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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 688585
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 772719
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/21
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 879326
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 779176
Mit Band 20 liegt die weltliche Chormusik a cappella in der Gesamtausgabe komplett vor Bände 1921. (Complete edition)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Partitur, Hardcover
Item no.: 583525
GEISTLICHE GESAENGE FUER GEM CHOR A CAPPELLA
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 143728
Repertoires der Zeit vor 1750
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) III/2/1
for: Choir
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 880127
Gesamtausgabe, Bd. 19
for: Women's choir [male choir], piano
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 426184
Große romantische Oper in 3 Akten WWV 70
Richard Wagner – Sämtliche Werke 5/III
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696305
Serie IV Bühnen- und Chorwerke mit Orchester: 3. Werkgruppe: Geistliche Werke
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 107008
for: Soloist, male choir (TTBB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482035
Klassik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 921028
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 921631
Chantefables
for: Mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, concert band
25 choir scores
Item no.: 1195638
(1991)
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 778930
(1995)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778807
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 564342
Cantata cycle
Stuttgarter Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, viola da gamba, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 682286
Handschriftlich überlieferte Messen II
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 10
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115894
Azione sacra in two parts KV 118 (74c)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 874070
Messen der Drucke Paris 1577 und Nürnberg 1581
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 5
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115889
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 18
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116269
Lateinische Motetten für vier Stimmen und Basso continuo
Heinrich Schütz. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 8/9 (Sammelband, Gesamtausgabe) (Collection, Complete edition)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 561052
Choräle der Sammlung C.P.E. Bach nach dem Druck von 1784-1787. 370 Choräle (Klaviernotation)
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) III/2/2
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 634160
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1116677
A Musical for Young Voices, Performance Kit with CD
for: Choir
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 798773
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1116404
Book 1, Student 1-Pak
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 808371
Sacred Music Part 4 (Original Engraving)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Book
Item no.: 902193
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1149801
Mass for the Immigrants
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, narrator, flexible ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 775015
A Ceremony of Song
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 965317
Sacred Music Part 5 (Anthems) (Original Engraving)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Book
Item no.: 880116
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1002439
Book 2, Student 1-Pak
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 814033
A Service for Advent
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 965272
for: Choir
Music score
Item no.: 1031832
Level 1 Tenor Bass, Student 1-Pak
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 807951
Orchestra Instrumental Parts
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1584636
Book 3, Student 1-Pak
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 812340
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152610
Sacred Music Part 7 (Original Engraving)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Book
Item no.: 908524
Admonter Messe MH 530
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 695791
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671617
Azione tragico-sacra
Edizione critica
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1681129
Volume 18 - Sez. Prima - Partitura in 2 Vol. e Commento Critico / Ed. Critica Gossett, Scipioni
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 203095
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 263392
Azione tragico-sacra
Edizione critica
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 696722
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