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), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1018695
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 499006
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 648689
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 229416
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 216009
A Christmas Musical Play for Infants
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Piano reduction, CD
Item no.: 312618
for: Choir (1–2 parts), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 223126
(For All the Children)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701376
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1712057
for: Choirs (SATB/SAB/SSAA/TTBB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 691708
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1015362
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1317363
Cantatas I–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1215619
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679008
Cantata for Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 655810
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236133
Cantata for New Year
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233852
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233438
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233095
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 150694
Cantata for New Year's Day; Circumcision of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 134754
Oratorio fragment
Part I: The Birth of Christ; Part II: The Passion of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205752
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 146120
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1478439
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 649607
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 690954
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 632661
New edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1549188
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1343080
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649584
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103481
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1669578
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549258
für SATB (Orgel ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1652636
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 465122
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658265
Merry Christmas to You / Viele bunte Päckchen
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 662777
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678437
Unison/2-Part/SAB/SATB
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 696072
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; flute, hand drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 746009
for: Mixed choir (SABar), flute, hand drum
Choir score
Item no.: 745920
Music from "Rondo alla Turca"
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745904
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano 4 hands [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 666202
18 traditionelle Christmas Melodies für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Klavier (Gitarre ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar ad lib.
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 672077
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano; latin percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934749
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 576588
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), organ
Score
Item no.: 1652413
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1559519
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