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.
für 4-X Spieler
12 gleiche einzelne Stimmen
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score
Item no.: 662521
5-7 Oct. w/opt. 3-7 Oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918328
Atin Motets Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490393
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 550902
(Part of Psalm 50) for double choir
(Az 50. zsoltár része) kettős karra
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273015
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 613761
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 323289
Arrangements
Ein Pop-Musical für Kinder-und Jugendchöre
for: Children's [youth choir]
Score
Item no.: 634131
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Studienpartitur (fr)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 634991
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 326829
Antiphon zur Fußwaschung
In memoriam Johannis XXIII
musica sacra nova
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116840
for: Mixed choir (SAB/ SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 604172
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 579575
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 577126
Messe
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 174857
für Frauenchor mit Begleitung von zwei Hörnern und Harfe
Chorpartitur (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 149226
Siegertitel beim Grand Prix Eurovision 1979
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 366972
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 673192
Spatzenmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 667165
Like as the hart longs / Wie der Hirsch schreit
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 684884
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 564047
for: Mixed choir (SATB), cello
Score
Item no.: 638189
für Männerchor mit Klavier-Begleitung (oder Rhythmus-Gruppe)
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 155834
Viennese version
1736/ 1800/ 1843
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 471247
mit Streichorchester und Orgel oder nur mit Orgelbegleitung ausführbar
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237564
Trauermotette nach den Klageliedern Jeremiae
für vier- bis siebenstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (4–7 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 119460
Dona nobis pacem
Chorale Cantata
Version for choir and Organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 627284
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 485540
Gesänge für Männerchor, Nr. 2
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 430238
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 trumpets (D/ B-flat), 2 trombones ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 563199
Contemporary Sacred Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 326810
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 363720
Musica Sacra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687399
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136478
Contemporary Settings of Holiday Favorites
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 910476
Motette
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 935528
Klavierauszug (it)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389141
Oper in zwei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 246019
für Darsteller, Kinderchor und Klavier (Instrumentalstimmen)
Eine Geschichte von Händlern, Kindern, umgeworfenen Tischen und Jesus
for: Soloists, children's choir, narrator, keyboard; melodic instruments, rhythm instruments ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 490700
Geistliche Chormusik für SAM und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1340578
"Sparrow Mass"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116809
for: 10 voices (SSSSAATTBB) [mixed choir (SSSSAATTBB)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236207
Neue Geistliche Lieder in Sätzen für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 371517
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 552854
Coronation Mass
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228451
Reprinted from authoritative Deutsche Händelgesellschaft edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 216577
Chorpartitur für beide Fassungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 657135
Sparrow Mass
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 236837
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