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: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 550639
Kindermusical
for: Children's choir, melody instrument (C/B-flat), piano, double bass; percussion ad lib.
Single part Melody instrument (C)
Item no.: 497390
ergänzt von Robert D. Levin
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424959
Singspiel über die Heilung des Naeman
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 424951
Cantata for Michaelmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424872
op. 4
Partitur
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 424835
Kantate zum 17. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, 2 organs
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424638
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 555298
ZWV 21
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 669215
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Neufassung von 2006
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 674361
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1535155
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – Urtext
Orgel
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 674634
Kantate zum 13. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 673200
Urtext
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 672630
ergänzt und herausgegeben von Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Stimmensatz Bläser / Pauke
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 672055
op. 54 (1871)
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668504
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772359
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771494
"Choral Fantasy"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762141
for: Choir (S/SA/SAM), piano; wind instruments, rhythm-group ad lib.
Single part Melody instrument (C/B-flat)
Item no.: 693502
for: Choir (S/SA/SAM), piano; wind instruments, rhythm-group ad lib.
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 693500
Version for solo, choir, strings and organ
Musique sacrée française
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATBB), string orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 687461
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Editions
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 686664
für gemischten Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Vivaldi-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685634
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 647388
Vesperpsalm für Soli, gem. Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 643778
Kantate zum 3. Pfingsttag
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 641630
aus: Zum Totensonntag
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 641271
C-Dur BWV 142
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 640962
1760/1768
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 clarinos (C), timpani ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607596
Nicolai-Messe Hob. XXII:6
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 236566
Nicolai-Messe Hob. XXII:6
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 236565
Nicolai-Messe Hob. XXII:6
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236564
Nicolai-Messe Hob. XXII:6
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236559
Dona nobis pacem, Domine
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236242
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 236000
Wedding Cantata – Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233552
Einzelstimme Oboe 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233249
Cantata for Whit Sunday BWV 74
after the second setting by Bach
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233229
BWV 66
Cantata for the Second Easter Day
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, bassoon, violin solo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233113
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 232966
BWV 34
Kantate zum Pfingstfest (1. Pfingsttag)
Neue, revidierte Ausgabe.
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232911
Cantata for the inauguration of a new town council
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 232894
Hochzeitschoral / Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 131457
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 237197
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237096
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237017
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237015
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