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.
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592569
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588206
Chor (SATB) & Organ/Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 589675
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1656236
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125314
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1057760
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124471
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276415
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272641
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272640
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289374
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233100
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598141
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596825
Fifty Christmas Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 586754
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594486
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594476
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594337
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594335
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 209383
Das große Chorbuch für Advent und Weihnachten
152 Chorsätze, Motetten und geistliche Volkslieder für gemischten Chor
Staffelpreis auf Anfrage
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 455651
Teil II: Die Kantaten zum Sonntag nach Weihnachten bis Epiphanias
Denkmäler Mitteldeutscher Barockmusik II / 6
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 656701
Unsere schönsten Weihnachts- und Winterlieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 556525
Chorheft 1: Advent / Weihnachten
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Conductor's score, audio CD
Item no.: 672900
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809228
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805148
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803561
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167634
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167392
A Christmas Musical for Children
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1167759
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167729
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167726
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167563
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167406
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1167828
Ukrainian Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965683
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965679
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 965598
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965597
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965525
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965495
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965482
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965462
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965346
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803087
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811118
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805680
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801883
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