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.
Carols for Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 920820
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 868844
WAB 26
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1530186
Erlebniskonzert für Musikschulen, Grundschulen und Jugendorchester
Stimmen, Texte und CDs
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Set of parts, Audio-CD
Item no.: 431966
Das Erbe Deutscher Musik 101
herausgegeben von Staatliches Institut für Deutsche Musikforschung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 773510
LMA Serie VII weltliche Vokalwerke Band 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1043273
Vol. 19: Motets X (Magnum opus musicum, Part X
for: Choir
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797677
Cantata for Mezzo Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105807
Magnum opus musicum, Teil VII
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773843
Magnum opus musicum, Teil IV
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 479011
Magnus opus musicum, Teil V
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 177907
DTB: Denkmäler der Tonkuns in Bayern Neue Folge Band 13 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 364957
William Walton Edition 23
for: Narrator, mixed choir (SATB), boys' choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 769532
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1136555
Partitura in facsimile / Ed. Geyer-Kiefl
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260000
Tragédie lyrique LWV 57
un prologue et cinq actes
Oeuvres complètes série 3 vol. 8
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1478457
Tragédie en musique en cinq actes
LWV54
Série III: Opéras, Volume 6
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1478458
Tragédie lyrique LWV50
un prologue et cinq actes
Série III: Opéras, Volume 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1478459
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/19
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 870327
Oper in 3 Akten, 2. und 3. Teil, Anhang
Band 7, 2. und 3. Teil (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 173690
The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition I/1/12H 370
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012125
Opera in three acts HWV 40
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) II/39
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745185
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Partitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1616076
Oper in 4 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 187728
Band 5 (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 304275
William Walton Edition vol. 6, Hardback
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 892271
Hardback
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 891701
Oratorium
Hob. XXI:2
Urtext
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 624718
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/34
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 869047
Wittenberg 1545
Georg Rhau. Musikdrucke aus den Jahren 1538-1545, 12
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 765667
German singspiel in three acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684079
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Gesamtausgabe Abteilung VIII Bd. 3 (Complete edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 299383
Ferrara 1594
New Gesualdo Edition 1
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558685
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung II (1725)
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 662619
Opéra en 3 actes et 8 tableaux
Acte 2 – Tableau 4 (L'ange voyageur)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687082
Opéra en 3 actes et 8 tableaux
Acte 1 – Tableau 3 (Le baiser au lépreux)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687077
Opéra en 3 actes et 8 tableaux
Acte 1 – Tableau 2 (Les laudes)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687080
Opéra en 3 actes et 8 tableaux
Acte 2 - Tableau 5
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687162
Opéra en 3 actes et 8 tableaux
Acte 1 – Tableau 1 (La croix)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687079
Oper/Operette
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 260127
Opera In Un Atto (1980)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 776328
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592245
Blasorchester
for: Male choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592246
WAB 45
Urtextausgabe
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 655825
1867/68, 1883/93
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Conductor score
Item no.: 314893
Critical Ed. D. Daolmi Vol. 4 + 5
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Partitur-Set Gebunden
Item no.: 1547791
Edizione critica a cura di Patricia B. Brauner e Anders Wiklund
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Partitur-Set Gebunden
Item no.: 1547785
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 797179
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