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.
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 363648
Klassik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 992882
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891064
Eine Sammlung geistlicher und weltlicher Lieder durch das Kirchenjahr
Vol. 3 - Epiphanias
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 562572
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 350915
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 340996
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 629939
Fröhliche Weihnacht überall. Großes Tongemälde
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 243180
Fröhliche Weihnacht überall
Großes Tongemälde
for: Soloists, mixed choir [male choir], accordion
Choir score
Item no.: 243179
1. Auf, ihr Hirten (18. Jh.) / 2. Dort oben vom Berge (Oberösterreich)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280768
Weihnachtslied aus Finnland
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280654
Eine Sammlung mit all den Klassikern zu Advent und Weihnachten, die uns durch diese ganz besondere Zeit begleiten.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Part 4 in E-flat, treble clef
Item no.: 672232
Eine Sammlung mit all den Klassikern zu Advent und Weihnachten, die uns durch diese ganz besondere Zeit begleiten.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Part 2 in B-flat (clarinet / trumpet / flugelhorn)
Item no.: 672225
Opera-extravaganza in 2 acts
Libretto by the composer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 669273
mit Einlagesätzen für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675553
– Copy on request –
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish; instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 695306
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 875953
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552089
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764114
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violino piccolo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762466
Anonymour Early English Carol
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 886166
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 878578
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874516
Chor
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 891739
für gemischten Chor und Orgel
(2 Violinen und Kontrabass ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 673756
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628145
for: Choir (1 part), 2 descant recorders, piano
Single part descant recorder
Item no.: 216483
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 187750
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 202332
Weihnachtskantate bzw. -messe, für Soli, Chor u. Streicher (Orgel)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308106
für 4-8 stg. gem Chor u. Orgel (VIII. tonus)
for: Mixed choir (4–8 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308099
Ein Kreis alpenländischer Weihnachtslieder, für Soli, gem Chor u kl. Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 307720
Weihnachts-Pastorella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 305385
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309603
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309600
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 306957
Weihnachten: Neun Liedvariationen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116322
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229710
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624249
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624166
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624146
deutsche Textfassung
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577390
Warburton E 22
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693145
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582350
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 677217
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 677213
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641222
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344550
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