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, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219663
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579891
French Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678051
Band 1: Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für gem. Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1671786
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276410
Beliebte Repertoirestücke für Advent u Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632905
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122197
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588204
3 Junctim-Sätze und 3 Lied-Suiten für Bläserchor
for: Choir, wind ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1671348
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
(latein)
Item no.: 1681470
Messe für die heilige Christnacht
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 195030
D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1645378
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 768521
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609497
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609489
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609746
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 656487
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 688077
Christmas Carol
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817157
12 Canti natalizi per coro a più voci ed organo
for: Mixed choir, organ
Book
Item no.: 990159
Edition Peters Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1019904
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 242757
Heidelberger Chorblätter Nr. 13
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 121928
aus: Magnificat octo tonorum
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423726
Weihnachtskantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236161
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235508
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 233078
für gemischten Chor und Orgel (Klavier), optional Blechbläser (2 Trompeten, Horn und Posaune)
John Festerman und den Old North Singers gewidmet
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380901
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock, Band XXXII, Erstdruck
ab 50 Ex.: 5%, ab 100Ex.: 10%
for: 2 solists (SA), mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 334674
Weihnachtsoratorium in drei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 490430
(Set)
for: Choir
2 Playback-CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 494724
Choralia
for: Mixed choir [male choir]
Item no.: 455482
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 419909
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595190
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595169
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590815
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590765
for: Gemischter choir (SATB), string quintet [Streichorchester]; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590730
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590703
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652407
Singspiel zu Weihnachten
for: Children's choir (1 voice), the parish, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 231467
Heinz Tust
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115074
Ein schönes Weihnachtslied nach der bekannten bolivianischen Volksweise „El Condor Pasa“.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 662827
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375378
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375327
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376418
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376165
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375891