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.
Mit Klavierstimme zu Übungszwecken
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 620065
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378417
Melodramma in due atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389012
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 370434
Erfolgstitel der Viel-Harmoniker
Originaltitel "Whispering"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 583572
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Neufassung von 2006
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 429212
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 90
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360852
12 leichte Motetten nach Psalmworten für drei gemischte Stimmen (SABar)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 127761
Dona nobis pacem, Domine
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 166951
Hob. XXII:14
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 485319
religious and spiritual songs
Messe für Chor, Sprecher und instrumentale Begleitung (Klavier, Flöte/Violine, Bass, Percussion) ad lib.
mit allen Chor-Ausgaben verwendbar: SATB (SAAB), SSA, SA
for: Narrator, mixed choir; instruments ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 370740
Choral aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3027
für 3-stg gem Chor (SABar) und Orgel ad lib
Als Einzelexemplar mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 202035
Cholera Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 485861
Am kühlenden Morgen
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 189621
"Little Organ Mass"
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116431
Ode to Joy
Vocal score compatible with all available music editions
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 636742
from Three Nocturnes
Music from Westminster - Westminster Choir College Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 776662
Volume I & II
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Scores
Item no.: 466393
Singspiel in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124875
Chor- und Begleitsätze zur gleichnamigen LP-Serie
Band 3
Die neuen religiösen Lieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 142057
"Coronation Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 285974
Missa Tempore Adventus et Quadragesimae, Verwendung auch in der Adventszeit möglich (Messe ohne Gloria)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 237737
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686625
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 339569
Psalm 112
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 248407
"Sparrow Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 150995
Avec accompagnement d'orgue ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 174759
80 ausgewählte Chorsätze für vier gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 279332
"Great Mass in C minor"
reconstructed and completed by Ulrich Leisinger
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), 2 mixed choirs, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 694030
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 292419
"Theresienmesse"
Urtext nach der Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116441
pour baryton solo, choeur de barytons, orchestre et orgue
reduction chant et orgue
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (Bar), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 161206
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 111
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360854
Organum Reihe 1
Geistliche Gesangsmusik, Nr. 17
for: Soloists (ATB), mixed choir (ATB), string orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1008691
Gospel
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1020
für vier- bis achtstimmigen Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (4–8 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 655672
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 953970
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 679950
Nur zusammen mit den Chorstimmen lieferbar!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 603645
Messkomposition für Solo-Sopran, großen gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) und Band
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), violin, bandoneon [accordion], piano, double bass, drumset, percussion
Piano reduction
Item no.: 674110
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 179850
für gemischten Chor a cappella
Klavierstimme zu Probenzwecken unterlegt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 275384
für 3 gleiche Stimmen
L'Orphéon des Enfants No.4
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 461456
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 374763
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 497280
Schüler im Konzert 9
Einführung in Hamburger Schülerkonzerte
for: School class
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 338132
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802480
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