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
Score
Item no.: 1339110
aus: Der Jahreskreis
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340248
Canone in motu contrario
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339656
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339646
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339531
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664364
Oratorium für Sprecher, Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 663947
Cathedral Music Choral Series
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645505
CHOR
Collected, adapted and arranged by John Jacob Niles and Lewis Henry Norton. This version of the Appalacian Carol is for SSA (Upper Voices) with Piano.
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Vocal score, Choir score
Item no.: 317321
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364327
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1023505
Musik Aus Ostbayern 52
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 363759
Weihnachtskantate für zweistimmigen Kinderchor, Kammerorchester und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Children's choir (2 voices), Chamber orchestra, piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 342224
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229786
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Lyric book
Item no.: 231424
Dauer: 14 Minuten
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 312894
Magnifikat
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 230991
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 235534
aus: Christus-Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 423059
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 376358
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 374341
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 491173
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 488146
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 475482
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616052
Oratorio de Noël (Ausgabe nach dem Erstdruck von 1869)
Fassung mit deutschem Text
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 189238
Weihnachtskonzert H 421 (1698-1699)
Französische Kirchenmusik
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSA) [children's choir], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 184997
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Study score
Item no.: 164116
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 160198
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137437
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 234191
Oxford Christmas Carols
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920396
for mixed chorus, optional children's chorus and small orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 474882
Fifty Christmas Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123445
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 678348
for mixed chorus and small orchestra
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 662403
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894253
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865510
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865372
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 332451
for SATB with piano or organ, or orchestra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 377366
Discovery Level 2
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777583
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 565983
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 292824
A Medley of Carols/ SoundTrax CD
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 696646
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798265
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126442
A Christmas Musical for Children
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847979