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
Choir score
Item no.: 893970
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898987
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 898875
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 898798
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 898630
(Wedding Song)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898452
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 898293
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 899798
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899766
Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren, Op. 30
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 899692
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899565
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899150
with Now Thank We All Our God
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965582
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965567
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965540
A Service for Hanging of the Green
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965456
A Cantata for Easter
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965450
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965449
with Jesus, Lover of My Soul
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965406
Moses Hogan Arrangements of Traditional Spirituals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965385
(with What Child Is This?)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965360
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965336
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965329
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 965322
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965320
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965295
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965142
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965682
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965613
(How Great Our Joy)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965600
Collection Chansons de notre temps/PJ62
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992746
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965032
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965030
No. 2 - The Light of Heaven
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964955
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964928
Klassik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964330
Klassik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964327
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964182
Veränderungen nach der "Missa cuiusvis toni" von Johannes Ockeghem
Chorversion für 5 Chorgruppen zu je vier gemischten Stimmen, Chorgruppe D
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 870468
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 870467
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 870388
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 870284
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/16
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 870131
Oper/Operette
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 869794
SATB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895678
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895605
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 895395
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 895213
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