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 a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477421
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
mit Kopierrecht
Item no.: 472374
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 138557
pour choeur mixte a cappella (lat)
4 motets pour le temps de noel no.1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 107218
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 147575
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 151779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 159920
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 165523
for: Male choir; organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 336846
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 337069
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 349784
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 348553
Weihnachtliche Chormusik zwischen Gestern und Morgen für gemischte Stimmen (SATB)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 367005
Missa Advocata Nostra
"Harfen"- oder "Weihnachtsmesse"
Musica Sacra
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp, organ, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 369837
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371815
Kleine Weihnachtsmusik
for: Soloist, mixed choir (SAB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 378223
Kantate für Sprecher, Einzelstimmen, Kinder- u. gem. Chor, Flöten, Gitarren und Streicher
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 332735
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 458507
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 189336
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476422
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477428
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477424
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 770276
KV 195 (186d)
Klavierauszug
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1670757
Weihnachtsoratorium in zwei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635702
für 6 Stimmen - SSAATTB
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 633612
also insert movements for the Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 672992
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680076
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338322
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 472587
Magnificat
for: Mixed choir, percussion
Score
Item no.: 456358
unter Verwendung deutscher Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 445007
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425249
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 425194
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337954
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337921
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339506
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339467
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339466
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339234
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339110
aus: Der Jahreskreis
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340248
Canone in motu contrario
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339656
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339646
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339531
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664364
Oratorium für Sprecher, Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 663947
Cathedral Music Choral Series
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645505
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