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 a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476860
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231820
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231175
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 555812
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229712
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229711
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234567
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229713
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229710
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 685601
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229714
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 692761
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672156
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690448
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Clarino 1, 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690459
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489290
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Bassoon 1, 2
Item no.: 695776
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 232093
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232090
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693147
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577385
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1551790
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355401
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043141
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673757
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 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773087
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424841
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSTBarB, S[A]TTBarB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424839
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.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232589
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230453
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772203
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237797
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237468
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237467
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235710
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235706
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235539
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 235538
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680141
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235093
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233681
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230259
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Single part in C
Item no.: 770277
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043153
Weihnachtskantate für zweistimmigen Kinderchor, Kammerorchester und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Children's choir (2 voices), Chamber orchestra, piano [organ]
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 680780
Missa Advocata Nostra
"Harfen"- oder "Weihnachtsmesse"
Musica Sacra
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp, organ, basso continuo
Single part Cello
Item no.: 695490
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Flute, oboe, vibraphone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185622
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
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