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: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 350184
Erstdruck
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, cello, organ
Score
Item no.: 609456
for: Children's choir, piano
CHORBUCH
Item no.: 609429
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607092
Lehrerhandbuch (Neuauflage)
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Teachers book
Item no.: 606843
auf ein Gedicht von Carl Busse (1872–1918)
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 1213
for: Choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 607649
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 606808
A powerful choice for young choirs!
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score, choir score
Item no.: 606802
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 605982
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 608768
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093159
Oper in zwei Teilen (sechs Bilder)
frei nach Georg Büchner
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 260866
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 18
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116269
Handschriftlich überlieferte Messen IV. Anhang, Fragmente, Modelle, Register
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 12
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116267
Chorlied auf einen Text aus Gottfried Herders "Stimmen der Völker"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116093
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 695701
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116958
Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam - Protector noster aspice Deus - Benedicam Dominum - Unam petii, Domine (lateinisch, deutsche Übersetzung beigegeben), Chorstimmen stellenweise mehrfach geteilt
musica sacra nova
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116861
musica sacra nova
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 116852
Liedmotette auf den Totensonntag für dreistimmigen Chor a capella
musica sacra nova
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 116850
Motette für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella
musica sacra nova
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116839
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116696
Liedmotette
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 116637
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 602582
Motetten-Zyklus auf Sprüche der Sibyllen
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 21
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 587406
Singspiel in drei Akten
Hamburg 1722. Braunschweiger Bearbeitung 1728 - Ariensammlung
Georg Philipp Telemann. Musikalische Werke 42
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 586922
für Männerchor und Klavier oder a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 604338
Nur lieferbar in Verbindung mit Chorstimmen!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604322
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 604261
Erstdruck
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 603988
Psalm 126:5 Die mit Tränen säen, werden mit Freuden ernten.
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 3 viole da gamba, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635508
für gem Chor a cappella
Die Psalmen aus dem evangelischen Gesangbuch
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 603133
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 602131
Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB), bassoon
Score
Item no.: 604713
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196757
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1285551
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270072
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270031
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262091
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261841
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261833
for: Male choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261832
Kleine Partitur A4 = Klavierauszug
Revised Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 664305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1599535
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 584572
The Byrd Edition 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 333539
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 333319
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335427
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