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, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289382
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289378
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316340
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598140
5 X-Mas-Arrangements mit Body-Percussion
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1681123
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596823
for: Mixed choir (SATB), saxophone quartet; rhythm group ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590937
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590912
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590903
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590771
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590710
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590709
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590704
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 371538
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 672331
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236805
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 198473
for: Voice [choir], organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 422932
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 487718
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 770275
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 773173
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 238021
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 444877
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 775788
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1268174
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1264384
Ein diebisches Weihnachtsvergnügen
Ein Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder und Jugendliche ab 9 Jahren
for: Voices, narrator, children's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 693607
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 647360
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 681478
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1267602
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1267594
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1268012
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 495237
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 556862
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 345402
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 234242
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237463
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 235985
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 207413
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 621645
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 580337
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 231831
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 179897
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 423795
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 231212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 230243
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
Complete orchestral parts
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649420
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