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: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330392
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 979228
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1158683
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111435
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212599
Dominus lux mea
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1152397
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 1172520
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111493
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 959374
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121907
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 917171
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325594
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110345
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982957
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324611
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925821
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111246
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916239
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324698
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 998388
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092114
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904808
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154612
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 915939
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1142342
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159679
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959913
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117401
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111747
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908578
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960339
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097557
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915033
Exultate Deo
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154450
2 Bb Trumpets, Trombone, Bass Trombone
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1155595
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124318
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1193427
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915247
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912628
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905016
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1142609
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328114
(New Edition)
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823559
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1148663
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110353
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078173
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916796
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320298
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