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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 443822
per Coro a 3 Voci Miste, Vla e Org.
für 3-stimmigen gem Chor (STB), Viola und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (STB), viola, organ
Score
Item no.: 147919
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 459246
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 146591
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 127801
for soloists, choir and orchestra
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 124663
für fünf Stimmen
Monteverdi-Gesamtausgabe Bd. 4
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 124503
Oper in 3 Akten op. 7
Revision nach den hinterlassenen endgültigen Korrekturen des Komponisten.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124415
Oper in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 159379
Melodramma in un prologo e 3 atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 159096
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 158526
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 553531
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460154
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 151896
Psalm 122
Orgel 2 ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 632832
Möseler Chorreihe 271
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 462428
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429912
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 166613
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 463810
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 165082
18 leichte Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 467783
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 169971
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 160679
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 162345
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 162315
aus dem Musical "West-Side-Story"
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364785
aus "The Strathclyde Motets"
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 566030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 497565
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 344341
Der 117. Psalm
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 346222
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 346203
from Les Misérables
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 345934
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 346725
Großes Potpourri aus der gleichnamigen Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 344743
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 493050
für gem Chor a cappella
Aus drei geistliche Gesänge op.69
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 481597
Power Of Voice
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 367492
Orgelsolo–Messe – KV 259
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 364032
Deutsche Messe
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 363882
Psalm 8
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 363737
Siegertitel beim Grand Prix Eurovision
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 361610
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 364345
Motette op. 12,1 für gemischten Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 362068
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 361771
für fünf Gesangsstimmen
Monteverdi-Gesamtausgabe Bd. 2
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 361686
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 463232
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 428704
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584632
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