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), organ
Score
Item no.: 1201704
8. Christkindleins Wiegenlied "O Jesulein zart"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733346
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116753
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959506
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1110097
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1159705
für 4-stimmigen Frauenchor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 381035
für 4 Solostimmen, Chor, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
EOS - Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; oboe [trumpet], 2 violas, 3 trombones colla parte ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 294128
Weihnachtskantate. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 235633
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235061
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 375368
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915856
Lieder aus dem " Gotteslob "
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 307049
Weihnachtslied aus dem 15. Jhdt.
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309407
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308915
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308908
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 466290
Weihnachtsliedsätze aus Österreich
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 174385
Kleine Weihnachtskantate für verschiedene Besetzungen
for: 1–3 soloists, mixed choir [children's choir], flexible ensemble, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 168969
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1058704
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1670460
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825123
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169665
Ein Singen zur Menschwerdung Christi von der Verheißung bis zur Geburt. Nach Volksliedern f. Solostimmen, Chor, Sprecher u. kleines Orch.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 649630
Sechs Sprüche op. 79/1
MCM - Masterworks of Choral Music
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043365
SATB a cappella
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160947
Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1076629
Wenn in deutschen Gauen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 647695
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912578
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 926021
(Melodie von 1666)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733503
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121500
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123565
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122602
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122601
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057646
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Single part for mallets
Item no.: 144978
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364217
for upper voices, mixed chorus and harp
for: Women's choir (1 part), mixed choir (SATB), harp
Single part Harp
Item no.: 668204
A Complete Collection of the Alfred S. Burt Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824795
Kantate zum Christfest
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 189440
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825052
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part baritone horn in C (Bass Clef)
Item no.: 291215
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part alto clarinet
Item no.: 188911
for: Mixed choir (SAB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1161137
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 1161119
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814255
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1192862
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