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.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 659347
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770613
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 387359
for: Male choir
Item no.: 387064
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388170
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388103
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 386655
Sainte Cécile
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673259
für Oberstimme (Solostimme oder mehrere Stimmen) und Chor
auf Texte von F.J. Stritt
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 746209
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386571
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931321
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1032016
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 477457
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 457018
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654284
Kleine Credomesse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1676904
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1666794
Kantate für Kinder
for: children's choir, small ensemble
Single part Flute
Item no.: 374126
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 347303
Version fo choir of equal voices and instruments
Musique sacrée française
for: Women's choir (1 part), chamber ensemble
Single parts (cello 1-2, double bass)
Item no.: 687457
Choralkantate
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235752
in G-Dur
TVWV 9:18
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 [Oboe 1] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234579
16 Motets
Telemann-Archiv – Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SAB)], basso continuo; string instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part Viola
Item no.: 234515
16 Motets
Telemann-Archiv – Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SAB)], basso continuo; string instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 234508
BuxWV 77
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234399
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236278
ZWV 13
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236962
KV 427
Stimmensatz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236763
Große Credomesse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236702
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Item no.: 346003
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 345872
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 346384
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 343338
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343259
Kantate zum 19. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232755
am Palmsonntag oder am Fest Mariae Verkündigung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 344600
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 344292
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 345682
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1193925
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 608035
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 609251
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 609887
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 607815
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 606784
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Item no.: 606782
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 606778
Adventskantate nach dem Chorsatz aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabaeus"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217950
Komische Kantate
for: Voice (baritone), children's choir (SA), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 216910
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