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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321916
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 561158
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911145
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893655
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040554
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 910706
Schul-Musical für Kinder ab 9 Jahren
Partitur und CD (Hörspiel und Playbacks)
for: Children's choir, piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 660282
for: Children's choir, piano
Item no.: 578099
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 687725
Oxford Christmas Carols
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893708
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893239
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889803
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628372
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 628281
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 616018
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 951390
Christmas Day
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950153
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950094
"Wir seynd geg'n euch wahrhafte Freund" - Kantate
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392284
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 494467
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 469846
komponiert für das Festival "Les Noelis" 2006
chormusik am koelner dom Vol. 1
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 480431
Engel, Tiere und Besucher singen an der Krippe
for: Children's choir, alto recorder [violin], piano [guitar]
Songbook (melody, chords, lyrics)
Item no.: 292149
"Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 352761
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309779
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309663
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 245842
There's a star in the east
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 471770
Musica Practica Fuer Schule Kirche Haus 5
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 302028
für gemischten Chor a capella
Traditionelle Texte in originellen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 672752
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Nr. 1 aus "Fünf Weihnachtsmotetten"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 671143
op. 97e, 2
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 554860
nach einem Marienlied aus dem 15. Jahrhundert
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1645248
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1018696
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478379
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478378
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 164048
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 163860
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145419
Eine Folge volkstümlicher Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 204562
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202838
Heidelberger Chorblätter
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 121922
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230972
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183156
für gemischten Chor (SATB/SAB) a capella
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422610
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 334316
SATB Mixed voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 656475
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 576626
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