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.
Oper in 3 Akten
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198783
Oper in einem Akt (sieben Szenen)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 177463
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 495382
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 470651
from the opera "Der Freischütz"
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 317528
Ten easy three part a capella arrangements of classic hits
for: Women's choir (SSA) [mixed choir (SAT)] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217570
arrangiert für Frauenchor (SSA), Trompete in C, Oboe, Streicher und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 321259
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490764
Novello Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 327698
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 682433
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395519
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (1–2 parts), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 601309
SSAATTBB Chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586731
The complete songbook
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 488109
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 677221
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 361208
Lyrical Scenes in 3 acts op. 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 173991
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 627276
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 603206
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 471534
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474303
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775378
Volume 2
Urtext – Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB) (partial with soloist, piano)
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 611533
Choralia
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131709
Effektive Unterstützung beim individuellen Einstudieren
Ausgabe für Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 661154
Acht keltische Songs aus Irland und der Bretagne für drei gleiche Stimmen (SSA/SAA) a cappella
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA/SAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 216114
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 635209
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775382
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695535
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 953332
für gem Chor a cappella Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423067
Bosse Hits a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691322
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Solo voice (Bass), mixed choir (SSATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1013019
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012994
Movement II from "The Lost Birds"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 1557126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 311651
Large Print
spiral bound
The New Novello Choral Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 885575
Cantata for the inauguration of the town council in Mühlhausen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233182
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 136693
(To the stars...)
State motto of Kansas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746387
Book 5: Five Pop Songs for Today's Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 636472
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 328572
for: Mixed choir (SATB), combo
Choir score
Item no.: 187580
Eight medieval lyrics
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 120510
Kommt, eilet und laufet
Parodie der weltlichen Kantate "Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen" BWV 249a
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 349754
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260620
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673189
Entstanden zwischen 1965 und 1970 für verschiedene Schauspiel- und Zeichentrickfilme
in estnischen Kinderzimmern ein Klassiker
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 649498
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