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.
Horn in F
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1657267
nach Worten des Franz von Assisi
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1701485
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Flute 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670371
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670363
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670359
Musikalisches Märchen für Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Trumpet (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677046
Musikalisches Märchen für Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677033
Musikalisches Märchen für Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Clarinet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677025
Bearbeitung für Chor und Kammerensemble
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 778354
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 1317010
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1350864
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute [oboe/clarinet], piano
Instrumental part
Item no.: 656177
Kleine Kantate für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor (SATB) und Instrumente
(Text nach Psalm 126)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, trombone, piano, bass guitar
Single part Tenor Saxophone
Item no.: 682848
für zwei Altblockflöten, drei Viole da gamba, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, 4stg. gem. Chor und Generalbass
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 1340871
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part flute, clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 152090
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1556958
Symphonisches Gospeloratorium über Jesus von Nazareth
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 488499
Kantate zum 21. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233529
Cantata for Whit Sunday BWV 74
after the second setting by Bach
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233231
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232967
Festlicher Schlussgesang zum Gottesdienst
für gemischten Chor (oder 3 Oberstimmen) und Orchester
nach der Kantate BWV 207
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 684870
Alleluja. Laudate Dominum
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235491
Offertorium in festo Sti Benedicti
Kritische Neuausgabe, stützt sich auf die im Archiv der Heiligen Kapelle zu Altötting 1988entdeckte Stimmenabschrift als älteste bekannte Quelle
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234922
für Kinder- oder Frauenchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSA), flute [alto recorder], 2 violins, organ; cello ad lib.
Single part Flute
Item no.: 231168
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Part 2 (oboe)
Item no.: 232715
BWV 2; Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232714
Kantate Nr.2 BWV2 Violine solo/Violine 1
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 232710
Entstehungsjahr unbekannt, vermutlich im Zeitraum 1723-1732
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 422093
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 341780
Beatus vir
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 oboes, 2 string orchestras, 2 organs
Single part(n)
Item no.: 424278
(Fragment aus Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Harzreise im Winter")
Bearbeitung für Altstimme, Männerchor und Kammerensemble
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 778369
für Frauenchor, Oboe, Streicher und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623070
Ausgabe A
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498347
Harmonie (Trompete 1/2)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Trumpet 1, 2
Item no.: 659885
für Solostimmen (SST(A)TB), gemischten Chor (SST(A)TB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 678081
für Solostimmen (SST(A)TB), gemischten Chor (SST(A)TB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Violine / Flöte / Oboe 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Part 1 (violin / flute / oboe)
Item no.: 678073
Psalm versetts
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687711
Psalm versetts
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687707
Psalmen Davids 1619, op. 2/4 (SWV 25)
Psalm-Konzert für zwei Favorit-Chöre (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 685650
Psalmen Davids 1619, op. 2/4 (SWV 25)
Psalm-Konzert für zwei Favorit-Chöre (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 685649
Singspiel für Kinderchor, Instrumente und Gemeinde
über das bekannte Lied von Paul Gerhardt "Geh aus, mein Herz und suche Freud"
for: Children's choir (1 voice), the parish, instruments
Single part flute/trumpet
Item no.: 684735
Kantate zu Mariae Reinigung TVWV 1:784
Telemann-Archiv – Stuttgarter Urtext Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234552
Psalm 98, TVWV 1:1345
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Horn
Item no.: 1043101
Fragment, completed by Maximilian Stadler
KV 323, 1790 (terminus post quem)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817069
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797990
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797192
Alleluja. Laudate Dominum
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 773264
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); 5 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Part 1
Item no.: 1160870
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