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.
Echochor
Beim Wald ist ein heimliches Fleckele - Volkslied aus Schwaben
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 648261
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747947
No. 1: Christus factus est
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 761318
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 761988
Text: Buch der Weiheit 3, 1-3
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756484
from Reise in der Nacht
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 757375
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 757828
from Finland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 754644
Edition Schott
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755289
GL 421
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755698
"Taar i nöd e bitzeli" (Schweiz)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742465
1. Der Tod "Gestern, Brüder, könnt ihrs glauben" mit 2. Chinesisches Trinklied "Das Wasser, das frische"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742736
Ohne Schwefel und Phosphor
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742738
Motet
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795684
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 797953
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 720980
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722972
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725812
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 776707
3. Sonntagsnachmittagskaffee
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 749921
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750213
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919726
Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 919990
SATB a capella
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919673
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907090
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 900854
25 songs carefully selected by Kevin Mayhew
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832162
Volkslieder on neuem Gewand
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 634035
Spiritual (dt./engl.)
Schwing sanft, du kleiner Wagen
for: Women's choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 645758
for: 3 equal voices [women's choir/male choir]
Choir score
Item no.: 850364
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854598
Ein Traum verändert die Welt
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, big band
Choir score
Item no.: 766417
"Freunde, Wasser machet stumm"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747088
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 747057
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732293
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732584
3 movements of crypto-Christian
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 641245
9 mehrstrophige Lieder, incl. Editionsbericht
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Score
Item no.: 641651
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1032072
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039873
für Soli, Darsteller, Kinderchor und Instrumente Lieder, Texte und Szenen
for: Children's choir, piano [guitar]
Score
Item no.: 1668113
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668462
Quelle est cette odeur agréable
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668622
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1681125
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1627747
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1627828
Singspiel für einstimmigen Kinderchor und Instrumente (Flöte., Streicher, Klavier)
for: Children's choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1652561
for: Children's choir, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 495800
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