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, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233398
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233397
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233396
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232241
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230791
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 586505
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424921
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233216
Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 624387
based on "The Creation" by Joseph Haydn
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691975
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237150
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236958
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 213121
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 768525
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 768523
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 2 violins, 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234911
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234626
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola d'amore (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233918
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230661
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230660
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230170
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229722
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235371
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Flöte
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Flute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676838
(Fragment aus Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Harzreise im Winter")
Bearbeitung für Altstimme, Männerchor und Kammerensemble
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Viola
Item no.: 778377
nach Worten des Franz von Assisi
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 1701471
Oratorium
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Horn (F)
Item no.: 499001
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1657281
für vier Soli, gemischten Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Violoncello und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 670440
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Violoncello
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676858
Bearbeitung für Chor und Kammerensemble
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 778391
zu Liedern aus dem EG
Keyboard 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, drums)
Single part Keyboard
Item no.: 673468
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part tenor horn
Item no.: 1317011
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 341779
Oratorium
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499004
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 641940
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673227
Kantate zum 13. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673202
Kantate zum 13. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673201
Kantate zum 21. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 673175
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias (vor 1724)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673143
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 613150
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 492311
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424386
Show yourselves joyful to the Lord
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160807
Lobsinget Gott, dem Herrn
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160673
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1136822
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (smezttbarb), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1136817
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