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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 696369
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 618572
for mixed chorus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 312291
1835-1892
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Conductor score
Item no.: 301588
Melodramma in tre atti
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389055
for: Voices
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 579169
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100555
Geistliche Musik
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 156590
Azione sacra in two parts KV 118 (74c)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 425485
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 368345
for: Mixed choir (2–7 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 123424
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 430483
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123409
"Resurrection"
New revised edtion based on the Critical Edition of 2010. A separate textbook with historical essays and a critical report in German and English is enclosed
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 579442
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano; bass, percussion (alto saxophone, 2 trumpets) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 655317
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361417
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 203099
Arioso aus "Cantata con stromenti"
for: Soloist (alto/baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 169052
for: Soloists, Mixed Choir (SATB), String Quintet, Organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1479746
Gefangenenchor aus der Oper "Nabucco"
Bearbeitung für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 2647
Song for Female Choir
for: Women's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 4645
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 498342
für 1-stg. Kinderchor, Kindersolisten, Flöte,
Kontrabass (Bassgitarre), Klavier und Sprecher
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 682920
Kanon für 4 Stimmen und Klavier ad lib.
for: Choir (4 voices); piano ad lib.
Music score, online media (app)
Item no.: 1610800
nach den Gebrüder Grimm
Ein märchenhaftes Musical für 8- bis 11-Jährige
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
CD
Item no.: 1215810
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 201991
Cantandos Klassikerserie 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203616
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 323235
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1017481
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 659592
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 550346
für fünfstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670841
Volksliedvariationen in Sätzen für vier- bis sechsstimmigen gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469525
Melodramma in un prologo e 3 atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260597
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1200571
includes, besides the original version, a version with a smaller orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 667224
Geistliche Chormusik für SAM und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1357828
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 475062
from The Prince of Egypt
2-Part Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 493495
Messa d'morti
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (ATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781314
Reprint of the C. F. Peters, Leipzig, n.d. edition
Includes ballet music for Act 1 written for Ponis production. Authoritative edition.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 244773
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860746
für gem Chor und Streichorchester (1990-1991/2002)
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 209199
Das Chorwerk 22
for: Mixed choir (3 voices) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 223970
"Nicolaimesse" für Soli, Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 183887
Chorsätze und Begleitarrangements für Klassenunterricht und Chor-AG
for: Choir, instruments
Journal, CD
Item no.: 336067
Pop und Rock
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 494219
Ricordi Vocal Score Series
Ed. Critica di D. Rose
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260779
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