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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021459
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1021100
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803651
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1178475
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 472591
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1155377
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1159850
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 862899
Da die Zeit erfüllet war
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742412
1. Auf, ihr Hirten (18. Jh.) / 2. Dort oben vom Berge (Oberösterreich)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742398
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747098
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341541
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235825
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 631003
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232503
for: Mixed choir (SATB), percussion
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 628329
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764251
Weihnachtslied aus Finnland
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746845
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355823
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308849
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308716
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308633
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308545
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308923
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 624530
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915152
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1009141
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 303568
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909555
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909299
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001533
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121819
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325715
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915892
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325553
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117119
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 851827
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116085
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