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.
Organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905194
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905050
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904998
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904973
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904934
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904927
Songs for All Seasons - Songs from the Mountain
for: Choir
CD-ROM
Item no.: 904896
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904766
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 904570
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 904549
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904399
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904371
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904329
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 903906
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903815
A Cantata for Holy Week
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 903804
A Partner Song with I've Been Workin' on the Railroad
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 903570
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 903437
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903254
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903154
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 887018
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910234
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910145
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910091
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909930
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909684
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909658
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909649
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 909359
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909039
from the Broadway musical Elf
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908984
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908948
Songs for All Seasons - Songs from the Mountain
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 908915
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 908674
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 908390
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908352
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908199
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908077
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908015
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907927
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907913
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907870
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907703
Folk
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907546
Organ
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907394
Opt. Trumpet, Snare-Hand Drum
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907338
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907235
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 906987
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