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 (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 442769
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 493495
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1342681
Kindermusical
Partitur mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 373660
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260597
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 818883
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 185167
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score, Vocal score
Item no.: 383600
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 300337
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 246105
Chorale motet
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB/ ATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 695318
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416697
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 244524
Oratorio
MWV A 14
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 470975
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 322103
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 369687
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 243354
Version von 1900 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 580480
for: Mixed choir (3–7 parts) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 123426
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 672499
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 369891
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 279321
Die schönsten Volks- und Kirchenlieder in leichten dreistimmigen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181122
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SSATB), 2 recorders, 2 oboes, 3 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 499278
Band 5 (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 304275
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 244773
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 853599
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 256434
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 256607
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 360089
4th and 5th movement
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 693115
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Instrumental parts
Item no.: 334658
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 horns, strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 228471
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 659592
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Score
Item no.: 778380
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 176998
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 685987
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 663312
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661028
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 247756
for: Children's choir (2 voices), pian; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 554509
for: 2 voices (SA), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 154676
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 209199
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490763
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 153136
Vocal Score
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288322
Comic Operetta in 3 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383684
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