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.
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625632
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620711
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 643708
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 647568
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 645068
Puer Natus Pastoralmusik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309588
Weihnachtslied aus dem 17. Jhdt.
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309403
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309138
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1117515
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 892821
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097320
für gemischten Chor (SAM/SATB), Gemeinde, Streicher und Orgel
Spielpartitur Violine 1/2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), parish, orchestra, organ
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685057
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016536
Französisches Weihnachtslied
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016508
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675704
Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn Band 4
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687306
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1202418
Cantique de la Vierge Marie pour solistes (D, D, HC, T, B), chœur à 4 voix (D, HC, T, B), flûtes, cordes à 4 parties (Dvn, Hcvn, Tvn, Bvn) et basse continue.
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 668224
"Christkindlmesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1639274
Oratorium in 3 Teilen
Die Playback-CD mit dem kompletten originalen Instrumental- Playback, ideal für Proben und Aufführungen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1024573
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342190
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906048
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324708
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159250
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959480
A Contemporary Christmas Madrigal
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159515
für 4-stg. gem Chor und Orgel Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 658392
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157165
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826832
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937719
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097739
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1156716
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915468
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152685
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937731
für Frauenchor und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 673763
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341527
Helle Glocken klingen wieder
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330960
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192436
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109820
Summchorfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424302
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 424111
Liedmotette
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476859
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672155
English traditional Carol
Strings 4-4-3-2-1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single parts Strings
Item no.: 663873
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 365824
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Bassoon 1
Item no.: 237612
"in nativitate Domini"
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237551