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: Choral
Item no.: 1373090
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373934
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375378
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375327
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374919
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375891
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376165
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276411
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276410
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588204
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599300
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599299
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595760
GIA Christmas
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159180
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1150378
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1149784
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124836
aus: Responsoria ad Matutinum in Nativitate Domini MH 639,1
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 670514
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Weihnachten
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 605253
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 561385
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 472575
Ein kleines Singspiel zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, piano
Score, Audio-CD
Item no.: 472392
Weihnachtsoratorium in drei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 470976
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 463398
Musik Oberschwaebischer Kloester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 491189
Weihnachtsoratorium in drei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 490430
Deutsche Volkslieder für Frauenchor
Edition Chor (ab 50 Ex.: 5%, ab 100Ex. : 10%)
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 558869
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279230
French Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678051
Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten
Urtext-Ausgabe – Musique sacrée française
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 678030
D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1645378
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 334876
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock, Band XXXII, Erstdruck
ab 50 Ex.: 5%, ab 100Ex.: 10%
for: 2 solists (SA), mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 334674
Pastorale über ein Weihnachtslied des 18. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 300195
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 289467
Weihnachtsmotette
aus "Paradisus musicus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425183
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235508
Zur Adventsfeier
aus: 6 vierstimmige Hymnen oder Figuralgesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423133
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422761
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233897
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Sei gegrüßet Maria SWV 333
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Score
Item no.: 231806
Weihnachtskantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236161
Kantate zum 1. Advent
aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 234528
BuxWV 51
Partitur
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), 2 trumpets, bassoon, string orchestra [wind ensembles], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234355
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233440
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 233078
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233063
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 230447
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