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.
aus: Psalmen Davids
Konzert
for: Favorit choir (at), chapell choir (SSATB), orchestra
Flute 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231775
Ein Märchenspiel (2009) nach der Geschichte "Der selbstsüchtige Riese" von Oscar Wilde
Kindermusical
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 659934
D 49
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232264
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236725
Graduale in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237900
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra [organ]
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236040
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1136627
'Creation Mass'
Urtext of the Joseph-Haydn Complete Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 180103
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558433
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558422
WAB 45
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670482
Begräbnismusik in drei Teilen für Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe Urtext
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Part 4
Item no.: 674156
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677034
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677032
for St Cecilia's Day, 1694
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 750042
for St Cecilia's Day 1694
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 733093
nach Sprüchen aus 4 Jahrtausenden
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784910
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355580
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355518
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Single part Trumpet 3
Item no.: 497602
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles, organ
Single part Trombone 5
Item no.: 1355088
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles, organ
Single part Trombone 4
Item no.: 1355087
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles, organ
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 1355086
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351881
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351880
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 636518
for: Choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1562679
for: Male choir
Single part
Item no.: 1618130
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; oboe [trumpet], 2 violas, 3 trombones colla parte ad lib.
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 646459
Motet for two four-part mixed choirs and instruments
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425830
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443821
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 286078
for: Male choir (TTBB), concert band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 204618
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TTBB)], orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 202267
for: Mixed choir [children's choir] (3 voices), string quartet
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 103188
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Single part Melody instrument (C)
Item no.: 646569
for: Soloist (tenor), women's choir, harp, organ
Single part Harp
Item no.: 1121018
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 337397
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696362
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part bass
Item no.: 1634115
for: Mixed choir (SATB), combo
Single part bass
Item no.: 1545091
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160955
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160952
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171869
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171480
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170307
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 169343