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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777981
Six Traditionals für S/SA/SAB und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (1–3 parts), piano
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 687864
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233813
The Masterworks Library
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 297537
Book 4: Seven Pop Songs for Today's Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 634000
Concert Selections for Soloists and Chorus
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 566241
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 363735
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 133122
Oxford Choral Music
for: Soloist (soprano/mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 213531
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233628
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 498342
37 Motetten zu fünf Stimmen
Die Ausgabe folgt dem Erstdruck der Sacrae Cantiones, der 1565 bei Antonio Gardano in Venedig erschien.
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) [6 solo voices]
Score
Item no.: 772799
For Mixed Chorus A Cappella (Satb) With Piano (For Rehearsal Purposes Only)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 853599
Kanon für 4 Stimmen und Klavier ad lib.
for: Choir (4 voices); piano ad lib.
Music score, online media (app)
Item no.: 1610800
für 1-stg. Kinderchor, Kindersolisten, Flöte,
Kontrabass (Bassgitarre), Klavier und Sprecher
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 682920
New Josquin Edition 7
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 769395
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 905657
mixed ensemble/choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 635147
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105686
Das Chorwerk
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SSATB), 2 recorders, 2 oboes, 3 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 499278
Kantate C-Dur BuxWV 81 für gem Chor, 2 Violinen und Bc
Vollständiges Aufführungsmaterial lieferbar.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 663312
nach den Gebrüder Grimm
Ein märchenhaftes Musical für 8- bis 11-Jährige
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
CD
Item no.: 1215810
for mixed chorus
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1632704
(in C, with Orchestra)
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 442769
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860746
Chorale motet
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB/ ATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 695318
from Riverdance
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 620697
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 654879
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1342681
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1017481
für gem Chor und Streichorchester (1990-1991/2002)
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 209199
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 659592
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661028
Bearbeitung für Chor und Kammerensemble
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Score
Item no.: 778380
for: Women's choir (SSA) [mixed choir (SSATB)], string quartet; double bass ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 774870
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 612185
für 3 zwölfstimmige Chorgruppen (im Drittelton-Abstand)
for: 3 mixed choirs
Choir score
Item no.: 433159
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 323235
for treble choir
from the Suite Villarosa Sequences
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 636184
Volksliedvariationen in Sätzen für vier- bis sechsstimmigen gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469525
Oper in 4 Akten und einem Prolog
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175095
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 201991
Cantandos Klassikerserie 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203616
Arioso aus "Cantata con stromenti"
for: Soloist (alto/baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 169052
Das Chorwerk 22
for: Mixed choir (3 voices) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 223970
Accademia Musicale
for: 10 voices (SSSSAATTBB) [mixed choir (SSSSAATTBB)], basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 223444
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 475062
Indianas No.3
Latin American Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 479248
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