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.
Wagners letzte Oper im hochwertigen Faksimile
Halbleder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 772610
Alles Tagverlangen ist zur Ruh gegangen
for: Male choir (TTBB), cello
Score
Item no.: 772630
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 772614
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772617
serie I Libretti, no.4
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 772423
Un conte musical
for: Voice [choir]; accompanying instrument ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 772451
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 772383
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772380
Missae I bis X
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 772487
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772382
Zu den Sonntagen von Trinitatis bis zum 27.Sonntag nach Trinitatis
29 geistliche Konzerte in gemischten Besetzungen
for: Solo voice [2/3/4/5/6 voices], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 772480
mit Audio-Tracks online
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 772523
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772361
(A Little Singing)
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768864
Per una formazione corale
for: School choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772494
Missa XI bis XVI
for: Mixed choir, melodic instruments, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 772491
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772381
As featured on Glee
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 765452
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 772356
Murray H15 (Version C, 1776/1791)
Musik zwischen Elbe und Oder 41
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 772516
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 772327
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
Opera with a Prologue and four Acts (First version) / Opera in five Acts (Second version)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, Urtext editions)
Item no.: 868775
No. 10 of Oratorio de Noel op. 12
Masterworks of Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 772288
Potpourri beschwingter Weihnachtslieder für gemischten Chor und Klavier (mit dt. Text) oder zus. mit Gitarre, Bass, Schlagzeug
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 772303
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 769185
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano; bass instrument, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 772249
Band 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772273
Impuls
Das neue Musikbuch für die Sekundarstufe 1 (Klasse 5 und 6)
153 Tracks
for: School class
4 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 772246
In Paradisum
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 772248
Impuls
Das neue Musikbuch für die Sekundarstufe 1 (Klasse 5 und 6)
ca. 30 Filmsequenzen
for: School class
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 772247
Anthem
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; trumpet ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 772234
Five Cummings Choruses
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 772262
Opera in 3 acts. Reconstruction of surviving excerpts
Band 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772271
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 772266
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772274
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 772237
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 772232
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 772241
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 772243
54 auch mehrteilige Kompositionen, überwiegend zwei- bis vierstimmig
Das Erbe Deutscher Musik VII/15
for: 2-4 voices [choir], instruments
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 772252
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 772231
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 772235
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 772236
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 772230
for: Male choir (TTBB), flute [violin], piano
Score
Item no.: 772238
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 772242
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 772244
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