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.
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799993
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811952
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799818
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799688
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809336
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 556860
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812034
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813997
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 805611
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804324
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167447
Orgelfassung
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 670151
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 670150
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 692762
für Sopran, gemischten Chor und Band
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 683188
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1664390
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337956
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337929
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337926
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169473
Ave Maria
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424105
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 424043
G-Dur
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423828
French Sacred Music
First Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 flutes, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423757
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 230011
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SABar)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422968
Singspiel zu Weihnachten
for: Children's choir (1 voice), the parish, instruments
Choir score (for the parish)
Item no.: 231468
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 232085
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 231833
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340110
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340089
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339650
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1339539
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339527
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339230
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 204434
Sechs Lieder der Tiere im Stall von Bethlehem
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 169577
Sechs Lieder der Tiere im Stall von Bethlehem
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 169143
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 156734
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 152751
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 148354
aus: Sechs zweistimmige Hymnen
for: Women's choir (SS), organ
Score
Item no.: 136552
A Masterwork Cantata for Advent or Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939498
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937879
Deck the Hall - The Holly and the Ivy - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936874
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936808
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936708
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934964
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