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 (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001707
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918102
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 859153
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857411
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077169
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158885
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039846
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150281
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150775
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 873365
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900070
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321691
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 903317
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321607
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982758
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 489458
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 189351
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317661
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317395
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317371
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317287
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317282
for: Choir (1–2 parts), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 1633849
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 195735
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117227
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 772777
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 283395
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 610047
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 342780
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196637
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 294187
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334062
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 459735
Der Lobgesang der Maria (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115706
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 378879
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 772237
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 681738
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 632995
for: Children's choir, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 499257
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 874036
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1549307
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 128792
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901863
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897001
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807774
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 617696
Oratorium In Festum Nativitatis Christi (GraunWV Bv:IX:18)
Aufführungsmaterial leihweise direkt beim ortus Verlag
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 135810
for: Mixed choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 1199138
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