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.
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 184732
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 487923
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040099
Come, O Holy Spirit
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038886
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931135
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931086
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 931083
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 926044
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923622
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923559
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916566
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915231
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 913346
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913021
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912866
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912370
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912340
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912128
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910963
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910839
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910378
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909846
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909712
Goethe's Harzreise im Winter
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908333
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907006
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 906075
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532512
Großes Potpourri nach der gleichnamigen Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 266250
für Männerchor (Soli ad lib) und Klavier (Orchester)
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 181877
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 664268
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 946475
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 946471
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 946368
Jazz
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 946145
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 946119
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 946047
Folk
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 945980
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948935
Folk aus den USA
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948874
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948780
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948754
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 948731
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 948595
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947909
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947907
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947827
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