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Vocal sets by composer or artist

Vocal sets B

BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel

Magnificat (Long)

ed. by Carl Deis
Schirmer
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
49 vs
Instrumental set available

BACH, Johann Sebastian

Cantata no. 4, 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (Long)

ed. by Arno Schonstedt, English version by C. S. Terry
Breitkopf and Hartel
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 19, 'Es erhub sich ein Streit' (Long)

Breitkopf and Hartel
STB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 21, 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis' (Long)

ed. by Klaus Hofmann
Carus
STB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 29 'Wir danken dir, Gott' ([Long)

ed. by Hans Grischkat
Carus
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 50, 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft' (Short)

ed. by Gunther Raphael, English version by E.H. Thorne
Breitkopf and Hartel
SATB+SATB and orchestra
German and English
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 62, 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland II' (Short)

ed. by Reinhold Kubik
Carus
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 65, 'Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen' (Long)

ed. by Ulrich Haverkampf, English version by C.S. Terry
Breitkopf and Hartel
TB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 78, 'Jesu, der du meine Seele' (Long)

Carus
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 80, 'Ein feste Burg is unser Gott' (Long)

Carus
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
6 fsc, 30 chsc
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' (Long)

ed. by Otto Schroder, English version by J. Michael Diack
Breitkopf and Hartel
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
80 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 110, 'Unser Mund sei voll Lachens' (Long)

ed. by Reinhold Kubik
Carus
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 113, 'Herr Jesu Christ, du hochstes Gut' (Long)

Breitkopf and Hartel
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 140, 'Wachet auf' (Long)

ed. by Gunter Raphael, English version by C. V. Gorton
Breitkopf and Hartel
STB soli, chorus and orchestra
German, English and French
60 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 143, 'Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele' (Long)

ed. by Klaus Hofmann
Carus
STB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' (Long)

ed. by Ulrich Haverkampf, English version by C. S. Terry
Breitkopf and Hartel
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no.154, 'Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren' (Short)

Breitkopf and Hartel
ATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 176, 'Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding' (Short)

Breitkopf and Hartel
SAB soli, chorus and orchestra
German
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Cantata no. 178, 'Wo Gott der Herr, nicht bei uns halt' (Long)

Breitkopf and Hartel
ATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Christmas oratorio, BWV248 (Long)

ed. by Alfred Durr
Barenreiter
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German
80 vs
Instrumental set available

Christmas oratorio, BWV248 (Long)

ed. by Rev J. Troutbeck
Novello
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
English
63 vs
Instrumental set available

Easter oratorio, BWV249 (Long)

ed. by G. Raphael
Breitkopf and Hartel
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Furchte dich nicht, BWV228 (Short)

Barenreiter
SATB+SATB
German
40 vs

Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV226 (Short)

Barenreiter
SATB+SATB
German
40 vs

Jesu meine Freude, BWV227 (Short)

Barenreiter
SSATB
German
40 vs

Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV229 (Short)

Barenreiter
SATB+SATB
German
40 vs

Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV230 (Short)

Barenreiter
SATB
German
40 vs

Lobet Gott in seinem Reichen (Himmelfahrts-Oratorium), BWV11 (Long)

ed. by P. Horn
Carus
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Lutheran Mass, A major, BWV234 (Long)

ed. by Emil Platen
Barenreiter/Carus
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Lutheran Mass, G minor, BWV235 (Long)

ed. by Emil Platen
Barenreiter/Carus
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Magnificat, D major, BWV243 (Long)

ed. by Eduard Muller
Barenreiter
SSATB soli, SSATB chorus and orchestra
Latin
70 vs
Instrumental set available

Magnificat, D major, BWV243 (Long)

ed. by Reverend J. Troutbeck
Novello
SSATB soli, SSATB chorus and orchestra
Latin and English
66 vs
Instrumental set available

Magnificat, E flat major, BWV243a (Long)

Barenreiter
SSATB soli, SSATB chorus and orchestra
Latin
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Mass in B minor, BWV232 (Long)

ed. by Gottfried Muller
Barenreiter
SSATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
60 vs
Instrumental set available

Mass in B minor, BWV232 (Long)

ed. by Neil Jenkins
Novello
SSATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
60 vs
Instrumental set available

St. John Passion, BWV245 (Long)

ed. by Neil Jenkins
Novello
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
60 vs
Instrumental set available

St. John Passion, BWV245 (Long)

ed. by Alfred Durr
Barenreiter
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
35 vs
Instrumental set available

St. Matthew Passion, BWV244 (Long)

ed. by Alfred Durr
Barenreiter
German
60 vs
Instrumental set available

St. Matthew Passion, BWV244 (Long)

ed. by Neil Jenkins
Novello
German and English
60 vs
Instrumental set available

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV225 (Short)

Barenreiter
SATB+SATB
German
40 vs

BARBER, Samuel

Agnus Dei: transcribed from Adagio for strings op. 11 (Short)

