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, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 677989
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671865
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587925
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587858
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587844
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595014
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 580334
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
CD
Item no.: 1665519
Geistliches Singspiel für Kinderchor, Gemeinde und Instrumente nach bekannten Volks- Kinder- und Kirchenliedern
für Kinder ab 8 Jahren, Anlass kann z.B. Erntedank oder das Thema "Schöpfung" sein
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
Choir score (for the parish)
Item no.: 331762
Zachäus und die Heilung des Blinden
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Lyric book
Item no.: 424126
Die ganze bunte, spannende Vielfalt der Zirkuswelt präsentiert sich mit Musik und Aktion in der Arena.
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 424318
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476404
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 472138
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 298421
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 291077
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1680977
Opera-ballet with one prologue and 3 acts RCT 59
Versions of 1746 and 1745
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 762557
...ist die Geschichte des rosaroten Frosches, der anders ist als seine grünen Artgenossen
Ein Schulmusical für 20-25 Mitwirkende von 8-12 Jahren. (5 Gesangsrollen, 1 Erzähler, Chor)
for: Children's choir, instruments
Music score, CD
Item no.: 660133
Eine fantasievolle Show mit "Tiefgang" - Schulmusical für Jugendliche von 9 - 15 Jahren
Gesamtausgabe & Doppel-CD - Besetzung: Chor, mind. 19 Gesangsrollen, 3 Sprechrollen
for: Soloists, children's choir, narrator, piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 614069
Part songs for mixed voices vol. 1. Kritische Gesamtausgabe / Critical Complete Edition
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 496672
Brasilianische Habanera
Lieder, Songs & Evergreens
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 302400
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 562825
27 neue geistliche Chorstücke für Gottesdienst, Feier und Konzert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 461495
Drum soll gesungen sein
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 345068
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 565970
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 343833
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 343526
for: Mixed choir; basso continuo ad lib.
Item no.: 344560
Friedensmesse
Format: Marschformat
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 489192
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 608047
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117228
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 609886
for: Male choir
Item no.: 223805
Songs in close Harmony
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 187660
for: Male choir
Item no.: 465110
for: Male choir
Item no.: 190136
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 604809
9 Jazz- und Popchor-Kompositionen
Preisreduzierte Exemplare ohne CD für den Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 603534
for: Male choir
Item no.: 172666
From Ukraine and Estonia, a Setting of Verses from the Orthodox Prayer Book
for 8-part choir (including tenor solo) with recorder and percussion
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Item no.: 1009499
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270025
for: Male choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270024
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315774
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315548
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316272
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316230
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316224
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316222
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