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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087076
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1741472
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 208718
for: Mixed choir (SAT), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588163
Cantata for Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233943
for: Youth choir
2 music scores, CD
Item no.: 631651
Der Welterfolg aus dem Film „Sister Act“ (ohne Solo)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 495229
for: Solo voice (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), alto saxophone, piano, bass, drums
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1560039
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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 674492
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 855959
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Choir book
Item no.: 432426
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673168
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673139
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667006
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635870
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
Cantata for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bachausgaben
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 771433
Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity – Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Graduated prices on request
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 678588
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233840
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 277205
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226576
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
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices]; basso continuo ad lib.
Music score (without cover)
Item no.: 232024
Motet
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226946
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 668239
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423235
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB); 7 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 278999
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779138
– 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 feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 683041
Revised edition
for: School class
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1329696
for: Women's choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 161598
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 366255
Eric Whitacre Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 696875
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1340671
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
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 610797
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 1670443
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 140605
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 423886
Chorale cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 422208
Cantata for New Year's Day; Circumcision of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344734
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234132
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234062
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