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: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 818999
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1121046
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 818492
Francis Poulenc Partie De Choeur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1136650
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 818965
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 993410
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 993326
4 Voix Mixtes - Chansons Francaises
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 993297
Tout Ce Qu'on Peult
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992622
Aufbruch Aus Dem Wirtshaus
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 992505
Popule Meus
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992495
Ramoneur
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992394
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 993030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 992812
Fte Argent
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992650
Quand Mon Mari Vient
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992619
4 Duos
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992609
The dove´s message
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901075
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 911776
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 909202
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 853448
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 853232
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 852291
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 852841
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429818
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 851139
Motet for Mary, Mother of God
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1031877
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 833390
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 833329
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 833263
Habanera
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 777806
for: Solo voice (high), mixed choir (SSATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1105649
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105647
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 623010
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), organ
Item no.: 134785
"Lebwohl, lebwohl du schönes Städtchen" (aus Frankreich)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280908
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 921496
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 481854
G-Dur
Musica Sacra 11
for: Mixed choir (SATB), wind ensemble, timpani
Choir score
Item no.: 246999
Graduale pro omne tempore
– Komplettes Orchestermaterial –
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 817330
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Urtext
Bläserstimmen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 680138
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 677251
Ein frühes geistliches Werk des berühmten Opernkomponisten.
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 676668
Psalm 50 für Soli, Männerchor und Orchester
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: 3 soloists (TTB), male choir (TTB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 672425
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 580602
Cantata for New Year's Day; Circumcision of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 797140
Cantata for New Year
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 797055
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772577
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