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: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625632
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021456
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196369
für gemischten Chor (SAM/SATB), Gemeinde, Streicher und Orgel
Spielpartitur Violine 1/2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), parish, orchestra, organ
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685057
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016536
Französisches Weihnachtslied
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016508
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1202418
"Christkindlmesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1639274
Oratorium in 3 Teilen
Die Playback-CD mit dem kompletten originalen Instrumental- Playback, ideal für Proben und Aufführungen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1024573
für 4-stg. gem Chor und Orgel Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 658392
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826832
Helle Glocken klingen wieder
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330960
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192436
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 424111
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672155
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 365824
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Bassoon 1
Item no.: 237612
"in nativitate Domini"
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237551
"in nativitate Domini"
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237549
"in nativitate Domini"
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237548
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234332
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145444
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165789
Weihnachtskantate
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 169575
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 640907
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236784
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234192
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579706
MOTETTE F. 4STG.CHOR, 2 FL., STR. U. ORGEL CHORPARTITUR
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 657009
Weihnachtskantate für gemischten Chor, Oberchor (Soloterzett) und Streicher
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 474911
Ein Krippenspiel
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Melody instrument (C/B-flat)
Item no.: 487683
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 485112
Bremer Chorblaetter 741
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271927
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 128762
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 577108
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 604243
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 152330
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 144831
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126420
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125746
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124273
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1123999
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 139624
Sound Of Norway
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 344357
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 388212
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388165
for: Women's choir [children's choir], piano
Partitur
Item no.: 619094
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 445096