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.
Kanon
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742675
Volkslied aus Hessen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742665
"Zwei verliebte kleine Vögel" (griechisches Volkslied)
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 742641
7. Umkehr "Leben kann man nicht von Tönen"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742565
6. Spottlied - Rugalica
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742452
"Hophej! Zwiebelhändler da" (Tschechei)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742427
2. Der Postillon "Was willst du auf dieser Station"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742419
3. Ein Winterabend
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742385
5. Hyperions Schicksalslied "Ihr wandelt droben im Licht"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742365
Madrigal
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 741854
"Hört vom Strand ein Vespersingen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747117
"Seht, wie die Sonne lacht" nach zwei jugoslawischen Volksweisen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747073
1. Freuet euch des Herrn und seid fröhlich
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747043
3. Stadturlaub "Ich hab mein Käppi in den Spind getan"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747031
5. Die Nachtigall "Das macht, es hat die Nachtigall" / 6. In der Frühe "Goldstrahlen schießen übers Dach"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746963
10 alte Kinderreime
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755310
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 102868
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102827
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199244
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 902626
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 899482
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1031991
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043787
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Chorstimme
Item no.: 202328
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202308
for: Choir
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 202261
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 202260
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 201779
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 165736
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764838
New revised version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 761993
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 581036
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1190135
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1186729
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1565739
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280469
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1014937
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226145
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 159093
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 655353
for: Soloist, mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 471116
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1186180
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1185744
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959849
"Ihr Mörser, erknallet" (Tirol)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746837
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harpsichord [organ] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215266
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 667693
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 344292
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