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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 200759
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199313
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199279
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 680799
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1330950
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985193
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1330691
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813771
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809894
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 900519
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 201476
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1212143
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1212114
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1212363
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031904
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031901
for: Mixed choir, percussion
Item no.: 130311
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1634124
Kantate BuxWV 4 für Sopran, Bass, gemischten Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 225879
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Flugelhorn (B-flat)
Item no.: 588881
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Tuba (B-flat high)
Item no.: 588864
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone horn 2 (C high)
Item no.: 588861
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone saxophone (E-flat)
Item no.: 588835
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1008716
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1642574
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1106012
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772187
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772181
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 764599
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Complete Orchestral Parts
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 683341
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 679840
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 674991
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 667733
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 667731
for: Women's choir (SSA), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 658367
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 656565
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 622743
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 clarinos (C), timpani ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607597
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1678292
for: Mixed choir (SSTT), 2 violins, contrabass, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1160828
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234861
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234860
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quintet
Set of parts
Item no.: 1556827
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 691332
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136625
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1136570
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1121005
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