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
Choir score
Item no.: 1621145
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, bassoon, violone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 210133
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675552
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1620489
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1619006
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 865829
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 614950
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183718
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280770
for: Children's choir, instruments
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354651
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1001747
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1330750
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808872
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808406
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802840
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807498
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807239
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 309585
for: Voice (high), mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 244704
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308276
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 187751
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863373
for: Mixed choir (SSAT) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309604
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309371
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts [oboes/ violins], basso continuo
Cello [Basso continuo] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371886
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 283391
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309405
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Part 1 in C (melody)
Item no.: 672222
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 181637
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1015108
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552477
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344549
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 641396
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 772863
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 797101
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233677
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233066
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, strings, timpani, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 364727
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235821
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 175997
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 175996
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 175994
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235846
for: 2 solists (SA), mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334677
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 425195
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 364834
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 230044
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 229925
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