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 (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 180823
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 191859
Die Schöpfungsgeschichte, verdeutscht von Martin Buber für Echo-Gruppe (solistisch oder chorisch) und Chor, ohne oder mit Orchester. A-cappella-Version
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116328
for: Choir
Item no.: 307154
Majestic
for: Male choir
Item no.: 295631
"Frieden sei dieser Welt beschieden"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 296186
Osterkantate für gemischten Chor, Streicher und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 676172
für Soli (SSTB), 2 gemischte Chöre (SATB, SATB) und Orchester
Urtext – vervollständigte Fassung
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), 2 mixed choirs, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680102
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232590
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 232388
(Facsimile)
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 232323
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 violas, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 230301
Zusammenstellung aus Sätzen Bachscher Kantaten
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 229933
ZWV 202
Partitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 236178
Kyrie-Gloria-Messe (Lutherische Messe)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236086
(Fassung Maunder)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Lyric book
Item no.: 235913
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock Band 20a
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 272695
aus: Romanzen und Balladen II
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 266132
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 243214
20 neue Tanzkanons
for: Children's choir (3-4 voices); rhythm group ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231509
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 231489
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 231298
für Soli, Doppelchor und Orchester (1843)
Klavierauszug
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 330220
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [brass winds]
Score
Item no.: 312941
cum quinque et octo vocibus
for: Mixed choir (5–8 parts) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 780897
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122884
Des heiligen Bernhards Freudengesang. Aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232003
D 750
Partitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 238003
Offertorium
Schubert-Archiv
Stuttgarter Ausgaben
– Graduated price on demand –
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 237935
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237806
WAB 9
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423151
op. 24 Nr. 2
Partitur
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423131
aus: Acht ausgewählte Volkslieder für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423101
Cherubinischer Gesang Nr. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423086
Wir preisen dich selig
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423083
Die fünf Wunden
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [harmonium]
Score
Item no.: 423002
S 22
Partitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 422990
aus: Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB); trombone, strings, basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422958
aus: Fünf Hymnen
Leiden und Bedrängnis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 422859
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422097
aus: Drei Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 421946
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 237174
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237088
Coronation Mass
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 236733
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 491171
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 213456
Vokalwerke 1
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 471333
Sprechchor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 206466
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