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.: 951390
Christmas Day
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950153
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950094
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610078
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610031
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609744
for: Children's choir, piano
Item no.: 578099
From A World of Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126711
A Cantata for Christmas - 10-Pack Listening CDs
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1655690
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1656153
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315941
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 370569
Neue Chor-Kompositionen zur Vorweihnachtszeit für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335438
für Sopran, Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Baß und Pauken
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 334462
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592561
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 587102
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591048
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591045
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591026
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591023
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590769
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377089
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376979
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376384
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376234
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375952
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376802
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377573
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609546
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609495
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608991
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608711
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562355
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562322
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847564
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847156
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847609
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 849689
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 849393
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 901723
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900534
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 898227
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936270
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936220
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929446
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929006
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