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.
Musikalische Exequien II
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1121072
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1121063
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1121059
vierchöriges geistliches Konzert
for: 4 mixed choirs, orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1108912
Oratorio
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1209973
Coronation Anthem III
HWV 260
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645521
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra [organ]
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236041
Heitere Tiergeschichten zum Singen. Sie können eine Musikstunde oder Chorprobe auflockern oder im Konzert auch als Zugabeeinfach Spaß machen.
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts), piano [keyboard], rhythm group
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231485
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts), piano [keyboard], rhythm group
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231475
Ein Singspiel über Matthäus 8,23-27 und Psalm 46
für Kinder- oder Jugendchor, Einzelstimmen, Sprecher und Tasteninstrument
Melodie- und Rhythmusinstrumente (auch Orff-Instrumente) ad libitum
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Melody instrument (C)
Item no.: 231421
O be joyful / O frohlocke in dem Herrn (Psalm 100)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230572
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232128
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Single part Cornett 1
Item no.: 232118
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232023
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (smezttbarb), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231968
from : Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SMezATBB), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231961
Gleichnis vom vierfachen Ackerfeld. Aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231915
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part Clarino (trumpet) 2
Item no.: 231748
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236695
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236693
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Clarino (trumpet) 2
Item no.: 236691
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236652
Kleine Kantate für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor (SATB) und Instrumente
(Text nach Psalm 126)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, trombone, piano, bass guitar
Bass guitar (single part)
Item no.: 682852
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Bassoon 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672371
Ein Musical für Kinder
nach dem Gleichnis Jesu aus dem Lukasevangelium
für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Cello
Item no.: 616427
Kantate zum Sonntag Oculi HoWV II.57
for: 3 soloists (STB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772210
'Creation Mass'
Urtext of the Joseph-Haydn Complete Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 132349
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1612011
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654501
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1018729
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 796851
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 796845
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), double bass, organ [chapell choir satb, 8 melodic instruments]
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160691
Ein Singspiel zu Lukas 15,11-32
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231398
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677346
for: Women's choir (SA), strings, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 479981
for: Women's choir (SA), strings, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 479980
nach Sprüchen aus 4 Jahrtausenden
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784908
Negro-Spirituals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), combo
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 784729
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677039
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra); children's choir ad lib.
Clarinet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677024
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624177
for: Choir
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624089
for: Male choir, piano
Single part 2
Item no.: 125418
for: Soloists, mixed choir, chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 147057
Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity – Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 678583
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355175
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355126
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