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
CD
Item no.: 1167686
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1001816
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809549
for: Choir, piano
CD
Item no.: 804620
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800995
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 243180
for: Soloists, mixed choir [male choir], accordion
Choir score
Item no.: 243179
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167386
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 205490
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190374
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1043131
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 772200
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 680483
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1093124
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 644928
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 499160
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 234440
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 464854
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part violin 2 solo
Item no.: 232696
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230780
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678035
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 766822
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 656486
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 499162
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235845
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 697300
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237465
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233903
Cantata for the 2nd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232958
Cantata for the 2nd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232957
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 363648
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 648815
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226126
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1100030
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115145
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095925
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095787
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095773
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964360
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324207
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376695
Ave Maria SSA
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 645485
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123124
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086421
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953096
(Mandolin orchestra)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 497377
Heft 5 aus «Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn»
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 687312
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 1091679
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