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.
A Mini-Musical for Unison and 2-Part Voices
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 847867
A Christmas Musical - Production guide
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 847110
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 849033
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 664917
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388245
for: Choir
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 947684
Theme from Let There Be Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121129
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125408
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 333326
gemischter Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 679510
for SATB chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 894218
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893976
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1667608
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1667166
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 374755
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 458508
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 577458
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122746
A Celtic Christmas Celebration
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123569
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123590
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123394
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058059
Christmas And Advent Motets For 4 Voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 279967
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592567
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592563
O du fröhliche
for: Mixed choir (SATB), saxophone quartet; rhythm group ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590937
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590912
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590903
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590771
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590710
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590709
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590707
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Glockenspiel & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590704
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596823
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598140
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594529
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595172
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595170
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595162
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599306
O Christmas Tree / Mon Beau Sapin
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316340
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289382
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289378
für gemischten Chor und Orgel
(2 Violinen und Kontrabass ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 308066
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930782
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341529
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965704
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965650
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