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: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230477
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 642967
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 642784
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 641991
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 641965
for: 4 soloists [mixed choir] (SSAB), 2 violins, cello/double bass, 2 trumpets, timpani, basso continuo
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 635190
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Easter
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634173
Reformationskantate
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 691362
Urtext Stuttgarter Vivaldi-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 691336
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 688923
Psalm versetts
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687710
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687568
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687406
Psalmen Davids 1619, op. 2/4 (SWV 25)
Psalm-Konzert für zwei Favorit-Chöre (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 685648
for: 3 mixed choirs (SSAT, SATB, TTBB), 2 chapell choirs (SSATB, SSATTB); orchestra ad lib.
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229586
Kantate zum Sonntag Jubilate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 213118
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232533
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296871
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1136640
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 387071
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung (Leipziger Fassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 497401
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425801
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 796849
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1350867
nach der "Cantate zu Ehren von Joseph Spendou's" D 427 (op. posth.128)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), Male choir (TTBB), string orchestra, piano
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672654
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Oboe 2
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676841
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Bassoon 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1657265
Bearbeitung für Chor und Kammerensemble
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Cello
Item no.: 778392
Symphonisches Gospeloratorium über Jesus von Nazareth
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689631
Bärenreiter Urtext
Coro II – Violino I
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690716
Missa solemnis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 745221
Jugendmesse
for: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682932
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645140
aus der Oper "Die Lombarden"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643975
9. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1644968
GeWV 49
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1546256
"Prager" Te Deum
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 696727
Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelisten Lukasop. 103
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043719
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351883
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354938
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355128
"Jubiläumsmesse / Rupertimesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1355177
Oratorium
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 498999
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), harp, percussion
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1136673
Fassung I für gem. Chor und Volksmusikinstrumente/Orgel
E-Bass
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Single part bass
Item no.: 663263
für gem. Chor, Vorsänger, Volksgesang und Orgel oder Bläser u. Pauke, Orchester ad lib
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, parish, organ; brass winds, chamber orchestra ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672043
für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Violin
Item no.: 659866
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1355576
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