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: Male choir
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764211
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764201
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122069
A Christmas Jubilee
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 824221
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 823528
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 826541
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126389
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085359
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085421
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656323
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125872
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125072
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 826150
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825886
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 825451
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1023350
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800810
I Will Lead You Home
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804245
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801580
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899862
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804814
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021455
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809423
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815392
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807911
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814297
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813185
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811229
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806534
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806229
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364214
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
Viola
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233935
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233083
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181771
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580570
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 235536
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 235535
Weihnachtslied aus dem Elsass
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204755
Ein Zyklus alter Advents- und Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [melodic instruments]
Part 3 in C, Bass Clef
Item no.: 204538
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1148786
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552480
et Pastores Judaee
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 818157
Weihnachts-Motette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 362501
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 681781
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 2
Item no.: 661214
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 1
Item no.: 661213
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 119263
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892842
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