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: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016500
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1075304
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499742
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 499745
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 662950
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 328694
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086559
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 826792
für 1-, 3-, oder 4-stimmigen Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (1, 3, or 4 parts), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 678861
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1014523
Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1059210
Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964694
Christmas Choruses and Solos
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115982
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824484
Heft 5 aus «Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn»
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 687309
Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn Band 4
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 687315
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Chorpartitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 671135
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867604
(passend zu allen Chorausgaben)
Maritimes Advents- und Weihnachtslied
for: Choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1558462
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 253287
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 145813
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 128658
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 128657
In Nativitate Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 655846
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 475622
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 192313
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 192248
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824391
In Nativitate Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single parts Violins 1 and 2
Item no.: 655842
The Christmas Chorus Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091839
Motette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 280478
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 344086
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 152920
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Item no.: 336886
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 445750
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 291004
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 185351
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Chorpartitur (Orgel)
Item no.: 455883
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 549204
1. Fassung Es-dur BWV 243a/ 2. Fassung D-dur BWV 243
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) II/3
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 655565
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234334
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Single part marimba
Item no.: 690350
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121868
Italienische Volksweise
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 485205
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455537
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Cello
Item no.: 362493
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 333433
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235062
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