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) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747083
"Das Volk, das im Finstern wandelt" (Jesaja 9)
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Partitur = Orgelstimme
Item no.: 746947
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 729966
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675552
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428066
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 187751
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215340
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344549
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 938674
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 371115
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229712
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229711
Weihnachtskantate für Bariton solo, gem Chor und Streicher
Telemann-Archiv: Stuttgarter Ausgabe 119
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234567
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229713
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229710
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229714
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 685601
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 692761
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672156
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690448
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 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773087
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237468
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237467
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772203
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235539
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 235538
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Clarino 1, 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690459
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233681
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.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232589
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230259
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424841
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSTBarB, S[A]TTBarB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424839
op. 12
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235710
op. 12
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235706
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Single part in C
Item no.: 770277
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489290
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Bassoon 1, 2
Item no.: 695776
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230453
BWV 197a - 197,1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1551790
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355401
MH 72
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237797
KV 195 (186d)
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235093
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 232093
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232090
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673757
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693147
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680141
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043141
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