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 a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753810
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733556
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730710
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730709
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730708
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801407
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1094383
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579891
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 767641
"in nativitate Domini"
organ version
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 207387
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 181769
4 oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856331
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167322
3-5 octave
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855474
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122856
Flute Part
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 860053
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919670
4 Oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856519
incorporating God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen and Sing We Now of Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126554
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125864
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931244
A children's Christmas musical.
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832111
Eboracum Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085842
Heilge Nacht, auf Engelsschwingen nahst du
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658531
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653104
"Christkindlmesse"
Blechbläserset (Stimmensatz - Trompete, Tenorhorn und Bassposaune)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Wind parts (4)
Item no.: 1639273
Du steigest von den Sternen – bekanntes italienisches Weihnachtslied
zwei Soli oder 1-2stimmiger Gemeindegesang und Klavier
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 327407
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469694
25 parts
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Partitur-Set
Item no.: 1104975
Christmas Music Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 490392
Christmas-Song
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 156777
Close Harmony
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671270
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1557764
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911870
for: Solo voice (high), mixed choir, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 656328
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Item no.: 490817
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 229389
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 172240
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 420022
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 153192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1667793
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169402
Christmas for Band
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482591
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 607248
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680768
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233135
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1668472
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 473290
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