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 a cappella
Item no.: 1658621
Dialektfassung
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1651931
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832140
Singspiel für einstimmigen Kinderchor und Instrumente (Flöte., Streicher, Klavier)
for: Children's choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1652561
Harold Flammer WorshipSongs Jr
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122124
Fünf ein- bis dreistimmige Kinderchorhits arrangiert von Matthias Stubenvoll
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts)
Music score
Item no.: 669572
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832124
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122105
Nach liturgischen Weisen von Louis Lewandowski (1821–1894)
Synagoge und Schtetl 3
for: Women's choir (SA), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 781311
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 832126
(with All Glory, Laud and Honor)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122220
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832066
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122115
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122071
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121151
to send your audience home with a smile
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 832053
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1241046
for: Choir
Item no.: 287260
Dialektfassung
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 242380
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1115089
für gemischten Chor und Instrumente
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Piano score
Item no.: 672729
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121297
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122990
10 Reproducible Chorals for Tenor and Baritone Voices
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1656341
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126702
Kindermusical frei nach dem Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm für Kinder ab 6 Jahren
Liederbuch mit den 8 Songs für Kinderchor und Klavier
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 671929
from Carmen
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314417
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121334
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121321
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123941
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 26
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 459223
Möseler Chorreihe 271
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 462428
Saint David
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 466858
Kantaten BWV 12, 103, 146
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/11/2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 497370
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 475991
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 484036
GGrand Opera in three acts
L'Opéra français
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 484024
Opéra bouffon in two acts
L'Opéra français
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 484023
Chorsätze zu vier und fünf Stimmen. Teil 1: Nr. 1-156 (ein Satz zu 6 Stimmen von Seth Calvisius)/ Teil 2: Nr. 157-313. 2 Teilbände
Johann Hermann Schein. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 2
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 876474
(2nd National Choral Composition Competition EdizioniCorali.it - Cat. Speciale ‘La Montagna’)
for: Male choir
Music score
Item no.: 1559364
Chorsatz Nr. 3 aus "Der Messias"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 236051
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1326972
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1127136
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316232
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316231
Comic opera in three acts
Reprint
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Study scores
Item no.: 494354
Acs Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 456346
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549913
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