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 Song of Solomon
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695749
Dresdner und Pariser Fassung in Szenenfolge
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 20
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382592
Allerheiligen-Messe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 425959
Harmonia-Gospel Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 606400
An unfinished Oratorio
Erde, Hölle und Himmel (MWV A 26)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318553
Psalm 135
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670893
Vocal Score and Full Score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 207093
aus: Psalmen Davids, dorisch (1619)
Konzert für Favoritchor und Bc (Capellchor ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (favourite choir SATB), basso continuo; 2 mixed choirs (chapel choirs SATB, SATB), 8 melodic instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231744
Choral Programme Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 242127
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 296294
Songbook für gemischten Chor, Solo & Begleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1549869
Novello Youth Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 141243
The Complete Songbook
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 432378
53 neue Kanons und Loop Songs mit Kreativideen, Klavier-Pattern und umfangreichen Online-Material
Ringbindung
for: Choir, piano
Music score (with text and chords), E-Book, Media App
Item no.: 687192
Shadow Water Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 558093
Five fun favourites for young chorus and piano
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano score, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 679857
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 686474
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551928
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 938623
Madrigale 5 - 7
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660643
Tragédie en musique
Oeuvres complètes III/14
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696213
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 564047
für Männerchor mit Klavier-Begleitung (oder Rhythmus-Gruppe)
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 155834
Viennese version
1736/ 1800/ 1843
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 471247
mit Streichorchester und Orgel oder nur mit Orgelbegleitung ausführbar
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237564
Trauermotette nach den Klageliedern Jeremiae
für vier- bis siebenstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (4–7 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 119460
Dona nobis pacem
Chorale Cantata
Version for choir and Organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 627284
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 trumpets (D/ B-flat), 2 trombones ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 563199
Klavierauszug
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285406
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136478
in Bearbeitung für 4 Stimmen von Leoš Janáček
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 313750
Geistliche Chormusik für SAM und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1340578
"Sparrow Mass"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116809
Neue Geistliche Lieder in Sätzen für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 371517
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 287075
Coronation Mass
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228451
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205427
Reprinted from authoritative Deutsche Händelgesellschaft edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 216577
Chorpartitur für beide Fassungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 657135
Breitkopf Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 285866
from "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 619749
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 157170
Cantiones profanae
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392558
34 pieces by Esenvalds, Dubra and others
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 641954
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 482164
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1658547
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1657150
Rhapsody for mixed chorus a capella
mit Klavierbegleitung zu Probezwecken
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1657062
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