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
Item no.: 1621319
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621308
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621305
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621301
for: Choir
Item no.: 1621237
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621210
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621208
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1621137
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621129
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621101
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 1621063
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621046
for: Choir
Item no.: 1621016
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105635
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 861548
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Viola da gamba (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689998
Kyrie-Gloria-Messe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1678291
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1676962
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1671025
Pfingstsequenz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 1670427
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1692
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1697120
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1692
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1677441
Award winning at "Alpenchorfestival Brig"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1689339
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 1681232
Cantate
Swiss Composers Series
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 1671536
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1669154
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 647869
13. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1639821
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043796
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1201801
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1109002
für 4-stimmigen Chor (2020)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1042960
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 647949
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827252
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 778952
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931473
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904637
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir, piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766149
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909603
Volkslied
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659886
Gezang 007 / Gezang 025
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909733
for: Children's choir, instruments
Organ score, Vocal score
Item no.: 1582043
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1355973
Nr. 2 aus "Primus Liber Missarum 1572"
for: Mixed choir (7 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 772853
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1201479
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916832
Schlusschor aus der Oper " Iwan Sussanin"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019771
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