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: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1117108
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043330
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1043324
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano 2
Item no.: 339588
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1556315
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1136566
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), baroque orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1106027
– complete orchestral parts –
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Set of parts
Item no.: 797927
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 770554
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 687573
First Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Bassoon/Double bass
Item no.: 681259
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach–Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 680686
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 673161
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 661353
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 661352
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 771660
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; brass winds ad lib.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 771360
Viennese version
1736/ 1800/ 1843
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 770892
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), harp, organ; violin, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano ad lib.
Performance score for winds
Item no.: 676804
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 229955
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229686
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola da gamba (orchestral part)
Item no.: 149410
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 148787
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771497
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771496
for: Choir (1-4 voices), piano [2 violins, viola, cello]; upper melodic instrument ad lib.
Single part Violin 3 [Viola]
Item no.: 692051
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Editions
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 686665
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 681267
Dona nobis pacem, Domine
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236240
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1552436
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Partitur
Item no.: 209414
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231283
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231282
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 230751
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230438
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo (organ); 5 winds ad lib.
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424497
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Guitar and bass guitar (single part)
Item no.: 231497
Version with a smaller orchestra
without attachement
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 604480
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099483
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099471
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099461
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099459
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099437
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099403
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099368
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099356
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099348
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1099331
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