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 chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 620066
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 319921
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621572
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 496059
10 New Songs
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 495380
for SSATB Chorus and percussion
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 443554
Oper in 3 Akten op. 7
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 112895
around 40 choral settings for SATB, some with piano accompaniment
editionchor
- Graduated prices on request -
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 682691
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285540
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 857996
for: Mixed choir; basso continuo ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 303691
for female gospel soloist, mixed chorus(SATB) and jazz ensemble
for: Solo voice (S/A), mixed choir (SATB), jazz ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 680899
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621647
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137061
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806272
musica baltica
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632042
Choir Rocks!
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 577845
A Comic Opera in three acts
Kalmus Classic Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 603586
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 641076
Singalong-CD Included
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 476877
Novello Ladies' Barbershop for female chorus a cappella score
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 607346
for: Women's choir (SA), flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 564935
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 564609
Community Opera
for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1042887
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 138161
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621571
from "Songs for Gospel 4"
for Choir (SATB) and Combo (Piano / Guitar / Bass / Drums)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, choir score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8022
for Choir and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 681824
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), chamber ensemble
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 769233
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 293515
Integrity Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 625746
1st version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 150816
for six part mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 581564
Volume 1
Urtext – Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB) (partial with soloist, piano)
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 611532
(Rot ist der Wein)
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 194891
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 408880
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374559
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351745
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275336
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144612
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217133
Ode. Fassung der Uraufführung und Fassung von 1751
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 661118
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012992
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 365991
for TTBB Voices
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano/organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1192872
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
Symphony cantata
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279250