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.
'Sanft wie du lebtest'
Beethoven vocal – Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683548
Eight Responsories
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB)2 violins, organ, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684474
RV 592
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684467
Cantata for Ascension Day
BWV 37
STUTTGARTER BACH AUSGABEN
URTEXT
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683068
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 684463
Landesverband für Kirchenmusik in der Evangelischen Kirche der Pfalz
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 684444
Das Liederbuch für die Grundschule zum Singen, Spielen und Tanzen (Ausgabe D)
(erweiterte Neuausgabe 2019)
for: Voice [children's choir (one part)]; guitar [keyboard/accordion] ad lib.
Songbook (melody, chords, lyrics)
Item no.: 684437
Graduale pro omne tempore
C-Dur Hob. XXIIIa C15
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trumpets, timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684458
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 676036
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 676035
Girls, girls, girls
Der Welthit von Sailor
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 684338
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1606
for: Mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, organ, small orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 684365
African American Spiritual
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 684302
Liebes Mädchen hör mir zu
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 684271
mit deutschen und französischem Text
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 684251
mit deutschen und französischem Text
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 684250
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity/all occasions
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB) [SB/TB/SATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts (Orchestra)
Item no.: 684228
Chorpartitur mit Soli
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 684229
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity/all occasions
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB) [SB/TB/SATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684222
for Mixed Chorus (SATB) and Piano
Poem by William Blake
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 684190
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684174
Eine Märchenoper in 2 Akten
Das Buch mit CD zum Anschauen, Mitlesen und Zuhören
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 684208
Opera rara
nach Charles Dufresny "Les deux jaloux"
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 684207
für fünf Vokalstimmen nebst einem Anhanh zweifelhafter Zuschreibung
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684186
from "A Star is born"
Music from the Movies
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 684103
Kantate zur Kaiserkrönung von Kaiser Franz I. (1745)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 684121
Pfingstsequenz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 684141
Sing & Play
–
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 684088
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 684101
German singspiel in three acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684079
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 684087
Cantata for the Sunday Estomihi
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
complete orchestral parts
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 684053
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683029
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683060
mit Klavier
Erhebet die Gläser, stimmt fröhlich mit ein
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 684056
Cantata for the Sunday Estomihi
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683039
for: Choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 684028
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684031
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 683942
Cantata for Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 684000
Cantata for the Purification of Mary
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 683114
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, guitar, double bass [bass guitar], percussion
Score
Item no.: 683985
for SAB and Piano with optional instrumental accompaniment
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 683943
Cantata for Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683049
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 683941
for SSA and Piano
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 683935
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 683897
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683896
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