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.
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964793
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100891
Weltlich
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1037206
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101087
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959127
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964747
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982845
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556297
Psalmen Davids 1619, op. 2/4 (SWV 25)
Psalm-Konzert für zwei Favorit-Chöre (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 231707
Geistliche Musik nach einem Text von Emily Dickinson für Frauenchor a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSMMAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635328
"Dir gehört mein Herz" aus dem Musical "Tarzan"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 623916
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964727
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093220
Cantata for Ascension Day
BWV 37
STUTTGARTER BACH AUSGABEN
URTEXT
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683068
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683029
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121081
The Choral Music of Latin America and the Caribbean
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1643683
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB); 2 violins, viola, cello ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 550796
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1634878
Konzertwerk
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1004935
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1076670
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105541
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1076673
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1321280
Based on Psalm 57
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1559823
A Partner Song with Jingle Bells
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582860
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 832044
for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1664022
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany – "Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revised edition)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681136
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233629
Vocal Studio 99
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334310
for mixed choir (SATB) and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1653956
Wedding cantata
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666740
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100909
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101149
Cantata for the 5th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233461
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
Kodaly Today Handbook Series
for: School class
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 887495
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 325353
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 485324
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317838
Performance Ideas for Choirs
for: Children's choir; piano [guitar] ad lib.
Score (teacher's manual)
Item no.: 1652528
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 962173
Chorlieder für 4 gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 655297
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874555
17th Century English Melody
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905590
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 796772
Ode to St Cecilia
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340592
Opera in two acts op. 50
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 302521
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