Schirmer
SATB (divisi) and organ
Latin
75 vs

Baroque Christmas classics (compilation)

By Praetorius, Gesius, Walter, J.S. Bach, Eccard, Scheidt, Schutz, Schroeter
ed. by Judith Blezzard
Faber Music
SATB
German and Latin
40 vs

BAX, Arnold

I sing of a maiden (Short)

Studio
SAATB
30 vs

BEACH, Amy

Mass in E flat major, op.5 (Long)

Walton
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
50 vs

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van

Mass in C major, op. 86 (Long)

ed. by Michael Pilkington
Novello
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
78 vs
Instrumental set available

Mass in D major, op. 123, 'Missa solemnis' (Long)

ed. by Barry Cooper Barenreiter
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
60 vs
Instrumental set available

Symphony no. 9 in D minor. Last movement (Long)

ed. by Berthold Tours
Novello
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
80 vs
Instrumental set available

Symphony no.9 in D minor. Last movement (Long)

ed. by J. del Mar
Barenreiter
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
German
80 vs
Instrumental set available

BERLIN, Irving

Irving Berlin: from rags to Ritz – a medley (Short)

arr. by Audrey Snyder Hal Leonard
SATB and piano
50 vs

BERLIOZ, Hector

Te Deum, op. 22 (Long)

ed. by Otto Taubmann
Barenreiter
T solo, chorus, orchestra and organ
Latin
40 vs
Instrumental set available

BERNSTEIN, Leonard

Chichester psalms (Short)

Schirmer/Boosey and Hawkes
Tr solo, chorus and orchestra
Hebrew
60 vs

Mass: a theatre piece for singers, players and dancers (Long)

Jalni Publications
Latin and English
10 vs

West Side story (Long)

Schirmer/Chappell
28 vs

West Side story – choral selection (Short)

Hal Leonard
SATB and piano
40 vs
Contents:

  • America
  • I feel pretty
  • Maria
  • One hand, one heart
  • Tonight

BIBER, Heinrich Ignaz

Requiem in A major (Long)

Beauchamp Press
SSATBB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
30 vs
Instrumental set available

Requiem in F minor (Long)

ed. by M. Pilkington
King's Music
SSATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
30 vs
Instrumental set available

BIZET, Georges

Carmen (Long)

English adaptation by Herman Klein and Henry Hersee
J.B. Cramer
English
20 vs

Carmen. concert version (Long)

adapted and arr. English translation by Dr. Theo Baker
Boosey and Hawkes
English
60 vs

BLAKE, Howard

Walking in the air, and other seasonal songs (Short)

Faber Music
SA(B) and piano
25 vs
Contents:

  • Make believe
  • Winter games
  • Ring! Ring!
  • We are the carol singers

BLOW, John

God spake sometime in visions (Short)

ed. by Anthony Lewis
Stainer and Bell
SSAATBBB, organ and strings
36 vs

BONDS, Margaret

Credo (Long)

Hildegard SBar
soli, chorus and piano
50 vs

BORODIN, Alexander

Prince Igor. Polovtsian dance (Short)

ed. by Rosa Newmarch
Boosey and Hawkes
English
60 vs
Instrumental set available

BOULANGER, Lili

Hymne au soleil (Short)

Schirmer A
solo, chorus and piano
French
50 vs

Psalm 24 (Short)

Durand
T solo, chorus, organ and orchestra
French and English
40 vs

Soir sur la plaine (Short)

Schirmer ST
soli, chorus and piano
French
50 vs

BOYCE, William

I was glad: anthem (Short)

ed. by Robert J. Bruce
Novello
SATB and opt. organ
26 vs

BRAHMS, Johannes

A German requiem, op.45 (Long)

C.F. Peters
SBar soli, chorus and orchestra
German
70 vs
Instrumental set available

A German requiem, op.45 (Long)

ed. by M. Pilkington
Novello
SBar soli, chorus and orchestra
German and English
70 vs
Instrumental set available

Liebeslieder waltzes, op. 52 (Long)

ed. by Elisabeth M. Lockwood
Simrock
STB soli, chorus and piano duet
German and English
40 perf. sc.

Liebeslieder waltzes, op. 52 (Long)

ed. by W.G. Rothery
Novello
STB soli, chorus and piano duet
English
40 ch.sc, 2 piano duet parts

3 motets, op. 110 (Short)

Breitkopf and Hartel
SATB+SATB or SATB
German
40 vs

Eight romantic partsongs (Compilation)

ed. by Judith Blezzard
Faber Music
SA or SSAA and piano
German and English
40 vs
Contents:

  • op.44 nos. 5, 7, 10 to 12
  • op.61 nos.1 to 3

Song of destiny (Schickalslied), op.54

ed. by Rev. J. Troutbeck
Novello
SATB and orchestra
English
65 vs

Breath of song (Compilation)

Compiled by Sarah Quartel Oxford University Press
SATB
40 vs
Contents:

  • Sarah Dacey: Love letter
  • Eleanor Daley: O ye who taste that love is sweet
  • Reena Esmail: TaReKiTa
  • Laura Hawley: The arrow and the song
  • Cecilia McDowall: God be with us
  • Becky McGlade: My beloved spake
  • Jenny Mahler: Snow is silent
  • Sarah Quartel: The bird's lullaby
  • Annabel Rooney: Round me falls the night
  • Joan Szymko: Wake, Love, wake!

