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.
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 774742
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 774741
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
A 8 voci con 6 vel 10 istromenti SV (1640)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 647103
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230017
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227898
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641224
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641221
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043148
KV 195 (186d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443946
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Flute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690451
Bläserchor 2 Posaune 2
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 1355114
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624259
A Christmas Story
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 354652
deutsche Textfassung
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577371
Ein Singspiel zu Weihnachten
für Kinderchor, Klarinette, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Piano
Item no.: 583597
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 458327
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690460
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773086
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773084
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582343
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 283446
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690424
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690419
BWV 197a - 197,1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1551789
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 677216
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 677212
aus: Magnificat - BWV 243a, 2
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
4 Instrumente colla parte
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235533
aus: Magnificat - BWV 243a, 2
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
4 Instrumente colla parte
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235530
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234819
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 236108
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236106
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230046
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230014
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSTBarB, S[A]TTBarB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424840
per quattro cori
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 424693
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 469376
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc Violine 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672489
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772204
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043104
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768421
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 1355112
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355399
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Viola
Item no.: 695777
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624147
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489280
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580571
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc Violine 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672488
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 679027
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