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.
From Mozart's 12th mass
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982741
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964760
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964704
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101569
for: Voices
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 931269
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771647
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768938
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 465801
for: Choir
Music score
Item no.: 931516
for: 2 soloists (MezT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 930898
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930291
for: Voices
Music score
Item no.: 929784
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score, set of parts (strings)
Item no.: 929277
Fünf leichte Arrangements für 2- bis 3-stimmigen Chor (SA oder SAM) und Klavier
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 665539
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity – Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233663
for: Women's choir (SA/SSA) [mixed choir (SAB/SATB)], piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass guitar, percussion) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 432207
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1192902
Opéra en trois actes
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 428268
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 458558
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 929310
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1701676
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1148447
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 428060
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 371932
for: Mixed choir (5–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 327921
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 931112
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478212
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 357569
Tragedia lirica in due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696714
Hymne für Sopran, Chor (SATB) und Orchester MWV B 49
in zwei Fassungen
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 601961
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233627
Anthem MWV B 49
– Graduated price on request –
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174811
Der Welterfolg aus „Sister Act“ (ohne Solo)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 620874
for: 3 soloists (MezTB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 396045
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750078
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 743824
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743199
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691722
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742735
4. Wales: Gwenllian
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748785
Gospelsong (Advent)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744580
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760253
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760250
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 759487
Spiritual (Pfingsten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730167
Gospelsong (Ostern)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730164
Johnny Come Down To Hilo
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728135
from Scotland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728123
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