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.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039490
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039220
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839501
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832157
A Celtic Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 810449
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810341
versione integrale
testo cantato francese-italiano (introduzione italiano-tedesco)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 621394
Chormusik des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts. 21 Sätze für Chor, drei- bis fünfstimmig
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117223
Komische Oper in drei Aufzügen frei nach Ben Jonson von Stefan Zweig op. 80
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 107017
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 168388
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 122488
"Kommt Kunst gegangen vor ein Haus"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 149515
Komische Oper in drei Akten
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 139498
from "Songs for Gospel 2"
for Choir (SATB), Piano (Guitar, Bass, Drums ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score, audio files
Item no.: 8008
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4147
zu drei Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SAB) [3 voices (SAB)]
Score
Item no.: 2149
from "Symphonic Adiemus"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 672506
25 Stimmen
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 668645
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911753
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 911267
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909539
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 909485
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 907757
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906407
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 903302
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901925
Dale Warland Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901628
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 901601
From 3 Motets
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 900926
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900035
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965429
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857240
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856673
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856457
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856187
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856052
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855377
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855269
Walton Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985625
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984491
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 919556
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919313
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919232
SATB w/opt. Oboe, Strings & Harp
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919151
2 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917909
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917072
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 897281
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 886022
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