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.
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 835517
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 834652
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 836121
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 909785
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 909510
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908101
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 906732
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904319
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 902814
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 901947
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 901308
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898749
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895909
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 892612
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892446
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 886132
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 885743
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 881594
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880787
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 880242
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 878948
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 902915
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 900100
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898039
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 891738
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 891306
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 887753
Novello Carols
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Book
Item no.: 871454
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 864512
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 906148
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 869100
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 906717
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 905444
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902478
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Book
Item no.: 902356
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896311
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 893993
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 893227
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 876830
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1171649
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 683618
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 835029
for SATB voices and piano (2017)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 1206870
Primo, Secondo E Silenzio Per Coro Pianoforte Percussioni E Archi Testo Di Andrea Franceschini 2010
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 774794
Szkhárosi Horvát András éneke, egykorú dallam szerint
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822489
Az 50. genfi zsoltár
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822483
gyermek-, női- vagy férfikarra zongorakíssérettel
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 822481
Madrigal
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1212564
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