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: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959416
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960310
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960301
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960143
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959866
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097727
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097632
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097363
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097358
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 1738825
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443905
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts [oboes/ violins], basso continuo
Violin 1 [Oboe/ Cornett 1] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455872
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309594
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552091
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552088
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824391
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 226635
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 179361
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 310497
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309498
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309144
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309105
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814982
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812148
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809509
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809237
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807175
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805361
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1002756
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805263
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811001
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810855
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804421
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907234
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202776
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 202334
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202326
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 306954
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 306909
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877345
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764117
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 242944
oder 11 leichte Weihnachtslieder
for: Children's choir, flute, keyboard instrument
Single part Flute
Item no.: 457302
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 798949
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1002526
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095860
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095841
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