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 choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 225412
in der Bearbeitung von Heinrich Ritter von Spengel (1852)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 1012535
Misatango
for: Solo voice (Mez), mixed choir (SATB), bandoneon, strings, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 300874
exempla nova 25
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 311702
Misatango
for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir, bandoneon, piano and string orchestra
for: Solo voice (Mez), mixed choir (SATB), bandoneon, strings, piano
Score
Item no.: 457392
Tragedia giaponese in due atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296488
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1136633
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
44 Warm-Up and Performance Studies for Jazz, Pop and Gospel Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, CD
Item no.: 491884
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 577814
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 566033
englischer Originaltitel: How To Train Your Dragon
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1340532
"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
Hymns IV and V from "Gloria Patri"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694493
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
A Mass for Peace
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143808
Musica baltica
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635515
for Mixed Chorus (SATB) and Piano (Bass, Percussion)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 634744
ossia Il figlio per azzardo
Farsa giocosa per musica in 1 atto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260778
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
11 Anthems for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 371561
SATB compatible with A0288 (New Edition)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 326840
51 secular Concert Works for all Choirs
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 691778
Shadow Water Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 558093
Für gem Chor (SABar) ud Orgel
Partitur und Orgelstimme separat erhätlich
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 634572
versione in quattro atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1042925
Totenmesse für vier Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
zum ersten Jahrestag des Todes von Alessandro Manzoni
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
Reduced Version
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 174025
Latin Motets Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 1677030
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579887
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 586545
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 301277
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674935
The Music from the Delta Air Lines Commercial
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313385
für Frauenchor (SSSSAAAA)a cappella
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670903
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198586
Chor- und Begleitsätze zur gleichnamigen LP-Serie
Band 2
Die neuen religiösen Lieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 142055
Heitere Mythologie in drei Akten op. 83
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 107033
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 173909
Dresdner und Pariser Fassung in Szenenfolge
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 20
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382592
84 Chansons for mixed chorus
for: Mixed choir (2–7 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 123424
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 301278
Version von 1900 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 580480
Chor- und Begleitsätze zur gleichnamigen LP-Serie
Band 4
Die neuen religiösen Lieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 142058
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 466860
Community Opera
for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1042887