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: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237444
MH 826
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237760
Kantate Nr.34 BWV34 Viola
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349621
Lieder nach Klaviersonaten Beethovens
instrumentale Klassiker in modernem Gewand
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
Single part drumset
Item no.: 693212
op. 16
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424414
nach der Fassung von J. S. Bach
aus der Notenbibliothk Johann Sebastian Bachs
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424342
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1105645
arrangiert von Johann Sebastian Bach
aus der Notenbibliothek Johann Sebastian Bachs
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234282
Sinfonia und Kantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234177
Kantate
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231280
Kantate zum 21. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233527
Kantate zum Sonntag Misericordias Domini
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233374
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235683
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235682
KV 117 (66a = 47b)
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234949
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 236936
Große Credomesse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236705
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 613041
Ein frühes geistliches Werk des berühmten Opernkomponisten.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237182
Ein frühes geistliches Werk des berühmten Opernkomponisten.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237183
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424875
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424390
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231974
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231925
Cantata for Whit Sunday BWV 74
after the second setting by Bach
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233230
O be joyful / O frohlocke in dem Herrn (Psalm 100)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230574
Kyrie und Gloria
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237151
D 950
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237141
"Theresienmesse"
Urtext nach der Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 214011
Frühe Streicherfassung und spätere Fassung mit Blasinstrumenten und Pauken
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 609063
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 622550
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229725
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226579
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226577
Eine satirische Chor-Revue in 10 Abteilungen
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, narrator, flexible ensemble
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 326969
Coronation Anthem IV
HWV 261
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1645539
Coronation Anthem III
HWV 260
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645523
Coronation Anthem I
HWV 258
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645489
Coronation Anthem I
HWV 258
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645488
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung (Leipziger Fassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497399
Laßt Gott erstehn HWV 256b
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 172201
Passionsmusik
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Part 1
Item no.: 674146
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687407
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 1160859
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Part 1
Item no.: 1160853
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1160712
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160708
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