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 (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 458934
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
Viola
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233935
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233083
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
10 Choir scores
Item no.: 1645341
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 826541
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126389
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085359
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125072
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 826150
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825886
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 825451
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 311805
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 326227
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085421
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609006
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609545
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609533
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609496
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552480
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 2
Item no.: 661214
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 1
Item no.: 661213
Weihnachts-Motette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 362501
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 681781
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278551
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764224
for: Male choir
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764211
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764201
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762598
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762948
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933320
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911635
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844780
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843413
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204755
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [melodic instruments]
Part 3 in C, Bass Clef
Item no.: 204538
for: Children's choir, instruments
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354653
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202713
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 125534
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1148786
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 307050
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 193293
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 191757
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892842
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 673753
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 175506
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423517
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 413295
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