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.
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125769
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097489
GIA Christmas
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1149824
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125040
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1151525
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1155144
Christmas Choruses and Solos
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115638
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325524
Heft 4 aus «Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn»
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 687305
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1652001
Weihnachtslied
for: Women's choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 646626
Herrnhuter Weihnachtsmusik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 499197
Christmas Song of Peace, Christmas Night
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151986
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751945
Weihnachten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115119
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 649895
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633222
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1560537
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 172219
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 172211
Power Of Voice - Wedding Edition (Orgelausgabe)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 171274
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1152807
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824828
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Set of parts rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, percussion)
Item no.: 497376
Oratorium
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 867621
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 645022
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 912608
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959372
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913749
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1142324
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101330
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326100
GIA Christmas
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154299
Italienische Volksweise
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 582057
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Item no.: 602347
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 349219
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661067
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115980
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 230256
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Part 2 (flute)
Item no.: 230048
Es-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 657078
Singspiel zu Weihnachten
for: Children's choir (1 voice), the parish, instruments
Single part Flute
Item no.: 672046
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343028
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 336545
für Sopran, Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Baß und Pauken
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334466
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455725
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 433579
Ausgabe Butz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 428868
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