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.
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815861
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, choir score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5863
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 795965
Weihnachtsmotette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671029
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 1677833
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1666600
see - A Christmas Triptych
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155828
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169436
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 675706
Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1059196
aus: Sub tuum praesidium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422906
Surrexit Christus hodie
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422131
für Soli (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681545
Motette BWV Anh160 für 2 gem Chöre
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 234242
Jazz for Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126076
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 371538
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 369781
Kantate TVWV1:931 für 4 gem Stimmen 2 Violinen, Viola und Bc
zum 1. Advent
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 345402
"in nativitate Domini"
– Graduated prizes on request –
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237546
für Frauenchor, Flöte, Streicher und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478206
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1106261
Weihnachtskantate
for: Choir (2 voices), 2 recorders, piano [harpsichord, organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 342177
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 332756
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 198473
D 811
Partitur
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 207413
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236805
Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 230243
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237463
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1338644
op. 48 (1888)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 556862
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339651
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339589
Im Dezember
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339550
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339525
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339516
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339233
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165000
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799693
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1667608
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 374755
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 577458
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811381
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809676
A Cappella Arrangements for Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 808213
Disney Choral
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 806425
Featuring the Carols of Alfred Burt
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805995
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804861
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 577504
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