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.
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Practice aids
Voice part alto
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689257
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672132
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672143
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1155577
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1692
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1677430
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938514
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615907
pop.voxx
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659425
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Practice aids
Voice part basso
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689261
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA); tambourine ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1672122
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Practice aids
Soprano
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689254
für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1689985
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Practice aids
voice part tenore
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689253
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB), piano
Score, 20 choir scores
Item no.: 1178768
Ergänzt und herausgegeben von Howard Arman
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 1671846
D 950
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659430
Musical foray through the undergrowth
Compositions for choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Audio-CD
Item no.: 1690805
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667599
Arrangement for soli, choir and 2 pianos and timpani ad lib
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos; timpani ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1682061
Lied Nr. 130: 'Wach auf, meins Herzens Schöne'
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1632239
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Hob. XXII:9, 1796
Practice aids, voice part tenore
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689266
(All bells in paradise)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [chamber orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1566882
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Hob. XXII:9, 1796
Practice aids, voice part soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689301
Songs from the Codex Buranus
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1681519
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684526
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938584
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1666899
8 variations on the Ukrainian folk song “Oh, from the rocky mountain” (I-VIII attacca)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690760
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), string orchestra [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 1672128
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1086124
Text selected from ancient Pompeiian graffiti
HPS 1682
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1681184
Arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615898
Brahms – Mozart – Cherubini
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
3 CDs
Item no.: 1681518
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689440
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Hob. XXII:9, 1796
Practice aids, voice part basso
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689300
Op. 147
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 1670853
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668832
3 Sacred Chants
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690690
pop.voxx
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659426
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659428
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659427
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