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.
with Faux-bourdons
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155964
Edition Schultheiss
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1160911
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1151968
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1040053
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911155
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342399
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1170436
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856345
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330276
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1040728
String Quintet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass, Flute or Oboe, Full Score
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1158880
Trumpet in B-flat or C
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158718
für gem Chor a cappella
Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1546518
"Affectionate Mother, You are the Guardian in Heaven"
from "12 Songs in Honour of Holy Virgin Maria" ("12 laulu püha neitsi Maria auks")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 690322
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1151941
Lobgesang der Maria für Solostimme (Alt) ,gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Viola
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680777
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 764821
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 764815
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1087177
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 675270
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1150430
for mixed chorus a cappella score
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 684680
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916745
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342292
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038839
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916853
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341752
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117139
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1678400
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325687
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960458
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117220
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325552
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342871
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 857953
Pop und Rock
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912998
From Five American Songs
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 764780
Vier Gedichte von Hermann Hesse
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676915
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111387
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1147540
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916636
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 917149
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998460
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998467
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 998627
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342372
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Bass guitar (single part)
Item no.: 690349
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077151
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