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.
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916711
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824707
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116740
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906741
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931752
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092025
A Cantata for Holy Week or Easter Digital Resource Kit
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1125436
Shawnee Sacred
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824421
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122006
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 1111613
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910242
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912060
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324615
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824498
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 917165
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 917156
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1319733
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916605
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959690
(Russian)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092962
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 497547
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 497736
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1053324
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 241987
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1013804
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1530416
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1651275
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1530414
für gemischten Chor, Streicher, Klavier, Gitarre, Bass und Schlagzeug
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, piano, guitar, bass, drums
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682588
für gemischten Chor, Streicher, Klavier, Gitarre, Bass und Schlagzeug
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, piano, guitar, bass, drums
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682587
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043760
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 477186
für Koloratursopran u. Frauenchor mit Klavier
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308482
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308457
Potpourri
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308385
aus "Idomeneo" für gem. Chor mir Sopran- Tenorsolo Klavier
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308366
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308365
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308364
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308359
aus dem Oratorium "Samson", gem Ch Orch (Klav)
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308325
aus dem Oratorium "Samson", gem Ch Orch (Klav)
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308324
für gem. Chor, Orchester u. Orgel
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308314
für gem Chor und Instrumente Oberstimme
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute [oboe/clarinet], piano
Instrumental part
Item no.: 656149
a cappella oder mit Klavier
oder zusätzlich mit Akkordeon, Gitarre, Bass und Schlagzeug
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano, guitar, accordion, bass, percussion ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 622295
in Sätzen für 3-4stg. gem. Chor (Gaienhofener Chorblätter Nr. 13). NGL
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 625608
for: Male choir, piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 637657
für Männerchor a cappella Partitur
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 637037
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 913798
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