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.
The Groovy Version of OX
Capella Novanta
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Audio-CD
Item no.: 154198
Weihnachtskantate
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 142155
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169559
Pavane Choral
for: Choir
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1168367
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score (children's choir)
Item no.: 235842
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235216
KV 195 (186d)
Klavierauszug
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235090
KV 109 (74e)
Partitur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 235058
bearbeitet von Johann Sebastian Bach
BWV Anh30
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 621646
"in nativitate Domini"
Orchestral version
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 610790
With O Come, All Ye Faithful(ChoirTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 965480
with Clair de Lune and Silent Night
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 965334
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 490788
Dreistimmige Chorsätze für den Gottesdienst
Edition Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 559861
MWV A 2 (1822)
für Soli (SA(T)B, Chor S(S)ATB und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 217137
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 446982
Stand up Theater
zwei lustige, musikalische Theaterstücke
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 768031
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 469095
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 566041
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 610329
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 576584
Faber Program Series
for: Women's choir (SSA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 552294
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 656473
Charol Programme Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 350880
Faber New Choral Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 140067
Choräle und Motetten zur Weihnachtszeit
Chor zu dritt – Band 5
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 661486
for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 374683
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 372281
für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 380982
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/baritone), keyboard instrument; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1660599
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1659317
Ein musikalischer Adventskalender
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1646422
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 644500
Kantate für den 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 463884
aus: Musica Mariana
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444987
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
Der Klavierauszug ist gleichzeitig die Klavierfassung
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Piano score
Item no.: 433051
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 189496
53 lateinische und deutschsprachige Lieder, Kanons, Motetten und Mess-Sätze
for: Women's choir (SSA) [male choir (TTB)], piano [organ]
Choir book
Item no.: 164328
Eingangschor aus der Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtstag
aus dem Kantatenjahrgang "Musicalisches Lob Gottes in der Gemeine des Herrn"
for: Women's choir (SS/SA) [mixed choir (SSB/SAB)], 2 violins, basso continuo; viola ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422001
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 671649
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 670505
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 688078
Version for choir of equal voices and chamber ensemble
for: Women's choir (1 part), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687452
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Klavierauszug XL
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681279
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338907
aus: Die Geburt Christi
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338531
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338528
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338507
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