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.
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982734
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982646
Kommt, eilet und laufet
Parodie der weltlichen Kantate "Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen" BWV 249a
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 234134
Kommt, eilet und laufet
Parodie der weltlichen Kantate "Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen" BWV 249a
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234133
Cantata for Palm Sunday or for the feast of the Annunciation – "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen"
Version in A
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 234007
Cantata for Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233941
Folk
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101262
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983053
Vocal Studio 99
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676945
Volume 22 - Sez. Prima - Partitura In 2 Vol.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 263409
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 636145
for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679412
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 796783
Cantata for Michaelmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280484
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 550836
Chorale cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 235789
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 686576
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1596213
The Cats
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610169
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610041
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 231897
Latin American Choral Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 370519
aus: Messiah 1 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 279252
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 889010
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343070
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340623
No. 5 Ching-a-Ring-Chaw
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 298786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 382034
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692944
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678458
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678339
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678333
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746263
from the Musical "The Wiz"
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746254
from the musical "Something Rotten!"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746197
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745980
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745882
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet, snare drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745737
Love Theme from "A Star Is Born"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746319
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 930074
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911592
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 910292
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 948542
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Book
Item no.: 948380
Come Thou the world's Redeemer
Kantate (1. Advent)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285456
für SATB und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 473071
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632893
for: 5 soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 766210
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