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.
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814714
for: Mixed choir (3–7 parts) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 123426
Lyric Scenes in Three Acts
from The Poem by Pushkin
English Version by Henry Reese
Opera Score Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318132
The Hits of the '5s, '6s, '7s, '8s, '9s and 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 802804
Oper in drei Akten und zwölf Bildern
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1672320
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152694
Opera in two Acts KV 527
The Royal Edition of Operas
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 614856
An opera in three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318171
Band 2
Geistliche Lieder, Gospels und Spirituals für Frauenchöre
for: Women's choir (3 parts), flute [violin], piano [keyboard/organ]
Score
Item no.: 672438
Operette in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128161
Second edition
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1149541
Experience Music History through Articles, Dramatizations, Active Listening, Puzzles and more!
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 810686
Experience Celtic Culture with Instruments, Singing and More
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 815603
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815507
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804593
from Memphis
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811123
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 813773
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 954156
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 631003
Für Soli, 8-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Orchester
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 377598
Hardback
for: Choir
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 862911
111 beliebte neue und traditionsreiche Lieder im Satz für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 378010
Rhythmusstücke mit Stift, Lineal & Co. – mit 12 Audios und 79 Videos (über App)
für Kids von 6-12 Jahren
for: School class
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 690924
(Teaching material)
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score
Item no.: 607171
around 40 choral settings for SATB, some with piano accompaniment
- Delivery of the CD in July 2019 -
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Conductor's score, audio CD
Item no.: 682690
KV 140 (Anh. C 1.12)
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 163826
Operette in drei Akten
Klavierauszug (Particell)
revidiert und ergänzt von Johannes Brockt
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128094
111 Highlights aus 6 Jahrzehnten
Die NEUE Songcollection für den Musikunterricht
for: School choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 660058
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 224808
In opdracht van de Nederlandse regering
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1024326
Operette in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128164
Ein märchenhaftes Musical für 9- bis 12-Jährige
nach den Gebrüdern Grimm
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 656094
Spannende Lieder aus aller Welt mit Gestaltungsideen
für Kinder von 7-12
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Songbook, CD, online audio
Item no.: 773300
Operette in drei Akten
Klavierauszug mit Text
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128162
Rhythmisches Gruppen- und Klassenmusizieren mit Buch, Heft, Papier, Lineal, Radiergummi, Münzen und Stift
Für Kinder und Jugendliche von 8-14 Jahren
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 609268
A Medley of Carols/ SoundTrax CD
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 696494
Traditional French Carol
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762531
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936454
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936314
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934610
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935268
Oh, Won't You Sit Down? - Sit Down, Servant
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936959
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936860
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936777
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932033
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933551
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933040
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 906087
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