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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321277
Leipzig et Bruxelles 1886
for: Women's choir (SA) [children's choir], organ [piano]
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6151
aus: Geistliche Kirchenmelodien, 1649
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 4232
Offertorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 3426
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 797954
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 758506
Altdeutscher Liederreim
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 681341
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1121311
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 903606
from Nine
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820567
Contemporary Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 859597
für Chor, Streichorchester und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 676633
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037921
Hail Thou, King of Glory
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902213
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 684743
Cantata after Psalm 103
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 633906
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695812
Miserere, Benedictus, Dies irae
Série IV: Motets, Volume 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 668206
Hymne für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 180830
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 186332
Lateinische Hymnen
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 295312
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 326059
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315136
mit Chorpartitur als Kopiervorlage
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 670168
Action musicale
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 773985
POP CHORAL SERIES
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 797548
Klassik
for: Children's choir, piano
Buch
Item no.: 269732
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 299756
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 308203
Kinderchor-Kantate
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts), narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 377398
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 375210
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375732
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 487430
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 365427
Oper in drei Akten
Kritische Neuausgabe nach den Quellen mit den nachkomponierten Rezitativen von Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 103708
Música de Latinoamérica
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 432144
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 488466
Schulmusical - Ein spannendes Vergnügen in 4 Liedern mit kurzen Sprecheinlagen für 1-stimmigen Chor (ab 11 Jahren), zwei Sprecher und Klavier - Der Kinderchor Band 10
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 607611
Opéra bouffe en 3 actes et 4 tableaux
3e acte et livrets
Offenbach Edition Keck
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 607377
completamento del terzo atto di L. Berio (2001)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 606057
Musik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts aus evangelischen Kirchen Münchens
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ, instruments ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 476252
Israelisches Volkslied
Chor unisono und Klavier, oder 3-stimmiger Frauen- oder Kinderchor
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 445793
Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzügen WWV 75
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284549
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 284037
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170192
aus der Offenbarung des Johannes
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 112820
for: Male choir (TBarBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 107215
svensk danslek for mixed chorus
score
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 168067
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