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 a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145692
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234333
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236783
ab 50 Ex.: 5%, ab 100Ex. : 10%
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSA), flute [alto recorder], 2 violins, organ; cello ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231164
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234193
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334573
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323756
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 493658
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960109
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915235
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364274
for: Women's choir (SSA) [mixed choir (SAT)] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 154996
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1126773
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123154
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 823548
auch im Stimmensatz enthalten
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673458
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 370106
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi
Weihnachtshistorie
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355822
Heft 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 243445
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
mit Kopierrecht
Item no.: 472373
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235663
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235660
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part tuba B-flat (bass clef)
Item no.: 291216
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Horn (F)
Item no.: 291209
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271972
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 371730
Sechs Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 797527
Weihnachtslied aus Oberschlesien
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633548
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 825750
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125973
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1013723
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 823529
Potpourri beschwingter Weihnachtslieder für gemischten Chor und Klavier (mit dt. Text) oder zus. mit Gitarre, Bass, Schlagzeug
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 772304
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608712
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608437
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385523
Christmas music
for three-part chorus, two violins and basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Cello [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 372586
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 879308
Es kommt ein Schiff geladen - O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf - Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 879033
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1617133
für Sopran und Alt (Soli, Chor), Instrumente (ad lib.) und Orgel
Musik aus Ostbayern Heft 7b
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], organ; 2 violins, cello/double bass ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 684861
Let praise sound from heav'n on high
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 381087
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1355397
for: Mixed choir, organ
Book
Item no.: 990255
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125027
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124028
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826423
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123276
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