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: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 459644
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 146259
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 188123
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 416369
for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 1355926
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 557025
Eine Sammlung geistlicher und weltlicher Lieder durch das Kirchenjahr
Vol. 2 - Weihnachten
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 562571
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 242642
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 824205
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 236143
A Chamber Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 1552745
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 825739
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 367011
"in nativitate Domini"
Orchesterfassung
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 684750
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 333321
Weihnachtskantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236163
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 236103
Herrn Kantor Peter Drichel in Freundschaft zugeeignet
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230813
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230486
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230402
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233901
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233899
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233898
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232504
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 232151
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 469375
für Soli, Chor, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, Streicher und Orgel
Musik aus Ostbayern Heft 7a
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 446639
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 4
Item no.: 661216
BWV 197a - 197,1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1551785
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233439
A Celtic Christmas Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Book
Item no.: 826378
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608988
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608986
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609530
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938575
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936697
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936439
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934355
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933313
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 900843
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Flute 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681833
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764223
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234739
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645179
15 Canti Natalizi e 12 Pastorali
for: Mixed choir, organ
Book
Item no.: 990119
Hymnus de Nativitate Domini nostri Jesu Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 556114
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 343029
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Part 2 E-flat (alto saxophone / horn)
Item no.: 672227
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