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) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 355129
Traditional (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730188
Gospelsong nach Dan 12, 1.5 (?) (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730177
Gospelsong (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730171
(using the Spiritual "Children, Go Where I Sent Thee") Spiritual (Ostern)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730165
Would God I were the tender apple
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728128
Spiritual (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753483
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1664366
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1690351
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1634911
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1551068
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772274
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209081
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 649084
Traditional Blues from the USA
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 754639
Capstan-Shanty
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740778
Madrigal for Mixed Choir with Piano or Orchestra Accompaniment
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]; 4 soloists (SATB) ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 304695
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307896
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 369993
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1643149
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192203
for: Soloist (bass), orchestra; male choir (TTBB) ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 375394
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905776
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895942
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 886345
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1584404
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 214271
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir book
Item no.: 274749
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1148343
Symphony-Cantata
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 159564
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566886
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1535256
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1343156
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 866681
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 674463
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474715
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691661
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 671422
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1215735
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 340497
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862266
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; brass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 858695
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820540
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano; chamber orchestra ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 665504
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 637085
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 461566
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 628286
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820530
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