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.
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124593
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122838
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121299
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1157506
Two C Instruments and Viola
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1156318
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1155940
C Instrument, Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1153726
Violin I- Violin II- Viola- Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152943
Eight Hymn-Anthems for SATB Voices, Organ and Flute
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1151053
a cappella
Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1592557
Geistliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1584403
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326445
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342942
for: Male choir
Piano score
Item no.: 1342429
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342321
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Book
Item no.: 1212937
Das Lied der Berge
Originalsatz des italienischen Bergsteigerchores
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1688013
Helbling Secular Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690498
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690455
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690451
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690449
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690447
Auferstehungshistorie, Opus 3, für sechs bis acht Stimmen mit Generalbass (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Partitur, Leineneinband
Item no.: 232181
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 232173
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232020
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 231827
aus: Psalmen Davids
Konzert
for: Favorit choir (ST), orchestra; soloists (ST), 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231768
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231743
für gem Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 661345
12 Lieder, BesetzungTTB und SATB; Dauer 51 Min., Erstausgabe
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 229666
10 Motetten ; Coro SSATTB bis SATB/SATB
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 229661
Litanei
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 229115
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 229110
Priére
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 226910
aus op. 12
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 224352
Chorsätze für Frauenchor zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch, meist für Chor SSA, z. T. mit Instrumenten
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 218299
Kantate zum Sonntag Jubilate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 213123
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 209171
für fünf Soli (SSTTB), gemischten Chor (SATB), zwei Violinen und Basso continuo (Instrumente ad lib)
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
SV 272
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 666940
Martin Luther - Ein Singspiel
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 662423
Martin Luther - Ein Singspiel
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 662421
Trauermusik
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 661370
16 neue Lieder für gem. Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 648476
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester Harmoniestimmen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmoniestimmen
Item no.: 631174
Psaume 125
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 627278
für Tenor solo und Chor (SAM)
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), harp, percussion
Score
Item no.: 626320
aus: Sechs ausgewählte Volkslieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 625479
für gem Chor a cappella
Musik aus Russland - Partitur (dt / kirchenslaw)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 623063
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