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.
Kantate "Aufs neue Jahr"
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1478446
for: Women's choir (SA), violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 1478485
Kantate "Aufs neue Jahr"
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1478447
Kantante zum ersten Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1478418
Kantante zum ersten Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1478420
Kantante zum ersten Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1478417
Kantante zum ersten Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1478419
Kantante zum ersten Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1478421
Kantante zum ersten Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1478422
Kantante zum ersten Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1478416
for tenor, mixed chorus a cappella
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 775871
Der ewige Kreis
aus dem Film der König der Löwen
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1161398
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1351732
Der ewige Kreis
aus dem Film der König der Löwen
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1161397
für TTBB und Kinder- oder Solostimme und Klavier
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1059162
pour choeur à voix égales a cappella
partition
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1478396
für TTBB und Kinder- oder Solostimme und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Soloist, male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1478383
Fassung für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1587059
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478379
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478378
Fassung für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1587058
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1478377
Geistliche Chormusik für SAM und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1357828
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1357822
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1357824
nach Psalm 104
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1357826
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1357825
Vertonung des Gebetstextes
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1356489
nach Psalm 68
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1357821
nach Psalm 62
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1357823
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1357827
Come avvicinarsi alla musica con entusiasmo e creatività
for: School class
Teacher's book
Item no.: 1207522
Zur Trauung : silberne oder goldene Hochzeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1351666
(3-stimmig)
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1357774
A Practical Guide to Applying Gordon's Music Learning Theory in the Elementary School Music Programme
for: School class
Study book (without notes)
Item no.: 1357767
- Nur in Verbindung mit Chorstimmen lieferbar -
(3-stimmig)
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1357773
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1357771
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1357772
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343079
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343391
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343024
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1343426
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1343422
BB 111a
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2–3 parts)
Choir score
Item no.: 1162448
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343056
Weltlich
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343390
Liturgy
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1343023
Weltlich
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343416
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