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.
opera in one act libretto (en)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 643715
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913446
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914985
Chorstimmen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 646443
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925968
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912711
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925809
Nr 2 aus: Zwei geistl. Gesänge für gem. Chor opus 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Partitur
Item no.: 642221
Fantasie für Klavier, Chor und Orchester
Urtext nach der neuen Henle-Gesamtausgabe (früher HN 4664)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660042
2. Pfingstfesttag [Pfingstmontag]
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1640170
Regina Chorbibliothek
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556037
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1161892
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092502
for: Male choir
Vocal score Tenor 1,2
Item no.: 1043146
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 4 saxophones (SATBar), string orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1582659
Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald - Nr. 2 aus op. 50
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043874
Nr. 4 Op. 62
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043793
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092963
Potpourri bekannter Volkslieder
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 643915
Solo-Quartett (TTBB) , Männerchor, Klavier
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 644515
(Esperanto)
Praknalo de la estiganta kosmo
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 644618
aus: "Rinaldo"
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 644646
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 644649
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643217
for: Women's choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 643241
Füllt auf eure Gläser
Trinklied
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643646
Einzelausgabe aus dem "Augsburger Tafelkonfekt"
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 670837
Bodypercussion
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Score, Single parts
Item no.: 627260
aus: "Wiener Blut"
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 694458
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1108019
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1108966
Atlanta Master Chorale
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907408
Nr. 21 aus "Sacrae Cantiones 1565"
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) [6 solo voices]
Choir score
Item no.: 772815
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1200764
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1161888
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1042899
für Gemischter Chor a Cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043057
Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043870
Sieben Lieder Op.62 - 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043947
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959929
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043515
Bekränzt mit Laub
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043519
for: Male choir (TB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043544
"Heil'ge Nacht o gieße du" für Männerchor und Klavier (Orgel/Orchester)
nach dem 2. Satz der Klaviersonate op. 57 (Appassionata)
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 779254
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824690
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913482
Hark hark my soul
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913432
"Nicht unserm Namen, Herr"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668419
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