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.
Musikalisches Monodram
Repertoire Explorer
for: 3 soloists (TTB), mixed choir (SSTTB), narrator, piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 162411
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Editions
– Graduated prices on request –
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 686661
Cantata for the Purification of Mary or 3rd day of Easter
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe, violin, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 683048
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 683043
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683040
Cantata for Michaelmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 424871
Bruckner vocal Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1658706
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben · Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1652941
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1667522
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105531
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1192417
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123837
Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity – Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233267
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233243
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232937
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 225427
Disco–Ohrwurm für gemischten Chor (SSATTB) a cappella
Pop.Voxx Series
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676327
Cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben · Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232824
from: The Messiah, 2nd Part, No. 31 F major
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra [organ]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 236034
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 906108
Ein moderner Kreuzweg
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, bass guitar, percussion
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1701527
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923768
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908201
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1120911
Gesamtausgabe
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670880
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101601
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1169245
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Graduated prices on request
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 233867
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233705
Harmonia Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 931402
Pop und Rock
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913454
Harmonia-Gospel Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932004
Choral Vivace
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635865
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 431990
Choral Music from South Africa
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549935
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1651983
für Kinderchor und Klavier (Ensemble)
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663230
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1658547
Now listen, be quiet / Ja höret und schweiget
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 272426
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983112
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1192475
Dear Isle Of Man
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982707
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233977
Traditinal spiritual
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 890056
"Sing we and chant it" und "Now is the month of Maying"
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 421952
vierchöriges geistliches Konzert
for: 4 mixed choirs, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 232177
Singin' & Swingin' at the K-2 Chorale Series
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1126582
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964865
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