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: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628145
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 886166
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 891739
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552089
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764114
– Copy on request –
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish; instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 695306
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116322
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675553
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 669273
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violino piccolo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762466
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 187750
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341949
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874516
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 618688
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159722
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156724
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157809
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1158407
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158344
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1150426
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1150415
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1151684
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1151629
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151278
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150947
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1153722
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1152973
Ave Maria SSA
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 645485
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123124
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959607
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825201
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097371
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915867
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086421
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937734
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100691
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937908
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953096
(Mandolin orchestra)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 497377
for: Male choir
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307111
Heft 5 aus «Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn»
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 687312
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 1091679
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121612
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826882
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117427
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097121
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116083
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 959343
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