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.
Oratorium in drei Teilen
Cembalo/Orgel
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harpsichord [organ] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215266
"Wer einsam ist, der hat es gut"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 215785
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 484005
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 207534
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 213900
aus Can-Can
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 213784
for: Male choir
Item no.: 213642
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 210853
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 210777
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 210444
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 208137
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Item no.: 560238
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 562592
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 562591
Schwing sanft, mein gut Gefährt
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 223544
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
PART - KART
Item no.: 219052
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 194150
Komische Kantate
for: Voice (baritone), children's choir (SA), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 216911
Komische Kantate
for: Voice (baritone), children's choir (SA), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 216910
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 168819
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 479422
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 142154
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 445686
Evangelien-Verse zum Kirchenjahr
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 207235
for: Male choir; organ ad lib.
Item no.: 223979
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 549214
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 194816
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 214692
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 214608
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 218160
Bremer Chorblaetter 554
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217984
Adventskantate nach dem Chorsatz aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabaeus"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217950
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 145463
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145457
Liederkreis aus "O Mensch, gib acht"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 288773
Oper in drei Akten nach Franz Kafkas "Der Prozess"
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352328
Sonnenhymne des Echnaton "Anbetung dem Gotte" (1965)
Cantata
for: Male choir (TTBB), brass winds, percussion, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352225
für 2 gem Chöre a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 179082
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 476400
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
mit Kopierrecht
Item no.: 472366
Ballade für Frauenchor, Altsolo und Orchester
for: Soloist (alto), women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 170276
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 169951
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 177062
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 171400
Beihefte Praktischer Musik 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
PART CHP ST
Item no.: 171247
Power Of Voice - Wedding Edition (Orgelausgabe)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 171188
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 179790
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
PART (20)
Item no.: 181067
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