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 (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952635
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158914
Tragedia in musica in due atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778522
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960196
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101591
Organ and Cantor-Assembly Edition
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1149637
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117281
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864386
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953362
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110838
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 888514
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609183
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1109893
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916085
Pour Voix De Femmes
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 889498
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110513
Flute or Oboe, 22 Handbells
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152597
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914142
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609093
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092210
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883521
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003058
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1100596
Broadway Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816287
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110736
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917113
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092033
Volume 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1565739
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121530
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912201
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823748
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960574
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124693
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097123
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330499
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913067
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111313
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126018
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092141
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907276
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097180
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1171402
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903846
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983076
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320010
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609634
Christe, du Lamm Gottes
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAM), the parish, flute, strings, organ
Single part Cello
Item no.: 690125
Atti per un museo delle ossessioni. Opera in 3 parti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 775768
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