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.
Frankfurt/M. 1659
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725391
15. Jh., nach "Quem pastores laudavere" bzw. "nunc angelorum gloria"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725380
Einsiedeln 12. Jh., Martin Luther 1524
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725378
nach dem Kanon "Ave Maria"
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Music score
Item no.: 722947
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 759117
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 742329
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687303
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 182021
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 378214
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 458335
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 229218
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 376086
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 156204
for: Accordion orchestra; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 657236
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204813
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 134989
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 367455
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 629870
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 664299
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170255
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235044
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 580416
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753812
aus op. 5 (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753409
(Himmelfahrt)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753387
(Ostern)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753386
for: Voice [choir]; accompanying instrument ad lib.
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords), app
Item no.: 576830
aus op. 5; Mel.: Hohenfut 1410, Erfurt 1524 (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744553
(Pfingsten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 736010
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733557
(Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730078
(Weihnachten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730041
Melodie: Lyon 1557; geistl. Erfurt 1563; Str. 4 Lüneburg 1657 (Advent)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730027
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 351264
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1161437
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 675557
Feast of Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285517
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Score
Item no.: 577926
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 1678111
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 662159
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317440
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 901203
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984624
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 910894
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 632432
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 176263
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 607121
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 892403
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