Kalmus Choral Library

The sublime Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in June of 1791 for his friend Anton Stoll, and it premiered on June 23 of that year at St. Stephen's church in...

The sublime Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in June of 1791 for his friend Anton Stoll, and it premiered on June 23 of that year at St. Stephen's church in...

The MASS IN C, K. 220/196b, often referred to by the nickname "Spatzenmesse" or "Sparrow Mass" due to the violin figure in the Hosanna of the Sanctus that recalls the chirping of birds, is Mozart's 9t...

The MASS IN C, K. 220/196b, often referred to by the nickname "Spatzenmesse" or "Sparrow Mass" due to the violin figure in the Hosanna of the Sanctus that recalls the chirping of birds, is Mozart's 9t...

Regina Caeli in C Major, K. 276 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was written ca. 1779 during the composer's time at the Salzburg Cathedral. The third of three settings of the Marian antiphon Reg...

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...

Ultima opera composta da Mozart per la Cattedrale di Salisburgo, il titolo originale di questa composizione corale sacra, VESPERAE SOLENNES DE CONFESSORE (Vespri solenni per un confessore), non includ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) began composition of his Great Mass in C minor, K. 427/417a in 1782 as a promise to himself to write a major work for his native Salzburg. This period was shortly a...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) began composition of his Great Mass in C minor, K. 427/417a in 1782 as a promise to himself to write a major work for his native Salzburg. This period was shortly a...

This wonderful, short choral masterpiece has a confusing heritage.  Spuriously attributed in 1910 to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736), the six-movement MAGNIFICAT was actually composed by...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) scrisse il suo Oratorio di Noël in poche settimane, completando l'opera dieci giorni prima della prima del Natale 1858 a Parigi. Scritto e strutturato in uno stile che...

This is the second of six Masses composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), also referred to frequently as the "Mass in G," and it remains the best known of the three shorter settings titled "Mass." Comp...

While Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) modestly refers to Hear My Prayer (Hör' mein Bitten) in G Major, WoO 15, as "a trifle," it is among his most popular works for chorus. On the autograph score, he in...

While Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) modestly refers to Hear My Prayer (Hör' mein Bitten) in G Major, WoO 15, as "a trifle," it is among his most popular works for chorus. On the autograph score, he in...

While Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) modestly refers to Hear My Prayer (Hör' mein Bitten) in G Major, WoO 15, as "a trifle," it is among his most popular works for chorus. On the autograph score, he in...

Nell'estate del 1912, Mariya Danilova, studentessa di violoncello al Conservatorio di Mosca, si imbatté nell'idiosincratica traduzione russa di Konstantin Balmont del poema THE BELLS di Edgar Allan Po...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) wrote Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op. 52 in 1840 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press. Described by th...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) wrote Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op. 52 in 1840 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press. Described by th...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) compose probabilmente tre ambientazioni dell'inno Gloria in excelsis Deo, anche se solo due sono sopravvissute. Era comune per Vivaldi scrivere mottetti introduttivi da ese...

Durante il suo viaggio di nozze in Italia nel 1891, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) si imbatté nel dipinto di Tiziano Il miracolo del marito geloso a Padova. Il risultato fu la sua prima opera corale, HYMNUS...

Durante il suo viaggio di nozze in Italia nel 1891, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) si imbatté nel dipinto di Tiziano Il miracolo del marito geloso a Padova. Il risultato fu la sua prima opera corale, HYMNUS...

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...

Il noto inno NIMM VON UNS, HERR, DU TREUER GOTT, anch'esso musicato da J.S. Bach, fu scritto da Martin Moller durante un periodo di pestilenza e fu spesso usato come supplica contro la collera di Dio....