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.
30 Weihnachtslieder aus 4 Jahrhunderten für 3 Stimmen
30 Weihnachtslieder aus 4 Jahrhunderten für 3 Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 199073
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939173
A Classic Christmas Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939170
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 940314
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929446
A Christmas Musical Drama
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929157
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929006
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930204
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934017
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 933880
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 941247
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932314
from Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931176
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 906480
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904098
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 903289
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912250
from The Polar Express
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911909
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 910771
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 909875
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 927916
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 901723
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900534
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 898227
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947526
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 948749
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939375
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939320
Incorporating traditional carols including The First Noel
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941514
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941392
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941367
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 223295
Melodiefolge beschwingter Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 611827
Bosse Hits a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633121
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 301461
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 298435
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 232086
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 227233
Süddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik Band 10
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 218516
O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 661159
Neufassung F-Dur op. (2012)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 656087
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 616053
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 433070
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 674035
for mixed choir (SSAAATTBB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SSAAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683159
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947844
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418597
A Musical for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167431
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