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.
Weihnachtsmotette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671029
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 1677833
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1666600
see - A Christmas Triptych
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155828
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169436
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 675706
Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1059196
für Soli (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681545
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 371538
"in nativitate Domini"
– Graduated prizes on request –
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237546
für Frauenchor, Flöte, Streicher und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478206
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1106261
Weihnachtskantate
for: Choir (2 voices), 2 recorders, piano [harpsichord, organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 342177
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 332756
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236805
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237463
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165000
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1667608
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 374755
Magnificat-Kompositionen der Jahre 1576-1583 aus Münchner Handschriften. 21 Kompositionen zu 4, 5, 6 und 8 Stimmen
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 15
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 116271
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388245
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Chorpartitur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 184758
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590709
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590707
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595170
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233061
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058059
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123590
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122746
Shepherd's Christmas Songs aus "Melodien der rumänischen Colinde"
Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 113034
Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo; solo voice (soprano) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 172280
for: Male choir
Item no.: 326363
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach Lukas unter Verwendung bekannter und weniger bekannter Weihnachtslieder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 311315
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123394
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Mariens Sohnes, Jesu Christi
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392174
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 471083
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125408
Faksimile der autographen Partitur in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Documenta musicologica II/54 / Bärenreiter Facsimile
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 681383
Stimmensatz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 681478
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
4 choir scores
Item no.: 780468
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1667166
Adventsmotette auf Texte von J. Chr. Rube und Jesse Thoor
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 446287
for: Children's choir [women's choir]
Choir score
Item no.: 148124
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916934
"Christkindlmesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775033
Celebrating the Miracle of Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1126112
Französische Weihnachtsfantasie
RUNDEL eXplora
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671726
Weihnachtskonzert
for: Favorit choir (SSB), chapell choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1656093
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