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.
Celebrating the Miracle of Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1126112
Französische Weihnachtsfantasie
RUNDEL eXplora
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671726
Weihnachtskonzert
for: Favorit choir (SSB), chapell choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1656093
(Collection)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1677317
Theme from Let There Be Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121129
A Celtic Christmas Celebration
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123569
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
Set of parts
Item no.: 566332
O du fröhliche
for: Mixed choir (SATB), saxophone quartet; rhythm group ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590937
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590912
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590903
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590771
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590710
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Glockenspiel & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590704
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289378
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289382
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592567
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592563
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598140
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594529
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595172
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595162
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599306
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596823
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 344712
Sing With The Choir 10
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score, CD
Item no.: 583831
O Christmas Tree / Mon Beau Sapin
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316340
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377703
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376419
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376232
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375955
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373665
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377017
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672991
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375377
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375050
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre / Klavierband
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 770275
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Choir book
Item no.: 769811
Lieder aus der Kantate für Hausmusik
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 114739
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 455484
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 193599
for: Mixed choir (4–7 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 212899
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1655139
Kantate zum Advent/Weihnachten
für Tenor, gemischten Chor, Streicher, Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1651818
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950142
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950111
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950033
For Us This Christmas
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950285
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951410
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