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.
für gemischten Chor (SATB), zwei Trompeten und zwei Posaunen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
Score
Item no.: 456145
Oratio spei
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 427668
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 135620
für Kinderchor, Klavier und andere Instrumente
Picknick im Himalaya - Kuriose Songs und Szenen
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 135544
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131068
Early Music Library 252
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 332983
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 131589
Komische Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 131491
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 129351
Für 1 Stimme und Instrumente
for: Voices [children's choir], instruments
Item no.: 130388
for: Male choir
Item no.: 342867
for: Choir
Chorbuch, Hardcover
Item no.: 342507
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano [accordion] ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 342424
aus "Die Schöpfung"
Gekürzte Fassung ohne Solo-Passagen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 171677
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 171552
Swingender Chorsatz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 171342
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 133642
Requiem
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 427584
Swingle Music~Anyone For Mozart Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 132708
Ein rhythmisches Liederbuch
20 Lieder mit dem Chor "ROTer KEHLCHEN"
for: Children's choir, Orff instruments
Audio-CD
Item no.: 118350
Kantate (16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349294
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 349064
Der Welterfolg von Padilla (dt. Text)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; accordion, guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 349062
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 458512
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
für Soli, Chor und Orgel oder Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; orchestra ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 137636
for: Youth choir
Choir score
Item no.: 126809
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 333127
für gemischten Chor mit optionaler Klavierbegleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 633043
Keltische Messe nach geistlichen Texten aus Irland und Schotland für Chor und Folk-Band
for: Mixed choir (SATB), Folk Band (violin, flute, harp, wheel fiddle, guitar, cello, drum)
Drum (orchestral part)
Item no.: 606758
with Piano Improvisation
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 635148
Passions- und Osterkantate
for: Narrator, mixed choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 577916
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392208
for: Women's choir (SAA) [mixed choir (SAT)] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 143174
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore"
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117052
Oratorium
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664007
Choralia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 168632
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 107558
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich 32~Dtoe 32
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 103427
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 147059
Bearbeitung für dreistimmigen Chor
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 674477
Passionsmusik
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Single part 5
Item no.: 674150
Evangelien-Rockmotette (Latin) zur Konfirmation
Motette Nr. 1 aus "Sieben Rockmotetten nach den Evangelien"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 673111
Evangelien-Rockmotette (Funk&Rock) zum 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Motette Nr. 4 aus "Sieben Rockmotetten nach den Evangelien"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 673108
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672628
Urtextausgabe
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 672626
Psalm 50 für Soli, Männerchor und Orchester
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: 3 soloists (TTB), male choir (TTB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 672445
Psalm 50 für Soli, Männerchor und Orchester
for: 3 soloists (TTB), male choir (TTB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672440
Kantate zu Mariae Heimsuchung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672037
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