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.
Faber Young Voices
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 185754
– Graduated prices on request –
for: Mixed choir (SATTBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771463
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688359
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683155
Cantata for the Purification of Mary
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 683114
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 683041
Jugendchorbuch für gleiche Stimmen
Chorleiter-Paket: 2x Chorleiterband, Playback-CD
for: Youth choir
2 music scores, CD
Item no.: 631651
Motet
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226946
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226576
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
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234132
Kantate zur Ratswahl 1727 – Rekonstruktion
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (durchgesehene Neuauflage)
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234062
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233979
O be joyful / O frohlocke in dem Herrn (Psalm 100)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 230570
Gospel auf neuen Wegen
Set: Chorausgabe mit Audio-CD
for: Mixed choir (SMezAB), piano
Choir score, CD
Item no.: 642388
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982728
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652810
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323797
für gemischten Chor und Instrumente
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion, harp, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675364
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904631
Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzügen WWV 70
Pariser Fassung
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284548
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126211
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444419
Kantate zum Trinitatisfest
Stuttgarter Bachausgabe – Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 674492
Kantate zum 21. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673168
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias (vor 1724)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673139
op. 54 (1871)
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 668239
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany BWV 32
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681277
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679013
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1192418
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 624178
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
– Graduated prizes on request –
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 205757
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233630
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 423886
Jubilate
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232822
Chorale cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 422208
Deutsches Nunc dimittis
SWV 432 – 1657
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices]; basso continuo ad lib.
Music score (without cover)
Item no.: 232024
Drei Stücke für Obertongesang
mit einer kurzen Anleitung zum Obertongesang
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 635978
Alternative Rehearsal Techniques
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1107552
for Three-Part Treble Chorus with English Horn and Piano
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985594
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797223
op. 88
Stage Works Vocal Scores
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1031987
aus: Messias (Erster Teil)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Organ reduction
Item no.: 236026
10 thinking songs for problems solvers.
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 831792
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103585
Volume 3
The Phillip Brookes Collection
Repertoire Explorer
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 478657
Cantata for Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233943
Cantata for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bachausgaben
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 771433
Choral Now
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1056871
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