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.: 984809
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985306
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1627477
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 845852
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159250
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157165
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159515
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1158017
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1156716
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1152877
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159956
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151820
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891643
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891560
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single parts Strings
Item no.: 663873
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Flute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 445258
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 119167
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 139414
4. Inmitten der Nacht
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733115
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742456
5. Der verschwundene Stern "Es stand ein Sternlein" / 6. Wacht auf, ihr schönen Vögelein
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747060
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 738320
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355824
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764115
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 648480
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 187742
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552090
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1543986
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158231
mit Einlagesätzen für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1684855
für gemischten Chor (SAM/SATB), Gemeinde und Orgel
Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685055
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1328116
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330519
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998523
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915249
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 824537
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097588
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097715
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096710
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097515
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906690
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121521
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325564
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916054
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959415
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097207
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911785
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915589
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