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: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Trumpet (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677046
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677033
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Clarinet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677025
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236689
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766609
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 434040
Motet for two four-part mixed choirs and instruments
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425761
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690711
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 426110
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 146421
Choral Cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Viola da gamba, Cello [basso continuo] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766996
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1549850
für gem Chor und Symphonieorchester
Violine 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1136610
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 299978
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425581
Funeral Cantata TWV 4:17
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Violin
Item no.: 430522
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; flute ad lib.
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1156223
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1689322
Choralkantate
BuxWV 20
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1670551
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689782
nach Worten des Franz von Assisi
Trompeten in C und Posaunen
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Trumpet (C)
Item no.: 1701472
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1556960
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Violine 1
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676854
Bearbeitung für Chor und Kammerensemble
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Viola
Item no.: 778390
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670362
für Frauenchor, Streicher und Orgel Kontrabass (1996/2002)
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623073
Ein Musical für Kinder
nach dem Gleichnis Jesu aus dem Lukasevangelium
für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Bass guitar (single part)
Item no.: 616428
Symphonisches Gospeloratorium über Jesus von Nazareth
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689632
Festliche Liedmesse für gem Chor und Orgel (kleines Orchester)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, parish, organ; brass winds, chamber orchestra ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645555
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355519
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 473306
für gemischten Chor, Streicher und Generalbass
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 164399
Die deutsche Passion (1568)
In einer Neufassung von Ralf Kotz
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677308
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424743
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Früher J.S. Bach zugeschriebenes Werk
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), flute, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424482
Version fo choir of equal voices and instruments
Musique sacrée française
for: Women's choir (1 part), chamber ensemble
Single part Organ
Item no.: 687454
Passions-Cantate, nach der Poesie des Herrn Buschmann HoWV I.2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 621383
Geistliches Singspiel für Kinderchor, Gemeinde und Instrumente nach bekannten Volks- Kinder- und Kirchenliedern
für Kinder ab 8 Jahren, Anlass kann z.B. Erntedank oder das Thema "Schöpfung" sein
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 681651
Offertorium de venerabili sacramento
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 2 violins, 3 trombones ad lib.
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 234915
in due cori
Stuttgarter Vivaldi Ausgaben - Urtext
Basso continuo - Coro 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234771
Chorale cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235773
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 335901
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235681
Alleluja. Laudate Dominum
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235490
KV 117 (66a = 47b)
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234953
KV 117 (66a = 47b)
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234950
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236282
arrangiert von Johann Sebastian Bach
aus der Notenbibliothek Johann Sebastian Bachs
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234285
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