18
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 243379
Singt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 291461
Raff works vol. 15/3 (Urtext, first edition)
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 289852
For Advent and Christmas
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 1193345
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418641
für gemischten Chor
Das Musikblatt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 388094
Advents– und Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1013052
Advents– und Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 1013050
18 traditionelle Weihnachtslieder für Frauenchor und Klavier (Gitarre ad lib)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 672087
Sechs Weihnachtslieder (fünf englischsprachig, eins deutschsprachig) für gemischten Chor, teils mit Instrumenten
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 664232
für Soli, 1-3-stimmigen Kinderchor, 2 Flöten, Klavier, Bass ad lib., Percussion ad lib.
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 632099
for: Male choir
Item no.: 313176
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