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.
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 586502
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582346
Psalm versetts
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687704
Psalmen Davids 1619, op. 2/4 (SWV 25)
Psalm-Konzert für zwei Favorit-Chöre (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 685651
Ein Singspiel zu Matthäus 9,9-13
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Single part
Item no.: 685435
WAB 39
for soli, mixed choir and orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 683399
for: Male choir
Single part(n)
Item no.: 345544
"Wohlauf, die Luft geht frisch und rein"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [male choir], instruments
Single part Trumpet (B-flat)
Item no.: 1639347
Oratorium
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499002
for: Women's choir (SA), strings, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 479979
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772381
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424876
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424387
First Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681257
Psalm 112
Dresden version – First Edition
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681064
Wedding Cantata – Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 678601
für Solostimmen (SST(A)TB), gemischten Chor (SST(A)TB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Violine / Viola
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part(n)
Item no.: 678075
für Solostimmen (SST(A)TB), gemischten Chor (SST(A)TB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Violine / Flöte / Oboe 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Part 2 (violin / flute / oboe)
Item no.: 678074
Graduale
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423964
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 466195
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237811
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237810
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237747
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237707
Kantate (1. Pfingstfesttag, Pfingstsonntag)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349620
KV 427
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236764
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 672639
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370798
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233488
Kantate zum 14. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233285
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
Ausgabe nach der 1. Fassung; Entstehung evtl. früher, Niederschrift spätestens zu Pfingsten 1723
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233018
Laßt Gott erstehn HWV 256b
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 172111
Laßt Gott erstehn HWV 256b
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171883
'Creation Mass'
Urtext of the Joseph-Haydn Complete Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133249
op. 60
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237492
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772196
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 796849
Psalm 110 (109)
HWV 232
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1642577
Psalm 110 (109)
HWV 232
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1642576
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557104
op. 56
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin, viola, cello, piano
Single part Violin
Item no.: 1120930
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797921
O singet unserm Gott ein neues Lied
Cannons Anthem (Second verison) – HWV 249b
for: Solo voice (soprano/alto), women's choir (SSA), oboe, 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 676216
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 melodic instruments, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1549870
zum Pfingstfest über Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043160
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797225
Cantata for the 11th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797220
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 797167
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