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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325604
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117313
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932035
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110453
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964497
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959730
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915828
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086326
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 329624
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Violoncello/Kontrabass
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671134
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913004
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 645631
Ein Singen zur Menschwerdung Christi von der Verheißung bis zur Geburt. Nach Volksliedern f. Solostimmen, Chor, Sprecher u. kleines Orch.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 649631
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325552
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 645692
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Bass guitar (single part)
Item no.: 690349
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1355521
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910777
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959755
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308718
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115956
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959577
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086754
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960250
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 176703
A Christmas Musical for Key Stages 1-2
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 456038
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 630969
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330290
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953238
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115968
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092204
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 629911
Set of 10 Vocal Scores
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Partitur-Set
Item no.: 1071233
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328198
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1646447
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825808
Chorals In Jazz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 182865
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227895
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 247295
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Item no.: 367273
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 345369
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 341882
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone saxophone (E-flat)
Item no.: 291207
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235063
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 558534
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 558033
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 140323
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