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.
Opera in two acts (final version) / in one act (original version)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615908
Musical Drama (Hamburg 1726)
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689637
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1696387
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1692303
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1692296
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1692301
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1692305
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1692299
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692224
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692230
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692234
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692233
Discovery Level 1
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692235
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692226
Discovery Level 2
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692227
3 Sacred Chants
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690690
Das Mitsing-Projekt der Evangelischen Kirche
Chorheft
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1690966
Klavierauzug zu vier Händen
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344143
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1351556
Babi Yar
for: Soloist (bass), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1681473
für 7 Frauenstimmen, 4-5 gemischte Stimmen (solistisch oder chorisch) und Fernchor ad lib.
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1582003
Musical foray through the undergrowth
Compositions for choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Audio-CD
Item no.: 1690805
8 variations on the Ukrainian folk song “Oh, from the rocky mountain” (I-VIII attacca)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690760
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690636
Traditional Latin
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690650
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690657
Helbling Secular Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690498
nach: Secondate aurette (Akt II, Nr. 21, Così fan tutte)
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690396
Adon olam
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690388
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690461
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Soloist (mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690381
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690404
Kids & Teens Choir
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690463
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690453
aus: Piae cantiones
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690402
aus: Bicinia sacra
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690397
aus: Tre julsånger
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690392
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690375
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [organ]
Single edition
Item no.: 1690398
GL 720
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [organ]
Single edition
Item no.: 1690394
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690462
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690456
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690406
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690405
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690455
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690451
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690449
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690447