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: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1627981
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 879105
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806534
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1627476
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625875
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899862
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343027
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230777
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234738
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 235536
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 235535
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233935
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233083
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587156
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 697296
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552480
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 192247
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 145449
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423517
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1136797
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 644866
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 422873
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 236112
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 235091
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 647981
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424317
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 362501
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 824221
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823145
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095791
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095748
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095714
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100008
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096015
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096008
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099416
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Weihnachtskantate
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 662488
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016500
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1075304
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499742
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 499745
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 662950
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 328694
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086559
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 826792
für 1-, 3-, oder 4-stimmigen Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (1, 3, or 4 parts), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 678861
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1014523
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