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: Choir
2 Books
Item no.: 1681962
op. 76/4
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753994
Volkslied aus dem 16. Jahrhundert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753964
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753961
aus der Oper "Der Freischütz"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 740384
aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte" KV 620
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 740368
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740344
Nr. 3 aus: Drei Chorlieder vom Wein
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733627
op. 75/1
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731023
15. Jahrhundert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730976
3 (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 286694
1 (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 286693
Schulmusical für Kinder von 7–10 Jahren
for: Children's choir, piano
Score with lyrics and stage direction
Item no.: 1022317
Symphony cantata
Practice-CD for choir singers
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 697316
URTEXT Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
auf der Grundlage des Klavierauszuges von Kurt Soldan (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 605861
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 621422
Süßmayr-Version
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 663380
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 665316
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1024441
Nella Scuola di Base
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1025056
tra Infanzia e Primaria
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1023824
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207669
Musiche della cappella di Santa Barbara in Mantova
Giaches de Wert. Musica sacra VI
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 774267
230 Chorstücke für gemischte Stimmen SATB
Chorleiterausgabe mit CD-ROM, Audiothek (4 CDs), DVD-ROM mit 729 Übe-mp3s und Instrumentalausgabe im Paket
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir book, CD-Rom, DVD, Playback-CD
Item no.: 497350
Originelle Originale
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271983
38 Canti per la didattica, il sostegno, la terapia
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1024338
Strumenti musicali per la scuola dell'infanzia e la primaria
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 775718
for: School class
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 767318
for: Choir
Students book
Item no.: 765486
for: School choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772494
for: Children's choir
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1556076
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 382627
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 3 solo voices (STB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 299208
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 260864
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 3 solo voices (STB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 299204
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 688560
Coronation Mass
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 685689
Coronation Mass
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 685688
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 684899
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 682137
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 676755
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
4 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 676144
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 662118
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 662079
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765873
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 670750
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 201225
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 695704