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.
Geistliche Lieder für Chor und Instrumente in flexiblen Arrangements
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Choir book
Item no.: 680207
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679013
A-cappella-Chöre aus den 1840er Jahren.
Entstanden während der Leipziger Studienjahre des Komponisten bei Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424910
Chorale cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 422208
Deutsches Nunc dimittis
SWV 432 – 1657
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices]; basso continuo ad lib.
Music score (without cover)
Item no.: 232024
Waring Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 323233
– Graduated prices on request –
for: Mixed choir (SATTBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771463
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688359
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683155
Cantata for the Purification of Mary
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 683114
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 683041
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1160921
from the 'Messiah'
HWV 56, No. 36
Urtext Stuttgarter Handel-Editions
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1672375
Choral A 20 (1843)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 235561
O singet unserm Gott ein neues Lied
Cannons Anthem (Second verison) – HWV 249b
for: Solo voice (soprano/alto), women's choir (SSA), oboe, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 491178
O be joyful / O frohlocke in dem Herrn (Psalm 100)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 230570
Kommt, eilet und laufet
Parodie der weltlichen Kantate "Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen" BWV 249a
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234132
Kantate zur Ratswahl 1727 – Rekonstruktion
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (durchgesehene Neuauflage)
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234062
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233979
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233630
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 423886
SWV 377 (op. 11 Nr. 9); aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423235
Jubilate
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232822
Motet
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226946
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226576
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
– Graduated prizes on request –
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 205757
40 love songs SATB for wedding and concert
editionchor
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1340671
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 604128
(from Dumbo)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777740
for: Women's choir (SSAA), organ
Score
Item no.: 687290
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 686925
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 680996
für gemischten Chor und Klavier / Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 673480
One of the King's Singers favorite Beatles arrangements, this song has been expertly arranged for SATB a cappella.
King's Singer's Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 366255
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777681
Discovery Level 2
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777595
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777484
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 777475
(Choral Selections)
Disney Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777416
from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777326
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 768255
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 768046
Discovery Level 2
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777723
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 777684
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 216012
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 188358
The 2019 Pop Hit by Mumford & Sons
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690691
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797798
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