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.
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590945
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590882
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590807
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374782
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375005
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374961
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373933
for: Choral
Item no.: 1372500
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373116
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272638
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276413
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219659
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609298
Erstdruck
for: Solo voice (soprano/tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 337813
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel oder für Orgel allein
Nach dem Urtext herausgegeben und mit einer Orgelbegleitung versehen von Albert Kupp
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 336058
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587995
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 343295
Kantate Nr.121 BWV121
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285515
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 477539
Swingle Bells Streichquartett & Chor
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591019
Bolivianische Messe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir book
Item no.: 637054
für Kinderchor und Klavier (Instrumente ad lib)
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 617911
(Great Britain)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734227
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965293
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin
Score
Item no.: 346506
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335929
SATB Score
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856781
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918611
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1169468
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289375
24 Lieder zum Advent
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 649538
D-Dur WQ 215
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 147201
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 770271
known as "Messa per la notte di natale" / first edition
for: 3 soloists (TBarB), mixed choir (SATTB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765232
Neufassung Es-Dur (2012)
(Mengenrabatt ab 50 Ex. auf Anfrage)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 656089
for: Women's choir (SS), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 425262
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1337864
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340383
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340111
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 336748
Weihnachtsmotette
aus "Paradisus musicus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 335219
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 291478
Neue Weihnachtslieder für Familie und Gemeinde
für einstimmigen Chor oder Chor (SATB)
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 424155
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 423980
Ein Singspiel über Lukas 2,1-20
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 423794
Sanctus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423758
aus: Magnificat octo tonorum
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423725
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 423618
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