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.
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 271125
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 267070
Wo's Dörflein traut
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273749
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 256464
Opera in 3 acts op. 32
Libretto from M. Vörösmarty's drama by the composer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 256338
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 255495
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 255202
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 258285
Klassik
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 258171
a 3 voci miste con organo
for: Mixed choir (STBar), organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 258158
a 3 voci miste con organo
for: Mixed choir (STBar), organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 258157
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 260291
Oratorio A 6 Voci e B. C.
Ricordi - Musica sacra italiana (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 259224
Oratorium
EMB Study Scores
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 256690
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 310873
Heft 2, für gem Chor u. Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308029
für Sopran, Alt (auch chorisch), Flöte u. Streichquartett oder Orgel
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 308008
"O ihr Mädchen, zur Liebe geboren" / "Giovinette che fate all amore" aus "Don Giovanni", für gem Chor Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307813
für gemischten Chor, Bläser und Schlagzeug
for: Mixed choir (SATB), wind ensemble, percussion
Score
Item no.: 307557
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309616
Es war ein Tierlein
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271997
Plattdeutsche Choralmotette
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271943
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 555803
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 251074
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315778
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314617
Divertimento
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1546121
Limburger Domfest-Messeop. 88
for: Choir (1 voice), organ [concert band]
Textblatt
Item no.: 1544691
Tempore Adventus
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 969303
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 969245
Pars Prima
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 969238
Tempore Epiphaniae
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 969228
Spruchmotette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280968
Worte von Martin Behm (16. Jh.)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280315
Kantate zum Fest Johannis des Täufers
für 2 Cornette, 2 Violinen, 3 Violen, Fagott, Soli und Chor (SATB) und Continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 622955
Psalm 109
for: Women's choir (SSAA), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 638113
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 633615
Oper in 2 Akten, 8 Bildern und einem Epilog nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Zofia Posmysz
korrigiertes Faksimile der russischen Kopisten-Abschrift (Handschrift)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Scores
Item no.: 1530201
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 621594
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 318991
Choral
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 318582
Choral Large Works
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 318338
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319276
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315911
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 315546
Contemporary Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 315527
Hoffnung auf Frieden in der Welt
für gemischten Chor mit Klavier und Querflöte (ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; flute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 680828
Schott Chormusik
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 663571
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