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 (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 361304
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 297952
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 229219
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260621
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 661619
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1017456
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1031921
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1703717
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1682188
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Choir part Tenor 1, 2
Item no.: 432057
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 818392
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 746266
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 340354
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1009270
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 468198
Male Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 365610
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 643470
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1341828
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341759
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 369840
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; percussion ad lib.
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1343137
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155625
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 689509
Ballad for chorus and orchestra
MWV D3 (Op. 60), 1833
for: 4 soloists (ATBarB) [ATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 1697174
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 661157
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659425
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 673505
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 745304
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1627533
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1619965
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1627550
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1627561
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663230
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 910273
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
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964814
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1583037
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105563
Inclusion in Band and Orchestra
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1549341
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 766152
Nr. 2 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677192
Nr. 4 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677193
Concordance
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 919012
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