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: Women's choir (SA), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 477408
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 608931
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 128658
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 128657
In Nativitate Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 655846
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 475622
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 192313
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 192248
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 247288
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824391
In Nativitate Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single parts Violins 1 and 2
Item no.: 655842
The Christmas Chorus Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091839
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 147950
Motette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 280478
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 344086
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 152920
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Item no.: 336886
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 445750
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 291004
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 185351
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Chorpartitur (Orgel)
Item no.: 455883
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 549204
1. Fassung Es-dur BWV 243a/ 2. Fassung D-dur BWV 243
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) II/3
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 655565
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472588
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234334
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Single part marimba
Item no.: 690350
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121868
Italienische Volksweise
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 485205
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455537
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Cello
Item no.: 362493
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 333433
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235062
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237603
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 476051
Weihnachtskantate für gemischten Chor, Oberchor (Soloterzett) und Streicher
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 474908
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 489139
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086580
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916684
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121462
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167829
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824915
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Bass clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 688563
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772202
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656841
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234195
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi
Weihnachtshistorie
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355821
Kantate zum Epiphaniasfest ("Heiligen Drei Könige")
Orchesterstimmen
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 655811
A Celtic Christmas Celebration
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1126471
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