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.
Heidelberger Chorblätter
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1534860
Heidelberger Chorblätter
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1534844
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 103539
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 103533
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Item no.: 170992
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998483
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998487
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998495
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 998545
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111252
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 867523
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116004
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823513
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1212502
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324768
Motette nach dem Volkslied aus Schwaben frei gestaltet
for: Choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 643853
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455730
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476525
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 475619
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 138591
Chorwerke mit Orchester I: Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 478751
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 490667
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 493234
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 493232
for: Male choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 551439
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 551339
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 554442
Arno Volk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 557038
for: Male choir
Item no.: 553505
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 553082
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 553079
for: Male choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 553077
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Stimmensatz komplett
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts (Orchestra)
Item no.: 682198
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity – Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 678608
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Stimmensatz
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts (Orchestra)
Item no.: 675371
Chiemsee-Messe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 clarinos (C), timpani, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 691821
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 687404
Musik aus Ostbayern Heft 61
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 686839
Musik aus Ostbayern Heft 61
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 686837
WAB 19
Chorpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 235613
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Horn 4
Item no.: 235583
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235459
Missa pro defunctis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235427
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 234948
"Münchner Kyrie"
1787–1791 (?)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234878
für Soli, Chor, Tromba, Oboe, 2 Violinen, Viola und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Vivaldi-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234728
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 341620
Himmelfahrts Kantate BuxWV 22
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 violas, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1043064
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