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.
Misatango
for: Solo voice (Mez), mixed choir (SATB), bandoneon, strings, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 300874
Handbook for choir leaders
for: Voice [choir]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 688062
Misatango
for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir, bandoneon, piano and string orchestra
for: Solo voice (Mez), mixed choir (SATB), bandoneon, strings, piano
Score
Item no.: 457392
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116683
for mixed chorus and harp
score (= vocal score)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]
Piano score
Item no.: 198585
Misatango
for: Solo voice (Mez), mixed choir (SATB), bandoneon, strings, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 604896
Revised edition by Michael Pilkington
Mengenpreise möglich
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 163439
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
for solos, choir, orchestra and organ
reduction for song and organ by the author
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 147125
sur des thèmes grégoriens
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 484907
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Item no.: 131292
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; soprano saxophone ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 194351
2nd version with the 4 inserts from the E-flat major version (transposed)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116691
full score / conductor's score
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, piano
Score
Item no.: 344997
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
44 Warm-Up and Performance Studies for Jazz, Pop and Gospel Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, CD
Item no.: 491884
10 New Songs
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 495380
New revised version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577618
für gem Chor und Blasorchester (Orgel ad lib) Orgelauszug
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 676251
'Coronation Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116578
Missa Canonica
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 162246
Hymns IV and V from "Gloria Patri"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694493
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 151464
No. 1 of "Two Hymns of Praise"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ [orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 465767
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 666394
Oratorio for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
New edition based on original sources (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155706
For mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 374606
Oper in drei Akten und zwölf Bildern
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388721
Staffelpreise auf Anfrage
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3–4 singing bowls, glass harmonica
Choir score
Item no.: 632189
cantate pour double choeur mixte a cappella
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 245932
aus "The Strathclyde Motets"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 491890
Chor- und Begleitsätze zur gleichnamigen LP-Serie
Band 3
Die neuen religiösen Lieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 142057
Pop-Messe für 2- bis 4-stimmigen Chor (SS / SSA / SSM / SSAM) und Klavier
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 656441
Aria aus dem "Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach"
bearbeitet für Chor (SATB), Oboe, Streicher (ad lib.) und Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe, basso continuo; strings ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2051
Geistliche Musik
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 156590
Geistliche Chormusik für SAM und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1340578
Totenmesse für vier Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
zum ersten Jahrestag des Todes von Alessandro Manzoni
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260622
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116738
New Completion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340581
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; double bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 446152
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 629796
from Song of Solomon
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695749
Neue Bearbeitung 1916 op. 60,2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100622
for mixed chorus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 312291
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
Oper in 3 Akten
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 166090
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 246395
30 Christmas Carols arranged for Soprano and Alto voice
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 317444
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