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.
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985080
Pavane Secular
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168875
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309105
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 306954
Europäische Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 306909
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309594
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 646517
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877345
Shine lovely Christmas star
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907234
für gemischten Chor, Flöte, Klarinette, Horn und Orgel
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1530210
Krippenlied aus Oberösterreich
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309498
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202776
Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 242944
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 202334
"Fürchtet euch nicht, ich verkündige euch"
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202326
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 179361
Musikalische Gespräche über die Evangelia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts [oboes/ violins], basso continuo
Violin 1 [Oboe/ Cornett 1] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455872
Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 655256
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764117
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762505
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 898905
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905217
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 902219
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 629912
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746182
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843992
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843578
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764199
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764172
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934729
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762978
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762944
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309144
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190375
oder 11 leichte Weihnachtslieder
for: Children's choir, flute, keyboard instrument
Single part Flute
Item no.: 457302
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326242
"Nacht, mehr denn lichte Nacht"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751800
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330312
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092136
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1157800
GIA Christmas
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1149705
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1158663
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097532
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1155901
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096926
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