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.
Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1209919
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1669915
für 4 Singstimmen, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und Bc
Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677290
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611198
Weihnachtsoratorium
Erstdruck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 630747
Englisches Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 630392
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 625972
Chorsaetze Alter Meister
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 168635
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125117
für gemischten Chor (SAM/SATB), Gemeinde, Streicher (ad lib.) und Orgel
Chorpartitur für beide Fassungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), parish, orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 685053
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124502
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124481
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169451
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122695
für Frauenchor und Tasteninstrument
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 601944
"Evangelische Gespräche I, 7" (C-Dur)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin, cornett [2 violins], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 602284
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116709
F-Dur
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1653781
bearbeitet von Johann Sebastian Bach
BWV Anh. 30
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1652129
Süddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik Band 16
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, cello, organ; 2 trumpets, timpani ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1667078
Melodiefolge beschwingter Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660651
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855079
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123162
aus: Responsoria ad Matutinum in Nativitate Domini MH 639,3
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 670521
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 235841
aus: Drei Kirchenmusiken
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 235644
BuxWV 51
Chorpartitur
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), 2 trumpets, bassoon, string orchestra [wind ensembles], basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 234356
Kündlich groß ist das gottselige Geheimnis'
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 472730
Weihnachtskantate für gemischten Chor, Oberchor (Soloterzett) und Streicher
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 578742
für die heilige Christnacht
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 377036
aus der Vesper, für Soli, Chor und Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308053
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577919
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125377
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125261
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125512
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125368
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124886
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ, melodic instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 556050
(Christkindlmesse)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ; 4 soloists (SATB), orchestra ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 333679
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Item no.: 456229
Music For Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 470397
Im Chor Heft 51
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Item no.: 291848
3-5 oct.w/opt.3-5 oct. handchimes & instruments
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855525
Two Equal Voices
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917955
Heilge Nacht, auf Engelsschwingen nahst du
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145712
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425719
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
möglich!
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 238023
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 191657
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