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.
5 arrangements of Japanese songs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 587120
Alfred Pop Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 576260
Die Klavierpartitur dient zugleich als Chorpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 484665
u. a. aus dem Repertoire der Comedian Harmonists
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 182838
Choral Music from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan
Compiled and Edited by John Winzenburg, with information on Arranger, Tradition, Setting and Performance Notes
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 636638
Psalm 4,9 c-moll
Kantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 380252
Lieder aus dem Bayerischen Wald
Spiralbindung
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 135928
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930480
Psalm 110 (109)
HWV 232
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 492880
Für Frauenchor (SSA) mit Soli und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 332465
Version 1893
Musica Gallica
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 143488
for female chorus and piano (bass and drum kit ad lib)
score
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano; percussion ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 607643
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 279901
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 279327
Weltliche a-cappella Chöre von 1846
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165647
Oxford Choral Classics
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 344040
Melodramma buffo in due atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 145793
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 564654
Cantata cycle
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 462240
Oper in drei Akten
Klavierauszug (it)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 289141
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261280
4. und 5. Satz
Klavierauszug (Großdruck) der Vokalteile
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 694202
für Soli, gemischten Chor, zwei Klaviere und Harmonium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279296
Dona nobis pacem, Domine
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279279
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296487
Tastenbegleitbuch
for: Voice [choir/parish]; guitar [piano/organ/accordion] ad lib.
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 697012
WAB 39
for soli, mixed choir and orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 683391
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 237124
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 582871
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763905
Zarzuela
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324701
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037340
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 912904
Deutsche Version für gemischter Chor und Klavier.
Vom Film Wie im Himmel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 671718
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 234099
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 762022
Eine musikalische Stilkunde in 16 Chorarrangements eines bekannten Volksliedes
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book, online audio (app)
Item no.: 1549940
Pauken-Messe Hob. XXII:9
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 217136
Messa a 4 voci con orchestra, SC 6
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 676722
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822707
mit Streichorchester und Orgel oder nur mit Orgelbegleitung ausführbar
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 634269
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 344536
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
Klavierauszug
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 147051
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 475032
Große Credomesse
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 667162
Hob. XXII:14
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 586085
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645383
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 641345
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