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.
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936647
An Easter Musical Drama
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936614
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 936593
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936586
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936583
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936517
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936501
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936460
Folk aus Osteuropa
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936447
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 936445
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936425
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936418
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936409
Latin
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936406
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936325
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936289
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936262
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936178
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936153
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936151
Opt. Instruments
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936147
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936116
Latin
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936114
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936088
Elijah Rock - Rock-a My Soul - Joshua Fit the Battle
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936084
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936047
from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936045
Opt. Percussion
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936031
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936008
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935979
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 848746
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 848742
Great Composers in Song
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 848607
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 848416
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 848405
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847203
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847165
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847150
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 849259
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 846679
Folk Songs from Here, There and Everywhere - A Presentation for Unison and 2-Part Voices
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 850134
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 849911
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 848103
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 848049
Textbook - Classroom
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 847826
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849615
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849472
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849350
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