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: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 317444
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 161481
Variable arrangements for mixed chorus (SA / SSA / SAB / SATB) and piano
for: Women's choir (SA/SSA) [mixed choir (SAB/SATB)], piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass guitar, percussion) ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 447201
for: Children's choir (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 6820
for: Women's choir (SS) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 867880
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score, CD
Item no.: 456039
31 carols for mixed voices (SATB)
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 377916
Sing In The Barbershop Quartet Volume 5
for 4 male voices (male chorus) a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 649274
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp [piano]
Item no.: 295075
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 425512
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1015482
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 333927
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1015359
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823689
for: Mixed choir (SATBB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648089
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 123446
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; flute, hand drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 746017
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 620750
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Buch
Item no.: 483515
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 357376
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano ad lib.
Conductor's score, audio CD
Item no.: 607834
für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 681188
für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 681187
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 487985
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 154788
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 566106
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3533
Cantatas I–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 425525
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 8044
for: Mixed choir (SATBB), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 658254
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 123448
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820731
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226575
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 voices), harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 333798
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116683
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 618693
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1711568
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 477420
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670888
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 618692
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 8046
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 631627
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 135072
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285545
Christmas cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235816
141 Christmas carols
for: Women's choir [children's choir], piano
Choir book
Item no.: 586140
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279244
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3979
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