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.
sur des thèmes grégoriens
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 484907
for solos, choir, orchestra and organ
reduction for song and organ by the author
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 147125
Misatango
for: Solo voice (Mez), mixed choir (SATB), bandoneon, strings, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 300874
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260582
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
versione in quattro atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
Missa Canonica
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 162246
full score / conductor's score
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, piano
Score
Item no.: 344997
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 151464
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
Songs from the Earth
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663550
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3–4 singing bowls, glass harmonica
Choir score
Item no.: 632189
Oratorio for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
New edition based on original sources (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155706
Intercultural Choirbook for female voices
for: Women's choir (2-3 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 776824
cantate pour double choeur mixte a cappella
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 245932
Pop-Messe für 2- bis 4-stimmigen Chor (SS / SSA / SSM / SSAM) und Klavier
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 656441
Misatango
for: Solo voice (Mez), mixed choir (SATB), bandoneon, strings, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 604896
Oper in 4 Akten (9 Bildern) – Urfassung 1932
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175781
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; soprano saxophone ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 194351
from Song of Solomon
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695749
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116413
Complete edition of the shorter sacred music for choir and ensembles
Musique sacrée française
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425526
Oratorio
MWV A 14
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 470975
Hymns IV and V from "Gloria Patri"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694493
aus "The Strathclyde Motets"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 491890
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 321997
Für den Klavierauszug (Orgel) und die Chorpartitur gelten Mengenpreise
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 119521
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
A cycle of spirituals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 662983
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319324
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [2 pianos, percussion]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775546
UMPC Critical Editions – Practical Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
Volume 1
17 pieces by Ešenvalds, Dubra and others
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635248
Petite cantate de chambre pour 6 voix mixtes ou chœur a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) [6 voices] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335309
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), strings
Piano reduction
Item no.: 766724
'Auch das Schöne muss sterben'
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 350903
Einzelabgabe ohne Chorpartituren nur mit Antikopierpunkt!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 557772
Opera in three acts
Critical new edition with the recitatives later composed by Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103711
Totenmesse für vier Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
zum ersten Jahrestag des Todes von Alessandro Manzoni
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 275359
Arrangement for women's choir
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605266
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Score
Item no.: 117238
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 359732
Reduced Version
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 174025
Eine rockige Reise durch die Galaxi
Gesamtausgabe
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Piano score
Item no.: 183581
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 111
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360854
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260622
Melodramma in due atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 227425
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