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.
From Messiah
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317189
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905171
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 318012
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904115
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 903037
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902899
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 902166
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902153
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901098
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899900
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899397
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898176
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897410
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965061
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 315915
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315895
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315885
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315879
Partitura in facsimile / Ed. Geyer-Kiefl
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260000
Choral Library
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806702
Lied im Volkston; Trinklied
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634970
(16 Jh.)
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 281192
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"op. 28
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 203472
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 354547
12 Lieder für Advent, Weihnachten und Neujahr in leichten Sätzen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 351264
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280473
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203157
1. Bajuschki baju "Schlafe, Kindlein, tu dich legen" (Russland)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280926
2. Die Linien des Lebens sind verschiedenop. 79
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 202412
Kantate aus "The Shires Suite"
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 354645
107 Originalkompositionen und Volksliedsätze
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 202957
1. Mensch, steh still und fürcht michop. 79
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202410
Chorheft Nr. 10 - Lieder um den Tannenbaum
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204811
Chorheft Nr. 11 - Lieder vom Christkind
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204813
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280734
(Italien)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280842
1. Der Reiter und das Mädchen "Wohlan, die Zeit ist kommen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202554
"Liebe rauscht der Silberbach"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280475
Chorheft Nr. 9 - Am Weihnachtsabend
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204809
5. Liebeslied - Dilberka
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202356
171 geistliche 2-8 stg. Chorsätze deutscher Meister aus der Zeit um 1400 bis 1750
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289025
171 geistliche 2-8 stg. Chorsätze deutscher Meister aus der Zeit um 1400 bis 1750
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289026
196 weltliche 2-8 stg. Chorsätze deutscher Meister aus der Zeit um 1400 bis 1750
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289031
Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280952
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280670
Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280904
3. Puisque tout passe
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204430
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203112
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