Kalmus Choral Library

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) wrote the St. Cecilia Mass (officially named Messe solennelle en l'honneur de Sainte-Cécile) in 1855 as an homage to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. It premiered on...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) likely composed three settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo, though only two have survived. It was common for Vivaldi to write introductory motets to be performed bef...

Pour les funérailles d'un soldat (For the Funeral of a Soldier) was written by a then nineteen-year-old Lili Boulanger (1893-1918). Her first surviving choral work, it sets to music text from a sectio...

Pour les funérailles d'un soldat (For the Funeral of a Soldier) was written by a then nineteen-year-old Lili Boulanger (1893-1918). Her first surviving choral work, it sets to music text from a sectio...

Pour les funérailles d'un soldat (For the Funeral of a Soldier) was written by a then nineteen-year-old Lili Boulanger (1893-1918). Her first surviving choral work, it sets to music text from a sectio...

Pour les funérailles d'un soldat (For the Funeral of a Soldier) was written by a then nineteen-year-old Lili Boulanger (1893-1918). Her first surviving choral work, it sets to music text from a sectio...

This urtext edition of George Frideric Handel's most famous work, was edited by Arnold Schering with continuo realization by Kurt Soldan. The chorus AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD is No. 4 from Part I of t...

This urtext edition of George Frideric Handel's most famous work, was edited by Arnold Schering with continuo realization by Kurt Soldan. The chorus AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD is No. 4 from Part I of t...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composed THE MESSIAH in 1741 - it is widely regarded as his most popular work. In 1789, Baron Gottfried Van Swieten commissioned Mozart to create a modernized versio...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composed THE MESSIAH in 1741 - it is widely regarded as his most popular work. In 1789, Baron Gottfried Van Swieten commissioned Mozart to create a modernized versio...

While many works long believed to have been written by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) were later discovered to be falsely attributed, his STABAT MATER, P. 77 is not among them as a manuscript...

Les Sept Paroles du Christ ("The Seven Last Words of Christ"), is one of Théodore Dubois's (1837-1924) two oratorios, and remains the composer's most frequently performed choral work. First performed...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) completed his Mass No. 15 in C, K. 317 on March 23, 1779 after a period of seeking for employment in places such as Paris and Mannheim. Failing that, Mozart's fathe...

Attending performances of Handel's choral works while in England, Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) decided to write his own large-scale oratorio. He began to work on DIE SCHÖPFUNG (THE CREATION), Hob.XXI...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his CANTATA NO. 10: MEINE SEEL ERHEBT DEN HERREN, BWV 10 in 1724 as part of his second cantata cycle since becoming Kantor at St. Thomas the previous year. B...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his CANTATA NO. 10: MEINE SEEL ERHEBT DEN HERREN, BWV 10 in 1724 as part of his second cantata cycle since becoming Kantor at St. Thomas the previous year. B...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his CANTATA NO. 10: MEINE SEEL ERHEBT DEN HERREN, BWV 10 in 1724 as part of his second cantata cycle since becoming Kantor at St. Thomas the previous year. B...

The CHANDOS ANTHEMS, HWV 246-256, are a collection of eleven anthems composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) when he was composer in residence at Cannons, the court of James Brydges, newly the...

The CHANDOS ANTHEMS, HWV 246-256, are a collection of eleven anthems composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) when he was composer in residence at Cannons, the court of James Brydges, newly the...

The CHANDOS ANTHEMS, HWV 246-256, are a collection of eleven anthems composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) when he was composer in residence at Cannons, the court of James Brydges, newly the...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his MOTET No. 1: SINGET DEM HERRN EIN NEUES LIED (Sing unto the Lord a new song), BWV 225 around 1727, and it was likely performed also in that year. In thre...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his MOTET No. 1: SINGET DEM HERRN EIN NEUES LIED (Sing unto the Lord a new song), BWV 225 around 1727, and it was likely performed also in that year. In thre...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote numerous versions in G minor of the Magnificat canticle, making alterations to his own settings over his decades serving as director of music at the Ospedale della Pi...

This urtext edition of George Frideric Handel's most famous work, was edited by Arnold Schering and Kurt Soldan. Instrumentation included in the set: 0.2.0.1: 0.2.0.0: Timp: Hpchd.Org: Str (4-4-3-3-3)...