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: Women's choir (SA), cello, piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 1105972
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 173909
Fantasie für Klavier, Chor und Orchester
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 284533
Oxford Choral Music
for: Male choir [mixed choir]
Choir score
Item no.: 206676
SATB vocal score
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889881
Treasury Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 809414
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 693528
für Frauenchor (SSSSAAAA)a cappella
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670903
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 400337
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 156674
The King's Singers
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 294242
Reprinted in the authoritative edition prepared by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, ca. 1910
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 165311
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388837
für gem Chor (z.T. mit Tasteninstrument)
Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 621458
Bläserfassung
Einzelabgabe nur mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel!
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar), organ; 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tubular bells ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 635026
Neues Geistliches Lied – Firmung
Klavier / Liedmelodie
for: Mixed choir, melodic instruments, rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, percussion)
Piano score
Item no.: 619998
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 382919
for mixed chorus and band (strings ad lib)
score and parts for concert band
for: Youth concert band, choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 332651
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 188499
Revised edition by Michael Pilkington
Mengenpreise möglich
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 163439
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205426
Ruf-Verse-Chorcoda
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SABar/SATB)], organ; parish, orchestra ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 616982
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 562051
u.a. Comedian Harmonists
für Frauenchor und Klavier
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 312356
Urtextausgabe
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 499831
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 170188
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 323041
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 303875
für gemischten Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 283408
10 Sätze für gemischte oder gleiche Stimmen mit Vorspielen ad libitum
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 306972
für Soli, gemischten Chor, 2 Oboen (Englischhörner), Streicher und Bc Hob. XXbis
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 668237
Chor-Arrangements zu 64 neuen Liedern
for: Voice [choir/parish]; guitar [piano/organ/accordion] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 681866
Leicht singbare Chor-Hits mit Ohrwurm-Charakter
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 614096
Includes all spoken dialogue
Authoritative C. F. Peters edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 153467
Messa a 4 voci con orchestra, SC 6
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 236973
Oxford Chilcott
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 363556
"Coronation Mass"
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 382471
from: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 4184
(Forest Ranger)
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 729399
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 938623
aus: "Sacrae Cantionies Quinis Vocibus Concinendae..."
Venezia, 1605
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4266
Madrigale 5 - 7
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660643
aus "Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen", op. 59
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304
Tragédie en musique
Oeuvres complètes III/14
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696213
Synagogal Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 796957
für 4-X Spieler
12 gleiche einzelne Stimmen
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score
Item no.: 662521
5-7 Oct. w/opt. 3-7 Oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918328
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 894198
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