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.
Harmonia-Popular Music (lichte muziek)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905654
Harmonia-Popular Music (lichte muziek)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 766144
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931514
Oper/Operette
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931353
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906098
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1557019
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916262
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816283
3. Schottland: Poortith Cauld
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737958
O primavera
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 729157
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 758861
Ave Maria - Ave maris stella - Ave verum corpus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755457
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924265
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906358
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905579
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 915622
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 905715
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1169153
Concert and Contest Collection CBHA
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 894774
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911256
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906465
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 751822
Georg Kreisler - Lieder und Chansons
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 759598
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1169263
Motet
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 795535
Verabschiedung, Begräbnis
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1645360
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913537
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172529
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914087
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916687
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 914689
Based on Traditional Scottish Sung Dance Music Excellence in Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1551689
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931629
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908775
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154665
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1176588
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907039
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 907110
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912079
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914675
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1159710
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1160350
GIA Mass
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1154189
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1039956
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341437
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923735
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915595
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172989
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