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.
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947312
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 278407
Opera buffa in four acts K. 492
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 339498
Psalm 121
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1043189
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947579
Motet
for: Mixed choir (SAATTBB), chamber orchestra
Score, Set of parts, 30 Choir scores
Item no.: 1670091
Denkmäler Der Tonkunst In Österreich
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 103499
Oper in 4 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 278527
15 Unison Songs to Build Character and Integrity in Young People
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 895786
Sinfonische Kantate für Tenorsolo, gemischten Chor und Orchester
nach Texten des Alten und Neuen Testaments
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635208
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943034
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 927959
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 295550
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947907
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 945777
Lyrische Tragödie in 2 Akten (7 Bildern)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351744
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 930241
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 360947
Weihnachtsmesse
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 556867
Complete orchestral parts (economical set price)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1566498
für Bariton, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Ein kirchenmusikalisches Frühwerk des berühmten Opernkomponisten.
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 677344
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155947
24 geistliche Lieder
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 362987
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 463874
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 671874
Öko-Oratirium
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 643501
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 341326
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 456391
Volume 7 - Sez. Settima
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 263393
1835-1892
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Conductor score
Item no.: 301588
Frederick Delius. Complete Works
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031910
Lyrisches Drama in 6 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031908
Erstfassung 1927
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1106046
Fassung letzter Hand 1928
Revidierte Ausgabe 2010
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 780810
für fünf Stimmen
Monteverdi-Gesamtausgabe Bd. 4
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 124503
GIA Hymnals
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1155682
Pianist and Organist Edition (Red Looseleaf only)
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 855421
Keyboard Edition (Looseleaf Red only)
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 918591
Keyboard Edition (Red Looseleaf only)
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 859711
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 902173
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 818166
Nine Reproducible Choral Works for Soprano and Alto Voices
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book, CD-ROM
Item no.: 1122940
More Flexible Favorites for Unison and Part-Singing Fun
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 799491
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1643198
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 168819
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799206
Book/DVD Pack
for: Choir
Book, DVD
Item no.: 814577
III. The Web
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, concert band
Score
Item no.: 777548
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