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.
Kantate
Kaleidoskop
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score, CD
Item no.: 389409
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 155637
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 132718
for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 212447
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1656585
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854676
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1352952
Trumpet & Timpani Parts
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918863
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919023
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 856393
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123528
Three Festival Choruses
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1077926
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 856004
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124681
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856112
Words from Philippians 4:7
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124558
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1126680
SATB w/opt. Instruments
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856120
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919009
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125522
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125166
SATB & 2 Trumpets
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 859387
Musical für Kinder
Reihe U17
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1013168
Three Festival Choruses
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1076951
Mark Foster
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124166
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919212
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124714
SATB w/opt. 8 Handbells (included)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919168
Choralpartita
– Sonderanfertigung! Lieferbar in ca. 3-4 Wochen
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1664207
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1658860
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1672318
Sopran-Solo ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1657107
Performance/Accompaniment CD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 854690
Madrigal I nach einem mährischen Volkslied (deutsche Übertragung)
für gemischten Chor (SSATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670756
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1682206
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 983109
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057111
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 855684
Accessible Choral Library
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Buch
Item no.: 1530490
Oratorio In Due Parti (1687)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998439
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998456
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998459
I 20 Misteri Del Rosario Messi In Musica
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998513
aus "Marienlieder" für gemischten Chor op. 22
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 868748
from: Psalms of David
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgaben
for: 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 696259
3-6 oct w/opt. Rhythm
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1059332
Handchime Part
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918473
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