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.
Weihnachtslieder aus aller Welt: Großbritannien und USA
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 758596
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1714168
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 366296
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556275
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 297901
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 602162
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 762126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 556400
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 581797
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315430
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 645422
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 460538
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 649583
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 893683
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 380516
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 618590
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, guitar, percussion
Score
Item no.: 673500
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285544
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 663878
Christmas cantata
Reprint of the first edition Leipzig 1892
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279324
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626249
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 687337
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812860
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804909
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808043
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701378
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir book
Item no.: 123456
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681082
Arrangement for organ
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1478481
from Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 744866
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321809
for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1711875
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 362410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 489427
Cantata for Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 655808
Cantata for Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 655807
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 422962
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233136
Cantata for the New Year's Day
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 445139
Cantata for the 2nd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232952
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233675
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556276
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 767651
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 648308
Traditional Polish Carol
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670731
A Medley Of 4 Traditional Spirituals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; brass quintet, timpani ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1549509
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125649
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1651781
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