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 (SSATTB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 635325
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 630477
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 311494
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 626164
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 622956
Drei weihnachtliche Stimmungsbilder nach Texten von Rainer Maria Rilke und Christian Morgenstern
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, flute
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Item no.: 726141
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
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Item no.: 470986
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 469373
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 388218
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 388094
for: Mixed choir; basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 277018
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 883717
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 656095
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Score
Item no.: 646834
Cantata
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
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Item no.: 349298
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 580612
for: Favorit choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ; soloist (tenor) ad lib.
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Item no.: 232096
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 231798
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 231406
für Chor mit Einzelstimmen
nach Worten von Gisela Behm
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 119966
My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 381144
für 5 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
[Klavierauszug mit CD - Gesamteinspielung Rilling] (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction, CD
Item no.: 383711
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815658
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1018961
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423004
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
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Item no.: 422206
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 120169
for: Women's choir, several instruments
Score
Item no.: 425688
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805089
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805002
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805731
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805654
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805351
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807855
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807726
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807654
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803850
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802258
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802152
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802110
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811342
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811109
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806318
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 806245
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806185
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806103
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