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: Male choir
Item no.: 242639
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 422873
Adventliches Singspiel über Lukas 17,11-19
Die biblischen Singspiele von Ulrich Gohl sind ein Versuch, Kinder und Erwachsene mitgestaltend am Gottesdienst zu beteiligen.
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 345080
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825511
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097428
Praetorius: Vom Himmel hoch - Bach: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen - Praetorius: Wie schön leucht' uns der Morgenstern - Vulpius: Aus Saba kamen Kön'ge dar
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 365130
für Sopran, Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Baß und Pauken
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334464
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 560701
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116031
Strubes Chorblaetter 12
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 425454
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe d'amore (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1666841
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 363274
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 697296
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 235536
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 235535
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Tenor Saxophone (B-flat)
Item no.: 291206
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117169
Weihnachtslieder Alter Meister
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 334107
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 473040
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 378165
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364726
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469552
Weihnachtskantate für gemischten Chor, Oberchor (Soloterzett) und Streicher
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 474907
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 128703
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656323
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 236112
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587156
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 647981
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Ave Maria SWV 334
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 231804
Magnifikat
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230777
Dormi In Suavia
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSATB), 2 flutes, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 365827
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 490606
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122069
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 823528
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125872
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Partitur, [deutsch, französisch]
Item no.: 459662
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 458934
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
Viola
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233935
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233083
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
10 Choir scores
Item no.: 1645341
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 826541
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126389
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085359
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125072
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 826150
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825886
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 825451
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 311805
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