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.
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609004
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370571
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609551
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609528
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609490
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608669
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930376
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930084
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911850
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 846452
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 844659
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843932
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842817
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842812
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Single part Trumpet (solo)
Item no.: 300035
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Flute 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681832
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 368515
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 365823
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 643019
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 386079
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1161045
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 325456
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 802076
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167793
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 965441
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811763
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811748
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021459
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1021100
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1178475
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1155377
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1159850
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 862899
Da die Zeit erfüllet war
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742412
1. Auf, ihr Hirten (18. Jh.) / 2. Dort oben vom Berge (Oberösterreich)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742398
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747098
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341541
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 631003
for: Mixed choir (SATB), percussion
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 628329
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764251
Weihnachtslied aus Finnland
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746845
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355823
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308849
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308739
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308716
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308633