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.
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Study score
Item no.: 164116
for: Mixed choir (SABar), flute, oboe, strings
Choir score
Item no.: 617741
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1159985
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 772231
Jauchzet, ihr Himmel! Erfreue dich, Erde!
Michaelsteiner Musik-Archiv 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 606244
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 312894
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Music score
Item no.: 1703639
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1703621
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 623165
Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103113
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 226632
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984673
Ein Weihnachtsmusical
für Soli, Darsteller, Chor und Instrumente
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Piano score
Item no.: 681624
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 768979
for: Soloists, children's choir (one voice), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 377033
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSA) [children's choir], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 184997
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), percussion
Score
Item no.: 656882
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114738
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116268
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 348553
Aus „Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel“
auch mit unterlegtem Text von: Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 604319
(… der Träume als Blätter hat)
Magisches Weihnachtslied, das zu Herzen geht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 659991
for: Male choir; organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 336846
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 189238
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 312587
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798265
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 138557
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930412
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918646
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965382
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810552
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150491
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918265
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856651
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152526
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1151042
for: Children's choir, piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 686654
for: Choir (one voice) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 471974
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 1212798
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342684
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430844
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680076
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380699
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039305
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038206
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904097
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078368
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