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 (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 909830
Nr. 2 aus: Weltliche a-cappella-Chöre von 1846
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1546516
MH 213/1, für Chor und Basso continuo
aus: Responsoria ad quatuor Evangelia in Solemnitate Sanctissimi Corporis Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2877
SATB choir parts (25 pieces)
Filmmusic
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 656452
Organum Reihe 1
Geistliche Gesangsmusik, Nr. 17
for: Soloists (ATB), mixed choir (ATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 655314
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122335
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 636185
Klassik
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 208912
Anthem (from Sunrise Mass)
for mixed chorus (strings ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; string quartet ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 634034
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 302462
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 313657
Datura Quartett
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 4 trombones, organ
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 276204
Motet dit “de Sainte Suzanne”
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 660145
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 179631
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 374463
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 561574
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 389023
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 361624
Southeast Asian Choral Repertoire
Carmina mundi
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 486726
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 579775
aus: Matthäuspassion
for: Mixed choir (SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 261767
RV 589 - Harmony Parts
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1544050
Bearbeitung für Kammerorchester (arr. J. Linckelmann)
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1340497
Ein Chorheft, im dem es Neues zu entdecken gibt...
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 173774
Eine Messe zwischen Gospel, Pop und NGL
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Partitur
Item no.: 648137
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 349288
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231848
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 204958
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 613841
für Soli, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Basso continuo
Erstausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681243
29 Motetten für 5-7 Stimmen und Basso continuo
Notentext der Gesamtausgabe im Paperback
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (5–7 parts), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 676731
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 232394
Offertorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234898
for: Women's choir (SA), cello, piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 1105972
für Frauenchor (SSSSAAAA)a cappella
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670903
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 400337
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 156674
Chor-Arrangements zu 64 neuen Liedern
for: Voice [choir/parish]; guitar [piano/organ/accordion] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 681866
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 562051
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 323041
Motet pour 3 voix femmes (SSA) a cappella
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 107221
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1556496
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 248184
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 188499
Revised edition by Michael Pilkington
Mengenpreise möglich
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 163439
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388837
Reprinted in the authoritative edition prepared by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, ca. 1910
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 165311
for mixed chorus and band (strings ad lib)
score and parts for concert band
for: Youth concert band, choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 332651
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