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.
für Frauenchor (SSAA) a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1666646
für Chor, Orgel und Instrumente (ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1660339
für Chor a cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1660348
für Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660345
aus: Piae cantiones
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690402
aus: Bicinia sacra
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690397
op. 61b,4
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690383
aus: Piae cantiones
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690400
aus: Zwölf deutsche geistliche Gesänge
op. WoO VI/13, 4, 1899
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664467
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [organ]
Single edition
Item no.: 1690395
für Chor (SAM)
for: Mixed choir, orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 1657960
Adon olam
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690388
Lied Nr. 130: 'Wach auf, meins Herzens Schöne'
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1632239
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1654966
aus: Tre julsånger
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690392
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [organ]
Single edition
Item no.: 1690398
für Chor oder Vokalensemble
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660344
Kids & Teens Choir
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690463
Nach einem italienischen Volkslied
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1687837
Festliche Liedbearbeitung für Chor, Orgel und Orchester
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 1660323
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1682022
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659427
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659428
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690614
bearbeitet für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella von Rudi Spring (1995)
op. 58f
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658498
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1687839
für Chor (oder Vokalensemble) und Kongregation
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish
Choir score
Item no.: 1660340
Psalm 23 (22).4
aus: 3 geistliche Gesänge für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1655470
aus: Messe pour deux voix égales
167,5
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690399
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1681555
Choralbearbeitung für vierstimmigen Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660318
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661686
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661703
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661685
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661704
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661687
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661702
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661692
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661688
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661684
nach: Secondate aurette (Akt II, Nr. 21, Così fan tutte)
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690396
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661689
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661691
GL 720
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [organ]
Single edition
Item no.: 1690394
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661690
for: Choral
Item no.: 1661683
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1654995
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 978867
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