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.
nach dem Orff-Schulwerk
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1043703
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043453
Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1043259
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1032069
for: Soloist (boy), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1024940
Peccantem Me
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024911
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1024431
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SA), string orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1023072
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1019941
No. 5 The Calliope
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 906057
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904829
Traditional Scottish Air
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 909285
Incidental Music
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 909033
(We Need Jesus)
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 920004
Ceciliana
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 989899
for: Mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 989556
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 989359
Kantate
for: Women's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1636292
für Chor und Orchester
Tenor
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1634113
Le - sung für 10 Sprechstimmen und Schlagzeug
nach mit : n : ach : knulp : von Händl Klaus
10 Sprechstimmen (5 S/A - 5 T/B) und Schlagzeug (3 Spieler)
for: 10 speaking voices, 3 percussionists
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1677873
3 geistliche Chorwerke
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1199503
Der Schwanengesang – No. 7
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1161041
Der Schwanengesang – No.10 (Psalm 119)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1160987
Oratorium (Fragment)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1160831
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1160810
Möseler Chorreihe, 12
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1160605
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1211858
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1211746
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1211472
Nr. 2 Einklang
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1209691
Kleine Liedkantate für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Streicher und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1200205
gemischter Chor und Orchester
Partitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1632815
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1627479
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626001
For S.A.T.B. Chrous, A Cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625999
S.A.T.B Keyboard
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625994
For S.A.T.B. Chorus With Keyboard Accompaniment
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625990
For S.A.T.B., A Cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625968
For S.A.T.B. Chorus, A Cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625926
S.A.T.B., With Soprano Solo
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625880
Three-Part Treble Voices, A Cappella
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1625820
S.A.T.B. Double Chorus, A Cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625813
T.T.B.B Chorus and Piano
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1625780
S.A.T.B. Chorus and Piano
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625779
No. 85 From Musae Siniae, Satb., A Cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625728
Anthem for Mixed Voices
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625717
For Mixed Chorus (Satb) With Piano Or Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625714
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