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.
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
A Mass for Peace
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143808
Oratorio in 3 Parts for Soloists (SATB), Choir and Orchestra (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 379050
Poppiges für zwei Stimmen vorwiegend mit Klavierbegleitung–
– Staffelpreise auf Anfrage –
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), piano
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 631318
Sacred choral works for mixed choir with and without piano/organ
- Graduated price on request -
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 217258
Gospel
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard, guitar]
Score
Item no.: 5002
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
11 Anthems for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 371561
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551928
Oratorium in drei Teilen – Klavierauszug (englisch)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 334081
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 689641
Englische Chormusik aus fünf Jahrhunderten
deutsch / englisch (Paperback)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 376463
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 666394
Schulchorbuch für gemischte Stimmen
Chorleiterband
for: Mixed youth choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 486727
im Auftrag des Verbandes evangelischer Chöre in Hessen und Nassau
for: Mixed choir, band (piano, guitar, bass, drums, wind instruments)
Score
Item no.: 276250
Motet – "Jesu, meine Freude"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226945
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
"Actus tragicus"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167439
33 Songs
– Staffelpreis auf Anfrage –
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 769234
SATB and piano (Elgar’s original piano accompaniment) or orchestra
Words from Bavarian Volkslieder and Schnadahupfl
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 328572
Oratorio
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 476444
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
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811648
für Sopransolo, gemischten Chor und kleines Orchester (Orgel) Vokalpartitur
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [6 melodic instruments, organ]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123417
Bayerisches Liederheft für Geselligkeit, Gemeinde, Gottesdienst
für 3-4 Stimmen (gemischter Chor/Gemeinde)
for: Mixed choir (2–4 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 648481
15 All-Time Standards für Frauenchor und Begleitung
for: Women's choir (SSA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 445148
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 624483
Das Chorbuch für die Westentasche
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Staffelpreise auf Anfrage
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 683181
Edition Peters Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 482962
Geistliche Lieder für die verschiedenen Anlässe des Kirchenjahres, Gospels und Spirituals für Frauenchöre
Band 1
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 347056
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 632324
Urtextausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 658259
Geistliche Chormusik für SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); partly with piano
Score
Item no.: 775570
Begräbnismusik in drei Teilen für Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe Urtext
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423286
Choral Collection for mixed choir a cappella, occasionally with keyboard accompaniment
53 Choral works from six centuries
Conductor's score with CD
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; keyboard instrument ad lib.
Choir book, Audio-CD
Item no.: 685359
for choir and Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 303691
Oratorio
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 359617
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621571
Songs from Disney-films
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 663809
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 155427
50 pieces from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Baltic States
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 680587
A Symphony-Cantata after Texts from the Holy Scriptures
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695978
53 neue Kanons und Loop Songs mit Kreativideen, Klavier-Pattern und umfangreichen Online-Material
Ringbindung
for: Choir, piano
Music score (with text and chords), E-Book, Media App
Item no.: 687192
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137089
Abendlob
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 151245
A cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus and orchestra
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 334417
HWV 54
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550475
Vocal Score and Full Score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 207093
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