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.
für 5 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361087
col organo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 145140
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 210614
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389080
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 151464
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289026
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682164
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093174
Ausgewählte Sätze aus dem Chorbuch Gotteslob
for: Mixed choir [women's choir/children's choir], organ
CD
Item no.: 498633
(Collection, Urtext)
for: Male choir
Music score
Item no.: 379193
for: Voice [children's choir (one part)]; guitar [keyboard/accordion] ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 497153
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 554167
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389059
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 656462
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 198623
Studien-Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492827
Ed. Critica A. Zedda
Volume 20 - Sezione Prima - Opere Teatrali
Ricordi Critical Editions (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Scores
Item no.: 274947
for: Women's choir (SA) [male choir (TB)], piano
Score
Item no.: 561678
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392137
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SABar/SATB)], organ; parish, orchestra ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 658045
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 333291
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285589
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2961
for: Soloist, mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass guitar, percussion ad lib.
Score, audio files
Item no.: 8020
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 610425
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 670971
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 762112
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 223842
für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 382978
"Symphonie der Tausend"
Mahler - Gesamtausgabe 8
Nach dem Text der Kritischen Gesamtausgabe. Herausgegeben von der Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Wien
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 577389
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645994
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 107210
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 342227
Melodramma in un atto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 128194
Légende dramatique in four parts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205556
"Polish Flowers"
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1479719
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 662132
for: Choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 624772
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170193
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 690923
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 247112
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 299757
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 498713
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 190089
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 184253
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117311
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 656569
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430816
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