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: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762957
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762916
SoundTrax CD
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762515
"Coronation Mass"
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1688102
für hohe Singstimme, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: Voice (high), mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1682050
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671105
für Soli, Chor und Orchester (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1670497
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942812
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 942726
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 942704
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942693
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 942506
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 942470
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942433
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1668139
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664284
for Women's choir (SSAA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1659233
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847193
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847140
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847118
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 846927
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 846751
A School-Time, Yule-Time Journey
for: Choir
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 847627
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847602
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 847588
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847565
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 847551
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 847468
A Humorous Fairy Tale Musical for Unison and 2-Part Voices
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 847261
A Seasonal Celebration for Unison and 2-Part Voices
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 847911
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847849
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849238
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 849068
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849011
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 848854
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849700
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849442
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 890577
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 886922
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 849891
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 931312
Alfred Pop Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1652521
Orch.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1652500
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1645294
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1639532
Opera in Seven Scenes
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Lyric book
Item no.: 1633281
Kantate
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 906558
Instrumental Score & Parts
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 896302
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