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.
Adventliches Singspiel über Lukas 17,11-19
Die biblischen Singspiele von Ulrich Gohl sind ein Versuch, Kinder und Erwachsene mitgestaltend am Gottesdienst zu beteiligen.
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 345080
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343027
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 445257
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424317
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423517
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233083
Vierstimmiger Chorsatzes mit Solostimme. Der Orginaltext Sousoustammt von Mohammed Kandé, Guinea
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 145449
für Frauenchor und Klavier Chorpartitur
Weihnachtskantate
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 662488
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580570
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 168145
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 363274
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 826541
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 490606
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Ave Maria SWV 334
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 231804
Magnifikat
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230777
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 697296
Warburton E 22
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 693141
Timothy Seelig Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798596
Music First Express
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 812894
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815392
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813185
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807911
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021455
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814297
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811229
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809423
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806534
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806229
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804814
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1023350
I Will Lead You Home
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804245
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801580
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800810
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892842
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911635
A Carol Cantata for SATB Voices and Optional Narrators
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907682
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933320
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278551
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764224
for: Male choir
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764211
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764201
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762948
Traditional Carol
SoundTrax CD – Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762598
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844780
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843413
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825511
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 387944
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386090
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