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: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 667693
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 344292
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342969
1. Dort hoch auf jenem Berge / 2. Es ist ein Schnee gefallen
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751706
aus der Oper "Undine"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742687
1. "Why do sweet songs?"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742447
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747008
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SMezA), organ; strings ad lib.
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688548
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280964
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 215785
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204937
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204430
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204086
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202313
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 134162
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424956
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 236898
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236886
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Chorstimme
Item no.: 1544805
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 288773
for: Male choir (TTBB), Brass winds
Choir score
Item no.: 375993
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432662
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432665
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290084
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343605
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770505
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1639181
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1639179
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669907
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 299978
Oratorio on Words from the Holy Scriptures
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 341539
Symphony-Cantata
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229359
(Urtext)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 294803
"Coronation Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 294475
for choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654602
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1024950
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1178771
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1178760
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1011802
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 281130
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280836
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280269
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204837
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204157
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203169
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202668
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476525
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770613
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