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.: 671604
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 656159
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810213
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Set of parts
Item no.: 810011
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807188
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811585
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809021
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 808984
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806868
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807672
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 805957
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808511
Feast of Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285517
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 458335
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 229218
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 156204
Das Weihnachts- und Winterliederbuch
177 Lieder, Songs, Kanons, Raps, Bewegungslieder Singspiele und Mini-Musicals für Kinder im Grundschulalter von 6-12 Jahre
for: Voice [choir]; accompanying instrument ad lib.
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords), app
Item no.: 576830
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 324733
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897923
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 645818
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 162569
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 645866
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 373771
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 632432
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 133296
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 878407
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169386
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693316
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813953
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813772
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816056
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813066
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1658446
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 815440
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815228
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812921
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812729
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812634
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812588
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814438
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812434
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812211
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812164
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809837
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809729
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