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.
Spieloper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199240
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203151
Wilhelm Busch-Zyklus Nr. 2
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203130
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203028
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202986
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 202962
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202705
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202687
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202636
(liturg.)op. 15
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202589
Stand: Februar 1995
Lehrplan des VdM
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 118390
op. 49
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 106113
Nr. 7 Weihnachtsmotette (Ecce Sacerdos)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 106055
Nr. 5 Anbetung (Ave Maria)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 106053
Oper in 3 Akten
Teil B
Band 4, Teil B (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 104713
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 104030
Oper in drei Aufzügen op. 25
Neue Bearbeitung von 1934
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100668
Spieloper in zwei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 100614
aus der "Hermannsschlacht" von Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
for: Male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100544
"Frühlingsluft, Blütenduft" - Walzer
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102835
Lied aus der Operette "Im Reiche des Indra"
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102815
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102799
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 633203
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633065
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 633009
aus Passio Et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Lucam
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632454
141 Christmas carols
for: Women's choir [children's choir], piano
Choir book
Item no.: 586140
JEKISS Liederbuch
for: Children's choir; piano [guitar] ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 586097
Choral Vivace
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584869
Choral Vivace
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584864
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 584857
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 584844
Text: Judith Bingham nach weißrussichen Volksliedern und Un oiseau chante von Guillaume Apollinaire
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584841
Oratorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 646001
The Open Singing Choir Songbook
166 Songs
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 645921
with a 2nd Benedictus D 961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 644550
per Coro e Orchestra
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 643659
Concerts for Choirs Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 608706
Opera in 3 acts
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 608416
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 607750
Arrangement for women's choir
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 605941
Baptismal Song
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 582761
nach hebräischen Worten von David Shimoni
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 581779
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580569
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580522
Version von 1900 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580478
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 602594
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 611687
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