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: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1160215
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039907
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926101
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1039778
SATB & Piano w/opt. Organ Accomp.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855855
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925453
2. Pater Mi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950028
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950893
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950095
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609611
Accessible Choral Library
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1530417
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg Band 8
J.M. Haydn Ausgewählte Werke Band 4
Pantomime in 2 Aufzügen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 633424
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950322
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610088
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1565223
Discovery Level 2
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815804
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1149774
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040007
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 30
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850823
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950990
Einzeltitel aus Polyphonies latino-américaines vol. 1
Pflichtstück im Bayrische Chorwettbewerb Kategorie D
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 667258
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950776
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 781165
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950407
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 885084
Catholic Irish Classics
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1159873
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101167
3-6 oct. w/opt. 3-6 oct. Handchimes & Flute
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918441
Maarjamaa balladája
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850641
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 855638
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1158756
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609418
Girls, girls, girls
Der Welthit von Sailor
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 684338
Short Service
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950004
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608803
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950049
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345352
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609959
für gemischten Chor (SAM/SATB), Gemeinde und Orgel (Streicher ad lib)
Chorpartitur für beide Fassungen (la/dt)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 678922
Die Jünger aus Emmaus – Ostergeschichte
for: Mixed choir (SABar), narrator, trumpet, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 766363
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610092
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950459
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778268
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1608344
Partitur zum Chorgottesdienst
für gemischten Chor, Gemeinde und Orgel (Instrumente ad lib)
for: Mixed choir, the parish, organ; 4 melodic instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 664977
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906870
Gewinner des Eurovision Song Contest
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1610586
Koheletgesänge für Soli (Mezzosopran, Tenor, Bariton), Chor, Klarinette, Schlagzeug und Streichquintett
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 664261
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