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
Choir score
Item no.: 1111772
An Epiphany Carol
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324523
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320480
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091810
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 836766
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087193
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964409
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959285
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126235
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096094
Schweizer Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 781580
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097264
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086229
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1085425
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003434
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907238
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124007
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 861548
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913024
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077309
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1173674
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909342
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 647813
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123328
Cibavit Eos
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1153478
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117364
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985667
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124651
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 875558
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909801
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320515
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 979191
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1152155
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910559
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111612
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341409
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1620483
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905294
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609146
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001495
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1142759
Accompaniment and Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124409
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1109891
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156925
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330429
Jesu, Meine Freude
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625546
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