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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959701
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 648257
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097186
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915152
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097430
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325715
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325553
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632712
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 176396
Motette für gemischten Chor, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 178050
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 294221
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 304089
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 300671
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
OTHER
Item no.: 293243
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 291099
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455798
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 562585
for: Male choir
Item no.: 562599
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 210168
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 242641
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 332065
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 331798
Zwischen dem Esel und dem Rind
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308739
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308716
Auf, auf, ihr Hirten
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308633
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Single part Trumpet (solo)
Item no.: 300035
Ein Singen zur Menschwerdung Christi von der Verheißung bis zur Geburt, nach Volksliedern
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307723
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 269104
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308849
Ein Kreis alpenländischer Weihnachtslieder, für Soli, gem Chor u kl. Orchester
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308176
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309660
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309520
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309494
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 491418
Weihnacht In Der Welt 9
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 377489
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 472592
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 479659
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 368515
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 365823
Evangelienmotette (Evangelienspruch) zum Weihnachtsfest
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115536
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 576761
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 579725
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 608037
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145445
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 203475
for: Mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 200769
Silesia Cantat 26
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 164333
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