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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 635063
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260770
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 690374
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532624
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 226264
for: Soloist (soprano), narrator, mixed choir (SATB), boys' choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 289683
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 344563
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 340227
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 489098
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 564810
European Choral Music of the 19th Century
for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 669167
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 3141
Erfolgstitel aus Sister Act
"Herr, ich folge Dir"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604316
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, ATTB), basso continuo; 8 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 225648
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 486949
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198636
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 194563
Chorale cantata op. WoO V/4 Nr. 4
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), the parish, violin, viola, organ
Score
Item no.: 237853
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813322
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 655070
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1011307
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234301
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) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 770390
for: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1565814
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 393222
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [string orchestra, piano]
Organ score
Item no.: 687237
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1555996
for Mixed Choir
Nr. 1 von Drei Motetten
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 336955
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915805
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 686472
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678420
for: Mixed choir (SATB); lute ad lib.
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 376330
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260605
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 657899
Complete edition in 23 volumes
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666512
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 5654
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 120601
for: Women's choir [children's choir], violin, harp, strings [organ]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 663795
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 312512
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 691778
for mixed chorus International eveningsongs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 138243
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1545776
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659036
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 326840
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 280494
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284556
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 688668
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