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: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621344
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621341
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621257
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621255
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621246
for: Choir
Item no.: 1621234
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621225
Maria Wiegenlied
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621155
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621086
Austrian Carol
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621067
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621023
Spiritual
for: Choir
Item no.: 1621003
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621001
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620998
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620961
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620931
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376809
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376181
Urtext
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1639185
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1636448
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669914
"Nicht unserm Namen, Herr"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668422
Motette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Choir 2)
Item no.: 580831
New revised version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580401
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 475993
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Item no.: 562718
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 562707
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472304
WAB 28
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 467950
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 466862
Chor
Partitur
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 878487
Klassik
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 877440
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746236
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746174
Mysterienoper in zwei Akten
Libretto von Lotte Ingrisch
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 680799
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680126
Homenaje al Papa Francisco
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679437
Kantate zum Sonntag Rogate
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 773365
Pastorella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; Glockenspiel [triangle] ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 777013
"Prager" Te Deum
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Trumpets, timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691700
Sainte Cécile
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673258
Gedenkmusik nach Texten (deutsch) von Hans Thoma auf den letzten Sonntag des Kirchenjahres - In memoriam Hugo Distler
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 116383
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 103065
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 103024
"Greensleeves" (Irland)
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 102953
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102818
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102788
Mixed choir a capella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1349470
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