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.
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Study Score 420
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 559837
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 610333
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125181
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 918713
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077960
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1014996
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203632
for: Children's choir
Item no.: 552127
for: Choir
Songbook
Item no.: 489585
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 328200
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1017011
Demo-CD
for: Mixed choir, instruments
CD
Item no.: 243504
"Christkindlmesse"
Stimmensatz - Klarinette und Horn
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 775920
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtsfesttag HoWV II.9
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 772147
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Item no.: 465142
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 194751
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237200
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 236283
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 580336
Musik Aus Ostbayern Bd 26
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 245389
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040273
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592558
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591030
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595173
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121110
German Magnificat
Frühfassung
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 676716
for: Mixed choir (4–8 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 372940
Die kleine Kantate zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Narrator, soloists, children's choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 142118
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 420011
for: Children's choir
CD
Item no.: 398617
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 158124
Koerblad 126
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 345273
for: Male choir
Item no.: 552115
KV 109 (74e)
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652969
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Item no.: 160211
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 232694
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 232623
Weihnachtskantate – Der Klavierauszug ist zugleich eine Bearbeitung für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 236132
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
– Graduated prizes on request –
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234190
Kompositionen für Orgel und Chor über Themen der großen deutschen Advents und Weihnachtstradition.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 335001
für hohe Stimmen (Ss/Sa)
Four Traditionals Polish Christmas Carols - For upper juniors to adults
for: Women's choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313809
Walzer für Männerchor und Klavier
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 382488
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913585
Weihnachtslied aus Estland
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 136475
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125067
for: Women's choir, organ
Item no.: 416492
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1689426
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 602980
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