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: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341566
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341485
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341458
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330361
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330253
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326014
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324610
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324448
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324421
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320506
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320425
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1319777
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1147976
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1142360
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212560
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1193336
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121678
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121624
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117331
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115981
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111445
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110932
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110554
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110176
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1169144
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160045
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1158398
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1158290
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1157534
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1156832
Horn in F
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1156805
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156454
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, French Horn
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1156076
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1154672
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1153862
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152188
Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150865
Flute, Oboe
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1150217
Ruminations, Affirmations, and Observations About the State of Music Education
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1149785
ShowTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1665323
Due mottetti per coro maschile (TTBB) e organo
for: Male choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1664378
Born on a Fishing Boat
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1643075
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628279
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1627523
S.A.T.B., With Piano Or Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626254
Klassik
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625822
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621178
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620935
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