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.
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 179408
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 170639
mit kritischem Bericht
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 467813
Two Cuban Songs (2)
for: Mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166857
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 170990
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 565497
9 Settings based on Spanish-Jewish Folk Songs
for: Mixed choir; percussion ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 579863
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 554658
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174747
Musical
deutschsprachig
for: Choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 226806
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1355046
opéra en trois actes et quatre tableaux
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 227220
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 561304
Oratorium
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 219187
for: Male choir
Item no.: 159314
Estonian Classics
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Conductor score
Item no.: 159303
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 158950
Bolivianische Messe für Gesang und Instrumente
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 457191
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 364876
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 466363
aus: Vier Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 361998
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364120
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 363932
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 364245
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Item no.: 363776
Early Music Library 162
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
2 Scores
Item no.: 363721
Passion nach Worten von Barthold Heinrich Brockes
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 363308
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 464314
Novello Handel Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 365347
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 362916
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 362822
Uppsala-Passion
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo [organ]
Score
Item no.: 362764
Liedmotette nach einer Weise der Böhmischen Brüder
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115489
Blüte, Frucht und Kern für Frauenchor (SSA/SAA)
Neue Lieder für Frauenchor 10
for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115295
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115210
from "Cantiones sacrae 1625"
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115193
aus "Mörike-Chorliederbuch" op. 19
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115025
Hamburger Motettenbuch 2
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 114977
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114910
Motette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114771
Kleine Choralmotette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114748
Let's All Sing
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 550056
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 366393
nach Texten von Heiner Müller
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 366863
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 366089
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 493074
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 456914
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 375519
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