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.
from Scotland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728123
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750078
aus: "The First Set of English Madrigals to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices"
London, 1598
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4610
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4799
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760236
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760263
Volkslied aus Irland
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747897
2. Ireland: Lilliburlero
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748783
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738798
Spiritual nach Ex 15, 19-20 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743336
from Australia
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728134
for: Male choir (TBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 792988
Old English music in three choral settings
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 781813
Notendownload
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642709
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782354
Acapella Gospel (4-Stimmiger SATB) A cappella Chornoten
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642685
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760272
from Trinidad
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728168
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732573
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 738675
from "Songs for Gospel 4"
for Choir (SATB) and Combo (Piano / Guitar / Bass / Drums)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, choir score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8028
from Nigeria
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728173
No. 30 Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 782094
Gospelsong (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 735629
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760254
from England
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728126
aus: Morning, Communion and Evening Service, op. 10
London, 1879
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, choir score, organ part (pdf download)
Item no.: 6046
Spiritual (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753480
for choir (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 756051
Spiritual (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730187
from Ireland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728130
from the USA
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728132
Notendownload
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642704
for SATB chorus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 793504
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738132
for voices, choir and ensemble
for: Solo voices, choir, instruments
Study score (facsimile)
Item no.: 726903
from Scotland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738592
for male choir a cappella
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 2680
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760274
Spiritual (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730198
Gospelsong (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730173
Lullaby
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760225
from "The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres of foure partes with Tableture for the Lute", 1600
for: Mixed choir (SATB), lute [harpsichord]
Score
Item no.: 3335
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209074
Gospelsong (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730175
Gospelsong 1 Makk 2,60 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730178
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760229
from: „Gospelsongs Selected“
for Choir (SATB) and Combo (Piano / Guitar / Bass / Drums)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8040