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 (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293290
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679008
Cantata for Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 655810
Fünf leichte Arrangements für 2- bis 3-stimmigen Chor (SA oder SAM) und Klavier
Poppige Arrangements von Weihnachtsliedern
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 648689
Cantatas I–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1215619
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4768
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1671911
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677337
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233438
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233095
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236133
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 150694
Cantata for New Year's Day; Circumcision of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 134754
Cantata for New Year
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233852
Oratorio fragment
Part I: The Birth of Christ; Part II: The Passion of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205752
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 690954
Choral
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 809311
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804798
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 469899
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806790
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806085
Oxford Christmas Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 564696
Deep in the cold of winter
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 499006
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811441
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 807324
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806548
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803920
So many myst'ries, so many agonies I do not understand
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 862047
for: Mixed choir (SSATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 864815
All-School Holiday Revue
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 806216
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 628438
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 492232
20 Seasonal Songs and Carols in Jazz, Gospel, Swing, and Show Styles
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 692554
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano; flute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 797628
The King's Singers – Choral Library
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 216009
19th Century English Carol
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (3 voices); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 799487
Bach's "Air" / "Still, still, still"
Alfred Archive Edition: Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard, guitar]
Score
Item no.: 498340
Singen ist klasse
für allgemein bildende Schulen
S/SA/SSA/SAM/leichte SATB Stimmen, aufbauender Schwierigkeitsgrad
for: School choir
2 Choir books
Item no.: 614946
"Noël Nouvelet"
Traditional French Choral
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 744867
from Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 744863
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 697615
Traditional English Round for mixed choir (SAB) and piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679908
Traditional Carol
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 311769
Meine Seele erhebt Gott, den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 634027
24 Carols for Advent and Christmas
for mixed chorus and organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, CD
Item no.: 1544081
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 166490
Traditional Carol
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746046
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