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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326111
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326110
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097360
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324627
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909893
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324530
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317268
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1150964
dalla villanella alla cantata, Pian & Forte Vol. 202
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1163458
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 853448
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001866
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911878
2 C Instruments
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1157334
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002727
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341737
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092018
Pavane Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168472
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916846
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326163
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931901
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909439
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1153821
Folk Song Suite
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126141
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908985
Klassik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 984282
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959572
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925675
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1319700
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1150425
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077445
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953072
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953259
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960493
"Seht, wie die Sonne lacht" nach zwei jugoslawischen Volksweisen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747073
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100826
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867923
Satb., Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625723
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824497
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1024466
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326240
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326883
Song Book Accompaniment Edition
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152178
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123736
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126811
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122441
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621345
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126231
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1155874
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