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.
Psaume symphonique en trois parties – Symphonischer Psalm in drei Teilen
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 120388
für Tenor (S), gemischten Chor, Violine und Orgel (Harfe ad libitum)
for: Solo voice (S/T), mixed choir (SATB), violin, organ; harp ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 338933
für Chor (SATB), auch mit Instrumenten/ Orchester
vollständige Partituren
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 492598
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116577
CG 65a
for: 3 soloists (TTB), male choir (TTB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423636
Music Drama in One Act op. 54after Oscar Wilde's Poem of the Same Name
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 214248
Eine deutsche Oper in zwei Aufzügen
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 143368
for mixed chorus a cappella score
with piano part for rehearsal
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670070
Die schönsten Volks- und Kirchenlieder in leichten dreistimmigen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181122
Chorwerke mit Orgelbegleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 359630
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 154676
New Completion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340581
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389149
für Frauenchor (SA) und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Score
Item no.: 302955
Matthaeus 27.46
Máté 27.46
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850986
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392137
for Choir and Piano
for: Choir, piano
CD
Item no.: 681826
für Männerchor mit Klavierbegleitung
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 293118
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 620066
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621572
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 496059
musica baltica
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632042
Novello Ladies' Barbershop for female chorus a cappella score
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 607346
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 564609
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 857996
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 138161
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621571
for Choir and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 681824
Integrity Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 625746
for six part mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 581564
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 408880
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374559
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351745
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144612
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217133
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012992
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797793
42 Segenslieder für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 620763
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 818500
Book 1: Five Pop Songs for Today's Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 563293
Novello Youth Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 302738
An indispensable Guide for unaccompanied Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 636329
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 365991
Perfect for concert or graduation, this new release from Josh Groban shares a message of hope and encouragement for all.
Hal Leonard Contemporary Festival Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 401792
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 185231
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