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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 363720
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136478
Contemporary Settings of Holiday Favorites
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 910476
Motette
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 935528
Klavierauszug (it)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389141
Oper in zwei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 246019
für Darsteller, Kinderchor und Klavier (Instrumentalstimmen)
Eine Geschichte von Händlern, Kindern, umgeworfenen Tischen und Jesus
for: Soloists, children's choir, narrator, keyboard; melodic instruments, rhythm instruments ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 490700
Geistliche Chormusik für SAM und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1340578
for: 10 voices (SSSSAATTBB) [mixed choir (SSSSAATTBB)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236207
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 552854
Reprinted from authoritative Deutsche Händelgesellschaft edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 216577
Chorpartitur für beide Fassungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 657135
Sparrow Mass
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 236837
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777814
A Capella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001583
WAB 28
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1610707
Ed. Critica F. Della Seta - Partitura e Commento Critico Inglese
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1548650
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 894198
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 648915
a 3 voci miste con organo
for: Mixed choir (STBar), organ
Score
Item no.: 257650
in Kombination mit der 1. Strophe des Chorals "Eitle Welt, ich bin dein müde" von Erdmann Neumeister
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424427
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429922
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 274129
Cantiones profanae (1936) – Reduced version for two pianos and percussion (1956)
Score (= Piano part)
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, 2 pianos, percussion
Score
Item no.: 351730
für gemischten Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 302269
Tragödie des Aischylos
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352253
in Bearbeitung für 4 Stimmen von Leoš Janáček
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 313750
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388655
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 287075
Breitkopf Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 285866
Klavierauszug
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285406
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 482164
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 157170
34 pieces by Esenvalds, Dubra and others
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 641954
mit unterlegter Klavierstimme zum einstudieren
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 622836
Dramma pastorale giocoso in three acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 489941
Facsimile of Mozart's autograph score
two facsimile volumes and critical commentary
Mozart Operas in Facsimile 6
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 489016
aus "The Strathclyde Motets"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478090
Dramma giocoso in two acts
K. 527
Vocal Score
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684882
Organ version with additional voices of cello and double bass
Bärenreiter Urtext
Replaces H 4952 and BA 7511
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687865
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 680886
für Sopran, Alt, Streicher und Basso continuo
Breitkopf Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], strings, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 556528
Urtext Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 555348
Für Chor gemacht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1356025
Vier Chorlieder in 10 Versionen auf vier Gedichte von Kurt Marti
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1106062
Bearbeitet für Frauenchor SMezA
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 614005
from "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 619749
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1619748
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