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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234332
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236784
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 227894
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235820
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678034
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678029
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 138252
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 648480
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096031
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096014
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115178
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099367
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101954
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115642
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115635
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1099813
mit Einlagesätzen für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1684855
für gemischten Chor (SAM/SATB), Gemeinde und Orgel
Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685055
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1328116
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998523
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 824537
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1015607
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290110
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 302785
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 185546
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579650
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 487597
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 462106
"Evangelische Gespräche I, 7" (C-Dur)
zusätzliche Chorpartitur für chorische Aufführung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin, cornett [2 violins], basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 602285
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 565445
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 244891
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 128656
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 344087
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 137440
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 190378
Sing
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280238
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 455814
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 232088
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 215744
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 293186
Weihnachtsoratorium
In Dulci Jubilo – Musik zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 771874
Weihnachtskantate 8
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 459894
Missa In Honorem Nativitatis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 365822
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145783
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 470678
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290497
Von seinem ew'gen festen Thron / Gelobt sei Gott / Drei Könige aus Morgenland kamen gezogen
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 246052
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455762
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