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 part Soprano
Item no.: 386066
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 238036
KV 195 (186d)
Stimmensatz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235092
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233067
GIA Christmas
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158883
Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten
Urtext-Ausgabe – Musique sacrée française
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678033
Arrangement for soli, choir and organ
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1013024
Eine Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir, piano
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1204010
Eine Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1203925
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278981
für Sopran, Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Baß und Pauken
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334465
Warburton E 22
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 693143
deutsche Textfassung
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 577361
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 624275
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 374035
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 376808
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 187049
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1671381
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145692
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234333
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236783
ab 50 Ex.: 5%, ab 100Ex. : 10%
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSA), flute [alto recorder], 2 violins, organ; cello ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231164
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234193
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334573
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323756
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 493658
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960109
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915235
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364274
for: Women's choir (SSA) [mixed choir (SAT)] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 154996
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1126773
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123154
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 823548
auch im Stimmensatz enthalten
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673458
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 370106
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi
Weihnachtshistorie
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355822
Heft 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 243445
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
mit Kopierrecht
Item no.: 472373
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235663
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235660
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part tuba B-flat (bass clef)
Item no.: 291216
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Horn (F)
Item no.: 291209
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271972
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 371730
Sechs Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 797527
Weihnachtslied aus Oberschlesien
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633548
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 825750
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125973
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