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.
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Einzelstimme Coro 1: B.c.
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421974
TVWV 7:30
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234588
CW E 5
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234478
Fk 83
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234165
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234021
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 488639
Requiem in f op. 314
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1018650
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558424
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643514
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 636502
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 141268
Offertorium de venerabili
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355190
Motet a 12
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae"
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles, organ
Single part Trumpet 1, 2
Item no.: 1355096
Motet a 12
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae"
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles, organ
Single part Viola 1, 2
Item no.: 1355095
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355011
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 666920
Psalm 121
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1043123
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779141
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355532
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355531
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355529
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354939
for: Children's choir (SSA), narrator, orchestra [2 pianos]
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231244
for: Children's choir (SSA), narrator, orchestra [2 pianos]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231240
for: Soloist (baritone), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230682
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230606
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232175
Requiem
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235421
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675268
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1546223
"The harp that once thro' Tarra's halls"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [harp, string orchestra]
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 375980
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160976
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Guitar (orchestral part)
Item no.: 603953
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349292
6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472465
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349310
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232241
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498916
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1106001
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143774
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143772
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143770
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 434041
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425568
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664576
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664572
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 292134
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 215501
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