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.
Opera in due atti (1996-1999)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 775767
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1126268
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1057590
Full Orchestra
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1057148
Band 29: Eiserisch Foundation Music: Ten Entrance Psalms (Ingressus) and Ten German Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1653684
Chantefables
for: Children's choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1194292
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Abteilung I, Band 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 776832
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 694216
Critical Edition P. Kaiser
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1542486
Facsimile della partitura - Ed. Sasportes, Riffin, Trentin
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260215
Facsimile della partitura - Ed. M. G. Miggiani
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1548498
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1638933
Der Ring des Nibelungen. Ein Bühnenfestspiel für 3 Tage und einen Vorabend WWV 86 D
Richard Wagner – Sämtliche Werke 13/I
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 107168
Works of Gioachino Rossini 3 (Werkausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Werkausgabe, Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 610314
Small Sacred Concertos II
for: 1–6 voices, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 868770
Ballet héroïque in a Prologue and four acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 874706
Hob. XXI:3
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 480386
Tragödie in vier Akten (Pariser Fassung von 1779)
Sämtliche Werke Serie 6, Band 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680614
Musica Sacra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, drums), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664650
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 778237
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 670396
Facsimile of the autograph score in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 586130
Die Geschichte des Leidens und Sterbens unseres Heilandes Jesu Christi nach der Beschreibung des Evanglisten Marcus HoWV I.10
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 772599
Elias op. 70op. 70MWV A 25
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1549973
Oper in vier Akten op. 29
Mit Krit. Kommentar in Russisch und Englisch sowie dem Faksimile des Entwurfs
Schostakowitsch – Neue Gesamtausgabe 53
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 767523
Konzertstück für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Niels W. Gade. Werke IV/7
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615945
Requiem
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 618248
Der Fromme stirbt HoWV I.4
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 674169
Oper in vier Aufzügen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
4 Scores
Item no.: 178020
Dramma per musica in drei Akten
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) II/40
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 882756
Oratorium
Teilband 2 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 476451
Hob. XXI:3
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 480387
Œuvres complètes I/2
Musique vocale religieuse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695123
Dramma giocoso
Die Oper 5 – Denkmalausgaben
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 275355
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Partitur (gebunden mit Goldprägung)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 1616061
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 946138
A musical fairy tale
for: Narrator, concert band; voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668726
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 948765
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 771492
Tragedia lirica in due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696714
Oratorio in three acts HWV 70
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) I/30
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 619134
Faksimile der autographen Partitur in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Documenta musicologica II/54 / Bärenreiter Facsimile
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 681383
Estomihi bis Jubilate
Georg Philipp Telemann. Musikalische Werke 48
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869089
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Abteilung I, Band 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 776831
Dramma per musica
Venice 1655
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797280
Eines der ergreifenden späten Kirchenwerke des gefeierten Opernkomponisten
komplettes Orchestermaterial zum kostengünstigen Set-Preis
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 674165
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 583380
Tragédie en cinq actes
Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/6 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149787
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