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.
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935166
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935112
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935061
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935033
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935030
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935006
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934953
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934929
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934905
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934886
As performed by Annie Lennox
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934801
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934779
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934770
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934751
Jesus Paid It All - In the Cross of Christ Glory - Near the Cross
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934743
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 934737
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934735
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934725
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934713
It Is Well with My Soul - Like a River Glorious
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934676
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934674
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 934663
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 934653
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934634
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934597
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934594
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934565
Opt. Flute
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934557
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934542
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934529
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934526
from Love Songs for Springtime
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934510
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934504
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934503
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934502
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934500
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934491
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934475
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 927862
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924253
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924185
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 912334
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912325
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912176
The Music of George and Ira Gershwin
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 912100
with Trumpet
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912041
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912031
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 911997
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