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.
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 216030
Männerchor auf Worte G. Byron
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 776497
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 766821
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 579651
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649782
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234813
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608710
für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 174736
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474597
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 847302
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764250
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764222
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 886463
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 849813
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843978
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843849
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938515
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937310
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934483
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934440
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235848
Nr. 7 Weihnachtsmotette (Ecce Sacerdos)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 106055
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904352
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621169
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 138599
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorstimme
Item no.: 202335
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 212117
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123947
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 733301
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Single part 4 in C, bass clef
Item no.: 672224
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 877929
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1167765
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167682
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167601
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167581
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002062
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002059
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 965388
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001806
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 898621
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 123441
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe, 2 violins, cello
Score
Item no.: 119963
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 633778
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 659645
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 330650
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309790
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309771
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309766
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