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), organ; soprano saxophone ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 194351
The Music from the Delta Air Lines Commercial
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313385
Oper in 4 Akten (9 Bildern) – Urfassung 1932
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175781
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319324
A Cappella Spirituals & Gospel Songs
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 496587
(Alto Rhapsody)
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683357
für Tenor (S), gemischten Chor, Violine und Orgel (Harfe ad libitum)
for: Solo voice (S/T), mixed choir (SATB), violin, organ; harp ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 338933
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123406
Choralkantate für Sopran, gemischten Chor und Streicher
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235597
für Chor (SATB), auch mit Instrumenten/ Orchester
vollständige Partituren
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 492598
(1) Espana en el corazón nach Gedichten von Lorca und Neruda - (2) Y su sangre ya viene cantando - (3) Memento - Romance de la Guardia civil espanola
Musik unserer Zeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103130
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1169977
for: Mixed choir (SATB), combo
Score
Item no.: 187579
Operea in three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 342930
Erfolgstitel aus Sister Act
"Herr, ich folge Dir"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604316
for SATB choir, upper voice choir, piano duet, and optional percussion
for: Mixed choir, women's choir, piano 4 hands; percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 443696
Geistliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1043014
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683036
Gesamtausgabe 26 Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 655070
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 672951
Chorale cantata op. WoO V/4 Nr. 4
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), the parish, violin, viola, organ
Score
Item no.: 237853
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 489098
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 690374
Kanta Jaunari Kantu Berria
Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 770390
für Sopran solo, gemischten Chor und Bigband
Die Chorpartitur enthält auch den Solo-Sopran
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), big band
Choir score
Item no.: 327429
European Choral Music of the 19th Century
for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 669167
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 564810
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 486949
Kantate BuxWV 4
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgabe
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234301
Happy Days are here again
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 194563
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532624
aus dem Musical "Tarzan", mit dt. und engl. Text von Phil Collins
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 622267
27 Jazz-Kanons im Swing- oder Latin-Groove
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 393222
(Sing!) Salsa for female chorus (SSA) and piano
Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 635063
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690192
Medley - A Tribute to the Beatles
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 226264
Hal Leonard Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813322
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 781408
Mass ordinary and Latin 9th century "Veni Creator Spiritus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [string orchestra, piano]
Organ score
Item no.: 687237
dramma buffo in 3 atti
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260770
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1011307
Opera in three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1555996
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 340227
Operette in drei Akten
Miniatur-Klavierauszug
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306791
Novello Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 344563
Anhang mit 224 Liedern zum Gesangbuch der evangelischen Kirche in Baden / Württemberg / Pfalz
Liederbuch im Großdruck mit Ringbindung (für die Gemeinde)
for: Voice [choir/parish]; guitar [piano/organ/accordion] ad lib.
Songbook (spiral binding)
Item no.: 682821
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 497374
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1343898
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