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 a cappella
Score
Item no.: 670409
for: Women's choir, harp
Score
Item no.: 622176
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano; band ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 774954
Weihnachtsoratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATBar), mixed choir (SATB), strings, bandoneon, piano, timpani, percussion
Score
Item no.: 628663
for: Children's choir (1 part), narrator, guitar [piano/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 165910
Markt und Straßen stehn verlassen
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309299
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 587039
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
Graduated prices on request
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 187768
für SSAA (Klavier nur für die Probe)
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 156047
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323335
RV 610
Stuttgarter Vivaldi Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 421948
SATB & SSAATTBB Chorus, Soprano Solos, a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 616752
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 768984
Ausgabe für Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2936
für gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 2666
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 497283
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 276112
Weihnachtssingspiel für Erzähler, Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 134116
Die Chorsätze, von leichtem bis mittlerem Schwierigkeitsgrad, sind vorwiegend vierstimmig, einige auch drei- bis achtstimmig.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 333654
Advent
aus: Liturgische Gesänge für das Kirchenjahr
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 242961
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 663794
Lobgesang der Maria für Solostimme (Alt) ,gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Harmoniestimmen (Trompeten 1-4 / Pauken)
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 680784
Magnificat in B Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Bc Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 630937
KV 195 (186d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430839
Marian antiphone
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697066
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Score
Item no.: 422849
Favoritchor/Orgel(Bc) (Favoritchor)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 628926
Leicht singbare 3-stimmige Chor-Hits für gemischten Chor (SAM) und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 672198
aus "D. M. Luthers und anderer vornehmen geistreichen und gelehrten Männer geistliche Lieder", 1653
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2759
Ein Singspiel zu Weihnachten
für Kinderchor, Klarinette, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 471076
Hodie Christus Natus Est
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 376691
editionchor
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 607833
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697292
88 Hits aus fünf Jahrzehnten Rock-Pop-Geschichte
Die Song-Collection für den Musikunterricht - Liederbuch (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: School choir
Songbook
Item no.: 211220
Choral collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book, CD
Item no.: 649531
Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 673457
Kantate (1. Weihnachtsfesttag)BWV 110
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285504
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579892
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 212461
Sonnengesang des Franz von Assisi
musica sacra nova
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117270
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 321933
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764119
12 Lieder für Advent, Weihnachten und Neujahr in leichten Sätzen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 725997
for: Choir
Item no.: 1645498
Abends, will ich schlafen gehn aus der Oper Hänsel und Gretel
für ein 6-stimmiges Ensemble und Kinderchor ad lib.
for: Flexible ensemble (6 voices); children's choir ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2390
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 236803
Das große Chorbuch für Advent und Weihnachten
Chorsätze, Motetten und geistliche Volkslieder
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 672424
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 673455