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.
2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass, 2 B-flat Trumpets, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trombones, Timpani
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1155943
C Instrument
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1153084
12 Handbells woven through octavo
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150732
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912084
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938388
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 919328
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092115
83 songs with piano or guitar accompaniment
for: Children's choir, piano [guitar]
Songbook (spiral binding)
Item no.: 930133
Kiel Shomrenu - S.A.T.B., A Cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626261
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325637
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923612
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039766
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109828
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1154276
C Instrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159075
Performance/Accompaniment CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1117479
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916861
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1118213
from Elemental
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1654320
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924217
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937849
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1153638
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077627
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960145
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092022
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110325
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621329
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867970
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038903
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960525
Harmonia-Gospel Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907342
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1025163
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 horns (F)
Choir score
Item no.: 1566909
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952554
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1095391
Marsch
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1102079
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117390
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092154
Oper in drei Akten und zwölf Bildern
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1672320
African American Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157257
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929628
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916064
GIA Mass
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151767
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091982
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326084
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329094
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1117513
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