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.
Neue Kantaten Aus Hannover
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 138886
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 443360
Band 1: Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für gem. Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 456423
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145512
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 144974
Weihnachts-Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 456357
for: Choir (1 part), 2 descant recorders, piano
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 146441
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 483669
für zwei- und mehrstimmigen Gesang eingerichtet und mit Instrumentalbegleitung versehen
Volksmusik aus der Steiermark, Band 20
for: 2-4 voices [choir], instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 158141
Six Classic Christmas Favorites in a Jazzy Style
Cool Arrangements for SATB (Ensemble/Choir) and Piano/Keyboards
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 157904
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 256596
Streicherset (1-1-1-1)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 311795
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 297971
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 494151
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 315067
From Christmas Oratorio
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317410
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317408
from Cantata No. 147 English and German
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317298
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317188
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315524
Puer Natus Pastoralmusik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309589
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"op. 57
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 300994
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"op. 57
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 300992
Heft 1
Europäische Folklore in offenen Besetzungen
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2–3 parts), flexible ensemble; male voice ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 409319
for: Male choir
Choir book
Item no.: 161063
Postum überlieferte Magnificat-Kompositionen, zweifelhafte Werke, Modelle, Register
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 17
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116273
Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder von 4-11 Jahre
für Schule, Gemeinde, Vereine und Kinderchor
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Audio-CD
Item no.: 610928
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 336853
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594502
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach alten Liedern aus den "Piae Cantiones", 1582
for: Narrator, mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 371725
"Tauet, ihr Himmel von oben"
for: Women's choir (SS/SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 311866
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596819
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1215883
Luke 2
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854755
Mini-Musical zur Weihnachtsgeschichte
für Kinder-/Jugendchor, Erzähler/in und Klavier
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1653389
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 145021
für Kinderchor, Frauenchor und 3 Metallophone (Orgel)
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 parts), 3 mallets (SAB) [organ]
Score
Item no.: 362710
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 362705
Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder von 4-11 Jahre
für Schule, Gemeinde, Vereine und Kinderchor
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 488351
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377018
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 346002
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1077829
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169575
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373238
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377005
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375771
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375954
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374598
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