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.
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690407
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1692299
Der 1. Mai
for: Choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1680952
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1682022
für Soli, Chor und Instrumentalquintett
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1664987
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 1687859
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1690408
with Insertion Movements for Performances over Christmas
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1673803
mit Einlagesätzen der Es-dur-Fassung für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1673805
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 1681554
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690262
Kantate nach Psalm 103
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689205
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1351556
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1660332
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660333
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1689827
Carols for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672412
Carols for Christmas
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672414
pop.voxx
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659426
as well as songs for advent and winter season
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1664423
Weihnachtliche Motette für achtstimmigen Doppelchor.
Für gemischten Chor, Blockflöten, Violen da Gamba oder andere Instrumente.
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1629067
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659427
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659428
Discovery Level 1
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692235
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552089
Das Chorleitungsbuch
Hauptband und Praxisband
for: Choir
2 Books
Item no.: 1681962
Musica, gioco, creatività, coinvolgimento: un kamishibai per bambini della fascia 2-8.
for: School class
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1689977