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.
Ein Kindermusical mit Ludwig van Beethoven
für Kinder und Jugendliche von 7-16 Jahren
for: Children's choir (2 voices), alto saxophone (E-flat), violin, cello, piano, bass, drumset
Choir score
Item no.: 690683
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 688585
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Editions
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 686663
'Sanft wie du lebtest'
Beethoven vocal – Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683544
(Alto Rhapsody)
for Alto solo, men's choir and orchestra
set of parts, complete orchestral parts
Urtext
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 683361
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 576778
Missa pro defunctis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 565115
Süßmayr-Version
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 565036
aus: Drei Responsorien zum Totenoffizium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; 3 solo voices (SAT) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 236181
Kantate zum 10. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233563
Kantate zum 10. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233561
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 232938
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237126
Schöpfungsmesse
Hob. XXII:13
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 236622
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 245393
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670426
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 480643
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 447137
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857320
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 857185
Congregation, Keyboard, SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856699
Two-Part
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856591
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856429
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855997
3-6 oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855538
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1343402
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342376
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1059416
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1059227
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058066
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125890
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124810
from Journey of Promises
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124756
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124567
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124216
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123001
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101293
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149677
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093706
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040299
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039543
Call unto Mary
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037680
Das Chorwerk 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652983
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1158829
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1094515
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125619
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124593
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122838
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