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.
Opera in one act
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777817
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 120937
Neue Bearbeitung 1916 op. 60,2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100622
for: Mixed choir, melodic instruments, rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, percussion)
Choir book
Item no.: 632301
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 170823
Conte musical pour Solistes, Choeurs d'enfants et Ensemble instrumental
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 819788
Instrumental parts
Set: Piano, Gitarre, Bass, Percussion I, Percussion II, Percussion III
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 580559
Christina Stürmers Hymne an die Menschlichkeit 2016, auch gern als Hochzeitslied gesungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 778728
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 154250
Orgelfassung mit zusätzlichen Stimmen von Violoncello und Kontrabass
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 767530
Neues Geistliches Lied – Firmung
Spiralbindung
for: Mixed choir, melodic instruments, rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, percussion)
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 619270
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1104032
Melodramma in quatro atti
2nd version (Paris 1865)
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389024
Die Carus-Neuausgabe dieses Werkes enthält die Chorfuge Nr. 6, die in Mendelssohns Autograph zu finden ist und auch bei der Uraufführung musiziert wurde.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 205041
KV 427 (417a)
Klavierauszug (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116531
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 273565
Opéra-comique en 5 actes et 6 tableaux
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 267926
Operette in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 102763
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 188695
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 188253
SAB/Piano
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 623815
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1017477
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 185471
Reprint of the G. Ricordi & Co., Milan, 1893 edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229266
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Choir, concert band; strings ad lib
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681577
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1530222
Deutsche Volkslieder für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Conductor's score, audio CD
Item no.: 460809
a cappella motet from "Stabat mater"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634432
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) II/5 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 215847
Eight songs for eight-part vocal groups
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 610870
Opéra-bouffon in 2 Akten und 4 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 282561
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 763305
for: Mixed choir, piano
Chorbuch (Spiralbindung)
Item no.: 479692
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), organ
Score
Item no.: 850666
Commedia in due atti
Version in Italian and German
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558176
Stuttgarter Vivaldi-Ausgaben
Revidierte Auflage
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696380
Oratorium Hob. XXI:2,
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 605234
completed and edited by Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 665327
First critical edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ [harmonium] ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684481
Misatango
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 775056
Psalm 23, John 1 :13 Isaiah 60:1, Revelation 21:1, Isaiah :7
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1087122
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 909357
The Beatitudes
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 906626
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 906683
Alleluia: The Whole Bright World Rejoices Now
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 913025
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Choir score
Item no.: 1670942
"Shall I compare Thee to a Summer's Day " for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
Choral Music South Africa
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677371
from "My Fair Lady" for male choir and piano
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 1660195