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.: 920174
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893508
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892985
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890861
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890791
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890584
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890058
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889653
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889649
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889570
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889160
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 888978
Erste Ausgabe des Werkes.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237860
mit Streichorchester und Orgel oder nur mit Orgelbegleitung ausführbar
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237565
Anthem
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237382
"Vorbei der Mai" - Walzer nach Motiven aus "Das Spitzentuch der Königin"op. 388
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 1111909
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 865781
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 238086
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 342465
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1023352
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 497335
Level 3 Mixed, Student 1-Pak
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 805174
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813171
A New Generation of Broadway
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1022902
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1022376
Festival Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814143
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1023353
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811239
Next Year
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809023
Jazz Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806024
Choral
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 803816
for upper-voice chorus, violin, harp and strings (organ)
for: Women's choir, orchestra
Single part Harp
Item no.: 663872
for upper-voice chorus, violin, harp and strings (organ)
for: Women's choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 663866
for mixed chorus, oboe and organ (harp and strings ad lib) oboe part
for: Mixed choir, oboe, organ; harp, strings ad lib.
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 661675
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628303
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628271
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628219
Oxford Upper-Voice Music
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628037
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 627974
(Ach, arme Welt)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865936
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865803
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865791
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865681
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865621
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920516
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920288
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920220
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021450
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