BRIDGE, Frank

Five partsongs (Compilation)

ed. by Paul Hindmarsh
Thames
SATB
35 vs
Contents:

  • Autumn
  • Music, when soft voices die
  • Hilli-ho, hilli-ho!
  • O weary hearts
  • The bee

BRITTEN, Benjamin

A Boy was born, op.3

Oxford University Press
Treble voices, SATB (divisi) and opt. organ
30 vs

A ceremony of carols, op.28

Boosey and Hawkes
SSA and harp or piano
70 vs and 1 harp part

A ceremony of carols, op.28

arr. by Julius Harrison
Boosey and Hawkes
SATB and harp or piano
60 vs

Christ's nativity: Christmas suite

Faber Music
SATB (divisi)
30 vs

The company of heaven

Faber Music
Speaker, ST soli, chorus and instr. ensemble
40 vs

Festival Te Deum, op.32

Boosey and Hawkes
SATB and organ
English
20 vs

5 Flower songs, op.47

Boosey and Hawkes
SATB
30 vs

Gloriana, op.53 Choral dances

Boosey and Hawkes
SATB
40 vs

Hymn to St. Cecilia, op.27

Boosey and Hawkes
SSATB
60 vs

Hymn to Saint Peter (Short)

Boosey and Hawkes
Tr solo, chorus and organ
30 vs

A hymn to the Virgin (Short)

Boosey and Hawkes
SATB+SATB
Latin and English
30 vs

Missa brevis, op.63

Boosey and Hawkes
SSA and organ
Latin
20 chsc and 1 organ part

Noye's Fludde, op.59 (Long)

Boosey and Hawkes
30 vs, 41 chsc,
Instrumental set available

Rejoice in the Lamb, op.30 (Short)

Boosey and Hawkes
SATB soli, chorus and organ
59 vs

Saint Nicolas, op.42 (Long)

Boosey and Hawkes
T solo, boys voices, chorus and orchestra
56 vs

Te Deum, C major (Short)

Oxford University Press
Tr solo, chorus and organ
English
40 vs

War requiem, op.66 (Long)

Boosey and Hawkes
STBar soli, treble voices, chorus and orchestra
Latin and English
60 vs

BRUCH, Max

Trinklied, op. 48, no. 2 (Short)

Simrock
TTBB
40 vs

BRUCKNER, Anton

Christus factus est (Short)

C.F. Peters
SATB
Latin
45 vs

Locus iste (Short)

C.F. Peters
SATB
Latin
40 vs

Mass no.2, E minor (Long)

Belwin-Mills
SSAATTBB and wind orchestra
Latin
39 vs
Instrumental set available

Mass no.3, F minor (Long)

ed. by Kurt Soldan.
C.F. Peters
SATB soli, chorus and orchestra
Latin
40 vs
Instrumental set available

Six sacred choruses (Compilation)

ed. by Simon Halsey Faber
SATB and organ or piano
Latin
40 vs
Contents:

  • Libera me
  • Afferentur regi
  • Christus factus est
  • Tota pulchra est
  • Ecce sacerdos magnus
  • Tantum ergo.

Two Marian compositions (Short)

C.F. Peters
SATB; T solo, chorus and organ
Latin
40 vs
Contents:

  • Ave Maria
  • Tota pulchra es Maria

BUXTEHUDE, Dietrich

Membra Jesu nostri (Short)

ed. by Dietrich Kilian
Merseburger
SSATB soli, SSATB chorus and orchestra
Latin
5 fsc, 30 chsc
Instrumental set available

BYRD, William

The Easter propers (Short)

ed. by Ivan Moody
J. and W. Chester
SSATB
Latin
30 vs
Contents:

  • Resurrexit
  • Haec dies
  • Victimae Paschali
  • Terra tremuit
  • Pascha nostrum

Haec dies (Short)

ed. by Peter le Huray and David Willcocks
Oxford University Press
SSATTB
Latin
30 vs

Mass, 3 voices (Short)

ed. by Philip Brett
Stainer and Bell
ATB
Latin
25 vs

Mass, 4 voices (Long)

ed. by Henry Washington
J. and W. Chester
SATB
Latin
40 vs

Mass, 5 voices (Long)

ed. by Philip Brett
Stainer and Bell
SATTB
Latin
25 vs

Sacerdotes Domini (Short)

ed. by John Milsom
Oxford University Press
SATB
Latin
30 vs

Sing joyfully (Short)

ed. by E. H. Fellowes
Stainer and Bell
SSAATB
30 vs

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