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 (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933774
Arranged for SATB Voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 933719
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933642
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929922
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929863
Incorporating the traditional hymn tune Holy Manna
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929857
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929853
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929780
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929770
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929747
Folk
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929610
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929572
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929522
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929486
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929473
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929460
Organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929403
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 929387
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929386
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929355
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929335
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929197
Based upon the tune Hyfrydol and incorporating What Child Is This
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929123
Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Book
Item no.: 929037
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929030
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929022
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928984
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928962
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930975
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930943
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930939
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930901
with All Creatures and Our God and King
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930882
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930876
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930848
Lola Gets
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930827
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930796
Latin
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930772
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930754
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930736
Folk
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930680
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930638
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930611
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930521
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930467
Folk aus den USA
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930449
Songs by Getty, Townend, Tomlin, and Redman
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930446
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930346
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