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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355079
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355014
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355012
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1354940
for St. Cecilia's Day
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 488638
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 640894
for: Choir, orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 483450
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 369603
Ode to St Cecilia
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1340593
New Completion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1340590
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343036
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 274951
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171262
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493933
for: Choir
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644666
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 308212
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), concert band
Single part Organ
Item no.: 308230
for: Choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1560532
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689324
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 426106
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746027
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, bassoon, violone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 659529
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 214007
"Harmony Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185225
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170668
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143896
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171639
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170309
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1545133
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1544887
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, narrator, flexible ensemble
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 326970
for: Male choir (TTBB), concert band
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 204615
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TTBB)], orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 202270
for: Choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 401282
for: Mixed choir [children's choir] (3 voices), string quartet
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 103187
based on "The Creation" by Joseph Haydn
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691972
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin
Item no.: 369376
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237153
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237152
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 236961
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236959
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236223
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 234961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233516
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 213115
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189476
Chorale cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235775
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233259
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