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.
Liedsatz für Chor cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1696653
Macht Kinder stark
for: Children's choir, piano
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1690244
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1682022
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1672986
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668407
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1666672
für Frauenchor (SSAA) a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1666646
für Chor und Orchester
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1664984
für 5stimmigen gemischten Chor (1983-1988), op. 45
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664983
für Soli, Chor und Instrumentalquartett
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 1664985
für Soli, Chor und Instrumentalquintett
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1664986
für Soli, Chor und Instrumentalquintett
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1664987
БОГОРОДИЦЕ ДЕВО | boɡoˈrodʲitsɛ ˈdʲɛvo
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1664425
as well as songs for advent and winter season
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1664423
für Chor a cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1660348
für Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660345
für Chor (oder Vokalensemble) und Kongregation
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish
Choir score
Item no.: 1660340
für Chor oder Vokalensemble
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660344
für 4 stimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella, op. 79 Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660317
für dreistimmigen Chor (SAM) neu gesetzt
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1660320
Choralbearbeitung für vierstimmigen Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660318
Festliche Liedbearbeitung für Chor, Orgel und Orchester
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660322
Festliche Liedbearbeitung für Chor, Orgel und Orchester
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 1660323
für Chor, Orgel und Instrumente (ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1660339
bearbeitet für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella von Rudi Spring (1995)
op. 58f
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658498
für 4stg. gemischten Chor a capella, op. 69C
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658497
für Chor (SAM)
for: Mixed choir, orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 1657960
for Women's Choir or vocal Trio
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1657963
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661692
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661688
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661684
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661686
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661703
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661689
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661691
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661685
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661704
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661690
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661687
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661702
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661683
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1654605
for choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654602
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1654604
aus: Les Quatrains Valaisans
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1655417
aus: Douze haikus (miniatures)
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1655416
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1655414
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1655418