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.
RV 714
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1668006
Oratorium für Gründonnerstag und Karfreitag
Reprint 1896
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1672743
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 606570
Kritische Gesamtausgabe Band 4
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1021770
MH 109
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (SS), women's choir (S), 2 trumpets, 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 677137
Partitura in facsimile - Ed. Joly
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 259856
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460652
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1260108
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262091
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592239
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 624972
Wittenberg 1540
Georg Rhau. Musikdrucke aus den Jahren 1538-1545, 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115785
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 4
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 670465
Große romantische Oper in 3 Akten WWV 70
Richard Wagner – Sämtliche Werke 5/I
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 107159
Oratorio
on passages from the Holy Bible and the Catholic liturgy
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 488833
Oratorium in drei Teilen
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe Serie 1 Band 17
Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 188181
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 685375
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 460112
A Grand Opera in Two Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1560766
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 430483
Tirees De L'Opera Prince Igor (Nederlands)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105634
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874581
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874568
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 635776
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874534
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874545
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/13
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 116684
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874555
erste kritische Edition
Musique sacrée française – Urtext
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 671635
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588408
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588128
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587584
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588409
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588703
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588421
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588211
Chor (SATB) & Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588134
7 Audio-CDs
for: Choir
7 CDs
Item no.: 494723
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588414
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588147
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588730
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588130
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/16
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 459258
Denkmäler Mitteldeutscher Barockmusik Serie II/ 10
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 643864
Denkmäler Mitteldeutscher Barockmusik I / 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 335084
Denkmäler rheinischer Musik Bd. 43
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1550039
HWV 258-261
Stimmensets
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1697130
pour choeur à 6 voix
6 partitions
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1557458
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