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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 674383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 680696
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 680695
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105904
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 387734
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 173987
Eine Chorliedgeschichte für Kinder
for: Children's choir, piano
Item no.: 488350
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 495221
66 Chorsätze des 16. und 17. Jh. für gemischten Chor SATB
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 235984
Cantata for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Solo voice (bass/baritone), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561383
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 489718
En vänlig grönskas rika dräkt
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 620848
Kyrie-Gloria-Messe (Lutherische Messe)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 480230
Kantate BuxWV 22 für vier Singstimmen, zwei Violinen, 2 Violetten, Violone und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667179
Chormusik zum Genfer Psalter 4
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471080
Schul-Musical für Kinder und Jugendliche von 9 bis 15 Jahren
for: Voices, narrator, children's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 693611
“Auf schlürfet ihr Freunde” aus der Oper “La Traviata”
mit Klavier oder kleinem bzw. großem Orchester
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 377652
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 656752
Sing & Play
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 585647
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279287
First Edition – Carlson I A3
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 550866
Niederdeutsches Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 630911
"Resurrection"
Based on the New Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 693133
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273632
Musical für Kindergarten und Grundschule für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und Klavier (Instrumente ad lib)
Klavier-Partitur mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 669422
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 242096
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233048
Neue Geistliche Lieder und Kanons
for: Voice [choir]
Songbook
Item no.: 385548
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 465910
oder "Der Traum vom Gewinnerrythmus"
Ein Rhythmical in zwei Akten für alle unter 100 (Klavierpartitur, auch als Klavierfassung aufführbar)
for: Choir (1-3 voices), actors, rhythm group; trumpet, saxophone, trombone ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 623170
43 neue religiöse Lieder und Spirituals
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Performance score for winds
Item no.: 160870
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 554389
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392154
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; strings ad lib.
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 930189
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929459
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 769200
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 769074
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 493845
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556693
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 659814
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235051
Kantate zum 18. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233496
aus »Open up Wide«
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 627382
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1701798
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 160682
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 942102
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941918
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940104
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