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.
Sammelband (Collection)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 366042
für zwei- und mehrstimmigen Gesang eingerichtet und mit Instrumentalbegleitung versehen
Volksmusik aus der Steiermark, Band 20
for: 2-4 voices [choir], instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 158141
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316121
Band 1: Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für gem. Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 456423
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 346002
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 363815
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919502
Neue Kantaten Aus Hannover
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 138886
From Christmas Oratorio
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317410
Ein Hirtenspiel für die Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 487324
Postum überlieferte Magnificat-Kompositionen, zweifelhafte Werke, Modelle, Register
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 17
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116273
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392287
Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392285
Sing & Play
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115036
Lied Nr. 2 aus der Liedersammlung "Chor Exclusiv – Weihnachtslieder"
Sonderanfertigung
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 682213
Choralpartita aus der "Weihnachtsgeschichte" op. 10
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114767
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 145021
Luke 2
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854755
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1077829
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1124045
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 499111
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 648758
Warburton E 22
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693139
Sechs Lieder der Tiere im Stall von Bethlehem
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 169577
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1669637
24 Sätze zeitgenössischer Komponisten
Chormusik für Kinder 1
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts)
Choir score
Item no.: 117192
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476403
Ein kleines Singspiel zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, piano
Audio-CD
Item no.: 473759
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122148
Hinshaw Secular
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058619
Hinshaw Concert
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1057519
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach alten Liedern aus den "Piae Cantiones", 1582
for: Narrator, mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 371725
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392153
Spieloper in zwei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 100614
for: Choir (1 part), 2 descant recorders, piano
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 146441
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1656274
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 697299
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855185
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 624289
Early Music Library 148
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 211880
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 670150
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1664390
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019920
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204037
Weihnachtsminimusical für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 576744
in Sätzen für gemischten Chor mit Begleitung ad libitum
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 387823
5 Weihnachtslieder für gemischten Chor aus verschiedenen Regionen Spaniens
for: Mixed choir (SATB); percussion ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 376928
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124285
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