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.
Fassung I für gem. Chor und Volksmusikinstrumente/Orgel
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 663260
Kantate (16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 555538
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326559
Kirchenkantate für den 2. Pfingstfesttag
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326558
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 775818
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Oboe 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670361
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 664564
Fassung mit gemischtem Chor
Text: Afrikaans
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624208
für Frauenchor, Streicher und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623076
Musikalisches Märchen für Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Flute 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677043
ZWV 21
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 669208
Kantate Nr.161 BWV161 Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 623628
Oratorium nach einem Text von Gerhard Monninger
für Erzähler, Bariton, gemischten Chor und Instrumente
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, flute, alto saxophone, strings, piano
Flute, alto saxophone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 674141
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632730
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 613149
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
Soli: SATB - Chor: SATB - 2.2.0.0 - 0.3.0.0 - Pk - Str - Bc
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655247
Musikalisches Märchen für Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 616580
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 224969
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 479746
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 479745
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 478841
Kantate Nr.34 BWV34 Orgel
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part(n)
Item no.: 375490
Kantate Nr.34 BWV34 Cello/Baß
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349622
Kantate Nr.34 BWV34 Violine 1
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349619
Symphonisches Gospeloratorium über Jesus von Nazareth
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689623
Coronation Anthem IV
HWV 261
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), orchestra
Violin 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645536
Coronation Anthem III
HWV 260
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645524
Coronation Anthem III
HWV 260
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Violin 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645522
Coronation Anthem II
HWV 259
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), 2 violins, viola, 2 oboes, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1645512
Motette
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 768527
Lieder nach Klaviersonaten Beethovens
instrumentale Klassiker in modernem Gewand
Mittelstimme (Tenorinstrument)
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
Single part
Item no.: 693211
Begräbnismusik in drei Teilen für Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe Urtext
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Part 1
Item no.: 674158
Kantate zum 13. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673203
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424741
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Früher J.S. Bach zugeschriebenes Werk
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), flute, strings, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424483
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424388
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424380
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 403393
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424248
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424066
für Frauenchor, Oboe, Streicher und Orgel
Viola
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623069
Ein Musical für Kinder
nach dem Gleichnis Jesu aus dem Lukasevangelium
für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Violin
Item no.: 616426
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664567
für Soli, Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 308167
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237713
op. 172
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [orchestra]
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237637
Cantata for St. John’s Day
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232784
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232713
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