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.
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 227892
for: Children's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231171
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552476
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236786
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236785
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 235104
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587159
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 697294
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 601648
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100031
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235064
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 446640
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1102386
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 774736
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 424779
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237199
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 351093
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230733
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 422930
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807474
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324237
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328087
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115472
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096044
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096009
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095868
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095839
FUER SOLI, CHOR UND ORCHESTER, PARTITUR
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Partitur
Item no.: 644623
Neue Weihnachtslieder Nwl 503
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 213943
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Single parts 1, 2 in B-flat (tenor saxophone/clarinet)
Item no.: 690348
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086326
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 329624
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Violoncello/Kontrabass
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671134
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 645631
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 645692
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115956
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086754
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 176703
A Christmas Musical for Key Stages 1-2
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 456038
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 630969
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953238
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115968
Set of 10 Vocal Scores
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Partitur-Set
Item no.: 1071233
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1646447
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825808
Chorals In Jazz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 182865
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 247295
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Item no.: 367273
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