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: Mixed choir (SATBB), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 658254
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 123448
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 voices), harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 333798
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 618693
Det hev ei Rose sprunge (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen)
für gemischten Chor mit Solo-Sopran (oder Chorsolisten)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670888
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 8046
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 618692
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 135072
Kantate für den Sonntag nach Weihnachten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285545
141 Christmas carols
for: Women's choir [children's choir], piano
Choir book
Item no.: 586140
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279244
Christmas cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235816
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 631627
for Male Choir
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3979
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235506
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Organ score
Item no.: 470445
for: Accordion orchestra; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616362
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1015004
Einzeln nur mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel lieferbar!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 485018
Weihnachtsoratorium
In Dulci Jubilo – Musik zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 603998
Three Christmas Carols for Unaccompanied Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 768982
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Piano score, additional parts (C/B), Playback-CD (mp3
Item no.: 770274
100 Settings for SA MEN
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Book
Item no.: 485464
Chor im Anfang
Leichte Chorsätze für gleiche Stimmen
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 409499
for: Children's choir (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 256272
Eine kurze, festliche Originalkomposition für dreistimmige Solo- und Chorbesetzung.
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SABar), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 302033
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 292401
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 279333
aus "D. M. Luthers und anderer vornehmen geistreichen und gelehrten Männer geistliche Lieder", 1653
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2599
für gemischten Chor, Sopransaxophon, Klavier und Schlagzeug
for: Mixed choir (SATB), combo
Score
Item no.: 665356
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334000
12 Lieder und Weisen für Advent, Weihnachten und den Gottesdienst
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 273843
Words from the Church of Ireland Book of Common Prayer (adapted)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 609409
Christmas Cantata with 14 choral songs from Latin America
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1015368
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418647
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Stimmen-Set (Streicher)
Item no.: 587040
New Bach Edition (NBA). II/6
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 185389
Midnight Mass for Christmas
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 662065
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123458
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 333053
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 409572
nach dem gleichnamigen Kanon
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 759467
aus: "Neu-gepflanzter Thüringischer Lust-Garten" (Mühlhausen 1657)
for: Mixed choir, cornett, 3 trombones [strings], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4689
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 139084
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 576676
op. posth. (1871)
eingerichtet für Frauenchor und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 5746
A quattro voci concertato con Organo
Erstveröffentlichung
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 365971
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 229709
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