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 (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 276664
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Item no.: 291717
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 549460
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 549479
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 549297
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 606798
Early Music Library 123
for: 5 voices [5 instruments]
Item no.: 481884
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203630
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Item no.: 203491
Sound Of Norway
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 347913
Am 29. Juni 1751 anläßlich der Einweihung der neuen katholischen Hofkirche in Dresden erstmals aufgeführt
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 237450
für drei- bis vierstimmigen Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 232415
f-Moll BWV Anh. III 159
Partitur (ohne Umschlag)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 234247
Reformationskantate
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 691363
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 371060
Opt. Bass, Guitar, Drums and Violin Solo
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764446
Pop und Rock
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947481
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942480
Pop und Rock
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947901
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929519
A Soulful Celebration
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 901883
Alfred Choral Design
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910119
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907659
As performed by Annie Lennox
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907319
recorded by Michael Buble
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911597
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904057
Opt. Bass, Guitar, Drums and Violin Solo
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932638
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931953
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931511
Jazz
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 937216
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934089
Opt. Percussion
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934781
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936367
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842801
Alleluja. Laudate Dominum
Orgelarrangement nach Salomon Jadassohn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 235486
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 630781
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012554
Angels from the realms of glory
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 471624
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 471362
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 460506
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905022
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 872732
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425801
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), chamber ensemble
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 769249
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866819
No. 1 Awake my heart
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902272
No. 3 The Golden Willow Tree
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901424
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 884731
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