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.
Begleit-CD
for: Youth choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 638228
Foundations in Choral Sight-Singing
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847619
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
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777539
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656628
Showtrax CD
Vocal Jazz Series
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 692141
Discovery Level 2
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815975
Auszug aus dem 4. Satz der Neunten Sinfonie
leicht bearbeitet für Chor (zwei- bis dreistimmig) und kleines Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SABar), orchestra
Score, Piano reduction, Set of parts (Strings), 10 Choir scores
Item no.: 275708
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich 101/102~Dtoe 101/102
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 103492
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578309
Oratorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1042926
Zeitgenössische Chorlieder von Tages- und Jahreszeiten
a cappella bzw. mit Klavier
for: Children's choir, piano
Noten, Chorpartitur
Item no.: 643662
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935367
Acht villaneske Lieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 462810
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586653
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1653973
Ein Kindermusical
for: Soloists, children's choir, actors, instruments
Songbook (melody, chords, lyrics)
Item no.: 778844
with Climb Every Mountain
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121290
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354055
Motette für 4-stg. gem. Chor, Gemeinde und Orgel über EG170 / GL451
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 775067
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315781
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315778
Bogoroditse Dyevo
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314091
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316276
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316228
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316226
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316223
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314916
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314617
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315059
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1285551
Klassik
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285540
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297776
Contes D'Hoffmann
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299589
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262091
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261841
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261833
for: Male choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261832
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270072
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270031
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1599535
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 858635
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239816
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Neufassung von 2006
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 429210
Festival March for the Olympic Games 1932
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Orchestra; mixed choir ad lib.
Study score
Item no.: 1345031
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 366252
Choral Basics
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Item no.: 141746
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