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.
Tragödie in einem Aufzug op. 58
Richard Strauss – Sämtliche Bühnenwerke
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 214245
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 616224
Das Seniorenchorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano; treble recorder ad lib.
Conductor's score
Item no.: 1558725
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383672
aus der Operette "Der fliegende Rittmeister"
für Männerchor und Klavier
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 172403
for: Women's choir (SS), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 479976
Lobgesang des Jean Racine Des-Dur op. 11
Stimmensatz (Org-6-5-4-3-3)
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649570
Duo ou Chœur pour 2 Voix de Femmes
Op. 65/1
for: Women's choir (SA) [2 voices], organ
Score
Item no.: 4589
Piano Part for rehearsal purposes only
Durand French Choral Masters
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 765992
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 681190
Motette für Chor, Instrumentalbegleitung ad lib. und Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2869
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1104032
op. 65, Nr. 2
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 5892
One Smiling Summer Morning
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907747
aus "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
für Sopran solo, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 2657
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850514
Psalm 121,1-3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725801
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 908342
Andrew Crane Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985699
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 635928
für achtstimmigen Männerchor
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 660887
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1017477
196 weltliche 2-8 stg. Chorsätze deutscher Meister aus der Zeit um 1400 bis 1750
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289031
from Gloria Patri
24 hymns for mixed choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 295460
"Gott! Auf Dein Wort erscheinen wir"
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg 1
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 horns, organ
Score, CD
Item no.: 291882
Piccolomini-Messe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 307745
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 188695
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 155819
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 172194
Kantate (Brieftexte europäischer Widerstandskämpfer)
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 176788
Férfikarok
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 255546
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260576
Komische Oper in drei Akten
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564546
für Frauenchor a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 613676
CHOR
Paul Simon
Popular Choral Library
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 417440
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 151786
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633862
Motet No. 5
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 658121
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 564058
Das große Chorbuch für gemischte Chöre
Chorleiterband
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 495276
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 602348
1892
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 443510
Operette in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 102763
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 602055
KV 427 (417a)
Klavierauszug (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116531
Indianas No. 2
Latin American Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 479249
am Palmsonntag oder am Fest Mariae Verkündigung
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 344592