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 "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.: 8026
aus der „Weihnachtsmesse“ (Nr. 5)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8053
1. Down by the Riverside
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737917
Gospelsong (Pfingsten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730168
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760273
for mixed choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 729119
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209073
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760256
Catch of three Voices, from: Pammelia Musicks Miscellanie or Mixed Varietie Of Pleasant Roundelayes, and delightfull Catches
London, 1609
for: 3 equal voices [women's choir/male choir]
Score
Item no.: 5687
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209076
Liedsatz für Chor cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1696653
Chor aus dem Oratorium "Messias"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2562
from Ireland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728129
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722974
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751813
Notendownload
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642702
"In particular the cottage itself"
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748901
Gospelsong (Advent)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744581
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747768
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565922
Spiritual (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730170
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755224
"Our Father, which are in heaven"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748771
aus: "The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets, apt for Viols and Voyces"
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 3141
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760276
Gospelsong (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730200
Te Deum laudamus
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795676
A Capella Notendownload
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642693
Sally Gardens, Carrickfergus, In Dublin's Fair City, The Last Rose of Summer
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 795704
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209075
Gospelsong (Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 737844
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1633021
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760230
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760264
3. Schottland: Poortith cauld
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748784
A Capella Notendownload SATB
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642698
Notendownload
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642707
2 Folksongs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 720766
Notendownload
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642708
for mixed choir
for: Mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 729324
2. Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child (Spiritual)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751710
from "A Collection of New Glees"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4650
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.: 8027
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760219
Spiritual; Text nach 2 Kön 2,11 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730176
(„There's a music up in the frozen hills“)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6440
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760228
Classic meets Jazz 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 740978