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 a cappella
Choir book, CD
Item no.: 564575
for: Mixed choir (1–3 parts), piano
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 687864
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 566241
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 297537
for: Voice [choir]
Music score
Item no.: 271753
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777314
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1545212
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 281948
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 382310
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 347678
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3–4 singing bowls, glass harmonica
Choir score
Item no.: 632189
Choral Collection for mixed choir a cappella, occasionally with keyboard accompaniment
53 Choral works from six centuries
Conductor's score with CD
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; keyboard instrument ad lib.
Choir book, Audio-CD
Item no.: 685359
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 669842
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233813
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233628
Like as the hart longs / Wie der Hirsch schreit
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 292099
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 133122
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 634000
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 660317
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 401537
for: Soloist (soprano/mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 213531
für gemischten Chor (SATB/SAAB) a cappella
Pop.Voxx Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676328
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 769237
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 778003
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777753
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804332
for mixed choir (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 792683
28 renowned Oratorio Choruses and Choral Works from the 17th to the 20th Centuries
for mixed chorus (SAM) and piano (organ)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 682182
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 431751
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSATB), organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 840961
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 176271
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 467661
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 215192
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777756
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 563709
for: Choir
Learning book (hardcover)
Item no.: 685926
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1013007
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388445
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 349079
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 193177
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 345321
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680065
An Opera in three Acts and a Prologue
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 749
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 365371
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 665215
Oratorio in three parts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 476443
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382958
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 274955
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) [6 voices] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335309
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