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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 696721
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 798757
for: Children's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 770307
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 154106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; percussion ad lib.
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1343137
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 558216
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 660648
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 154218
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1664383
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549935
Cantata for Reformation Day
Scripture Ps 84
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233293
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 465163
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 673505
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1714384
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 813436
Gosepelsong (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753477
Spiritual (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753476
Gospelsong (Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753474
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732696
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760202
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760185
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 759818
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738624
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732574
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1017454
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690732
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 797788
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATBB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 555355
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 554779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 206785
9th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285499
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 229219
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 420704
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285553
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 106726
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 284906
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 630890
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 644675
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 647716
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814119
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 777922
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 667243
for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677375
für Männerchor a cappella
mit Klavierstimme zur Probenzwecken
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667838
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1076680
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556498
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931883
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 766151
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