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 a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 483667
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476419
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123449
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1701194
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911495
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 775548
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 341495
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 299319
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375606
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374541
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373091
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374724
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 131742
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 466282
"Christkindlmesse"
Blechbläserset (Stimmensatz - Trompete, Tenorhorn und Bassposaune)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Wind parts (4)
Item no.: 1639273
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181771
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 663334
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ; 4 soloists (SATB), orchestra ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 366005
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 458325
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1349818
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1340549
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Additional melody part in C
Item no.: 672223
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 631016
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 443944
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 425597
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 679245
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts [oboes/ violins], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 115607
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 872430
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 648727
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 380346
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019922
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 293418
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 114799
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308061
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 357232
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 241284
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1627739
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 876778
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 618164
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 162382
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309678
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 462264
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 112801
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809153
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803689
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280954
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 204959
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