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.
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772201
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 773081
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233445
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235221
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Viola
Item no.: 695777
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc Violine 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672488
für gemischten Chor (SATB), 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc
Einzelstimme Viola
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643757
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489280
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 236110
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679022
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499163
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688076
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 469374
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1530160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641223
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355399
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 1355112
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 679027
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580571
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690418
für Solostimme (Sopran), gemischten Chor (SATB) und Instrumente
Viola
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684662
Weihnachtsoratorium
Erstdruck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 630471
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233443
Weihnachtskantate
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Cello [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 169904
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227897
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582342
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230047
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 677215
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Single part in B-flat
Item no.: 770278
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233442
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234816
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Flute
Item no.: 695778
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230451
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Guitar and bass (single part)
Item no.: 1530161
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781074
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781071
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 499166
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679026
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641225
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 1355117
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768420
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768418
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443945
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043150
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; oboe [trumpet], 2 violas, 3 trombones colla parte ad lib.
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675533
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1738827
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632889
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498396