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.
Das Hohelied der Liebe
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659053
für gem. Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 625968
Nine Blessings and Cradle-Songs for mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676354
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 612422
Nashville First Baptist Church Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121101
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103512
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121078
The Amanda Quist Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1637202
New Josquin Edition 22
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 769475
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103335
Shawnee Sacred
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556292
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 488358
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1031267
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), handbells
Choir score
Item no.: 1556348
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556756
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103123
Über die Nicht- und Flüchtigkeit des menschlichen Lebens – Kantate zum 24. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Telemann-Archiv – Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 423958
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1654165
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (version in g minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 610796
Wedding cantata
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666630
Kantate zur Trauung
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 661354
Wedding cantata – "Dem Gerechten muss das Licht"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revised edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680674
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester, Orgel und Basso continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681276
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Basso continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681275
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 647541
Cantata for Ascension Day
BWV 37
STUTTGARTER BACH AUSGABEN
URTEXT
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232921
A New Gospel Music Experience for mixed Voices
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 685339
Ein Chorheft für die Sekundarstufen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 404786
Banana Boat Song
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 482239
Choral Vivace
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635223
Cantate for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 461152
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 981305
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity B flat major BWV 98
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233523
Cantata for the 24th Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233027
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235744
Kantate BuxWV 4
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgabe
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 234302
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233868
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity – Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233662
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343078
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1641238
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343050
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1544082
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias (vor 1724)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 673140
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685597
Sinfonie-Kantate für drei Solostimmen (SST), gemischten Chor (SSAATB) und Orchester
!
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 210810
10 exciting songs to celebrate our world with CD
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 831813
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 982770
Modern Spirituals
aus dem Repertoire von GET UP! Landesgospelchor der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir book
Item no.: 694182
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