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.
aus dem "Messias"
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 722938
Gottes Sohn ward heut' gebor'n
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725412
Aus Schlesien
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725407
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751474
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 738905
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 485925
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 462412
for: 2-4 voices [choir], instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 158141
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471214
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 475189
From Messiah
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 559566
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 460520
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911567
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 887371
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 859960
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315524
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891118
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913000
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1094989
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 647119
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862974
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321955
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 870065
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 888067
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 489463
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040312
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039492
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1077829
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077429
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041047
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039633
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985442
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855185
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854755
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918432
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 858795
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556228
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 488351
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 256596
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1550489
Sing & Play
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115036
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 579435
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 602806
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1530409
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, piano [organ]; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 189989
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 376922
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 581264
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir book
Item no.: 608840
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