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), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237754
über Lukas 2,1-10
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 376685
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Single part Cor anglais
Item no.: 232120
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Single part Cornett 2
Item no.: 232119
Deutsche Litanei. Aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232011
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); 5 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231999
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231900
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231742
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
Leipziger Fassung, 1715(?)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655882
Freischütz Mass (WeV A.2)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771517
zu Liedern aus dem EG
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, drums)
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 673467
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Trompete 2 in C
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676846
Kantate zum Sonntag Misericordias Domini
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233613
Ein frühes geistliches Werk des berühmten Opernkomponisten.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237181
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233333
op. 1 Nr. 3
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236919
für 9 Singstimmen und 9 Instrumente bearbeitet. Versch. Kürzungen, Gesamtdauer inkl. Pause 110 Min., originaler Notentext weitgehend erhalten.
for: Children's choir, 9 instruments
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235890
aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424185
aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 424184
aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424183
aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424182
Choral
Die deutsche Fassung des Te Deums entstand als Auftragskomposition zum 1000jährigen Bestehen des Deutschen Reiches im Berliner Dom.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423881
Kantate zum 26. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Umarbeitung einer Adventskantate aus dem Jahr 1716 BWV 70a; heute verschollen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233177
ZWV 13
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236960
Große Credomesse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236704
Entstand während Campras Zeit als Kapellmeister an der Pariser Kathedrale als Auftragswerk für einen Gottesdienst im Andenken an den verstorbenen Erzbischof von Paris.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424925
op. 16
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424412
nach der Fassung von J. S. Bach
aus der Notenbibliothk Johann Sebastian Bachs
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424340
nach der Fassung von J. S. Bach
aus der Notenbibliothk Johann Sebastian Bachs
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424339
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689547
Gaudete, exultate Coro SATB, 2 Tr, 2 Vl, Va, Bc Violoncello/Kontrabass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 646524
A-Dur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645368
Psalm 121
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1043202
Kantate für den 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 611419
Über die Nicht- und Flüchtigkeit des menschlichen Lebens.
Kantate zum 24. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Recorder 3
Item no.: 674996
Der Fromme stirbt HoWV I.4
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487016
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344424
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Favorit choir (at), chapell choir (SSATB), orchestra
Single part 3
Item no.: 1160901
Cantata for the New Year's Day
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797157
Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d
for: Choir, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 401278
aus: Petite Messe solennelle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 236316
aus: Messias, Zweiter Teil, Nr. 31 F-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra [organ]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236036
à 8 in due cori con Istromenti
Stuttgarter Vivaldi Ausgaben - Urtext
Violine 1- Coro 2
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 string orchestras
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234755
aus: Holsteinsches Gesangbuch
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234189
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230464
for: 2 soloists (AT), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230285
for: 4 soloists (SATB) [selected choir], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230066
Kantate zum 8. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233958
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