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.
Serie II Band 26
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1690156
Traditional Norwegian
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684386
(To the Stars.....) Extended Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quintet, piano, timpani, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1684794
op. post. 133
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1678605
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668407
Musik aus der Dresdner Hofkirche Band 8
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1690128
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690461
Lied Nr. 130: 'Wach auf, meins Herzens Schöne'
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1632239
Ein Passionsmusical
for: 3 Soloists, children's choir (1–2 parts),2 flutes [violins], piano, bass
Score
Item no.: 1670844
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Soloist (mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690381
Serie II Band 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1690159
Serie II Band 25
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1690157
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 1697176
Kantate nach Psalm 103
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1689214
with the Insertion Movements of the Version in E flat major for Performances over Christmas
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1673802
für Chor und Orchester
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1664984
Set bestehend aus 20 Chorpartituren und 14 Bläserstimmen
Weitere Chorpartituren können nach Bedarf hinzugefügt werden. Wenden Sie sich bitte an den Kundenservice.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), wind ensembles
Choir score, Parts
Item no.: 1668849
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690171
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690453
Macht Kinder stark
for: Children's choir, piano
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1690244
für Chor a cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1660348
Arrangement for soli, choir, 2 pianos and timpani ad lib (arr. S. Bartmann)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos; timpani ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1682075
Carus Choir Coach
Hob. XXII:9, 1796
Practice aids, voice part tenore
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689266
Das Musical zur Geschichte der Maria Magdalena
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano, bass; guitar, drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1687912
2024 (französisches Original 2017)
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 1655452
Kids & Teens Choir
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690463
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 1697171
Ballade für Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (ATBarB) [ATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 1697177
A Chinese Fable in 2 Acts after Carlo Gozzi
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1681457
sowie Lieder zur Advents- und Winterzeit
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1664424
Raff works vol. 15/1-4 (Urtext, first edition)
for: Mixed choir (STTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1677742
Macht Kinder stark.
for: Children's choir, piano
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1690243
(All bells in paradise)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [chamber orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1566882
Ergänzt und herausgegeben von Howard Arman
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1671848
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1692
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1677437
Carus Choir Coach
Hob. XXII:9, 1796
Practice aids, voice part soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689301
Package mit Partitur, Instrumenten und 20 Chorausgaben
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano, bass; guitar, drums ad lib.
Set: Score, 20 choir scores, instrumental parts
Item no.: 1687918
Songs from the Codex Buranus
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1681519
Motet
for: Mixed choir (SAATTBB), orchestra
Score, Set of parts, 50 Choir scores
Item no.: 1670084
aus: Piae cantiones
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690402
aus: Bicinia sacra
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690397
aus: Tre julsånger
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690392
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690375
Lieder und Geschichten für Kinder von 3 bis 8 Jahren
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Songbook
Item no.: 1670842
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Score
Item no.: 1660335
"Träufelt, ihr Himmel, von oben"
for: 5 solo voices (SATBarB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1688130
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684526
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615932