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.
Ein Singspiel für die 4. Klasse
Kaleidoskop 54
for: Children's choir
Ensemble score
Item no.: 389400
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAAB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 484661
Gesamtaufnahme und Playbacks
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
CD
Item no.: 658145
Adon olam
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690388
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361101
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685147
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685139
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685138
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685107
Kindermusical, ab 5 Jahren
Theater spielen, singen und tanzen
for: Voices
Music score
Item no.: 209906
Ausgabe für 2-stimmigen Kinderchor oder ergänzenden Frauenchor
for: Children's choir, organ
Choir book
Item no.: 498629
für gemischten Chor, Bläser, Pauken und Orgel
Stimmen für Bläser und Pauken
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, organ
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 677238
Das Chormusical
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, big band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 766416
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 490747
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 665508
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 179323
Oratorio
Music Of Our Time
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 616946
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 610957
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293273
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293272
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 288344
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Partitur
Item no.: 351669
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351500
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352464
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288417
Motet of mourning
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 781791
from Sweden
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1544441
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660141
for Soprano solo, Mixed Choir (SATB) and String Orchestra
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1658556
"Sing dem Herrn ein Lied"
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Partitur = Klavierauszug
Item no.: 734199
(Hiking Song from Äppelbo)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732276
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
18 Study scores (Hardcover)
Item no.: 697757
for: Mixed choir, brass instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 686566
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 560171
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 487872
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra [organ]
Partitur
Item no.: 480626
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 772760
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 793495
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209087
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209079
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1701154
Fairy-tale Opera in three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Klavierauszug Singspielfassung für Schulen, Vereins- und Liebhaberbühnen
Item no.: 759225
Text trad. (1582) / Melodie trad (1603)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756143
Text und Melodie trad. 1545
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756124
Psalm 88,25
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755712
female chorus (SA) and organ
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 750714
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753956
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