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.
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 312512
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 666394
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [6 melodic instruments, organ]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123417
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 691778
for mixed chorus International eveningsongs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 138243
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198782
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1545776
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659036
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284224
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 624483
Symphony-Cantata
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229353
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 326840
für gemischten Chor und Orchester
Klavierauszug XL im Großdruck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681278
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Easter
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 624179
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315861
Singing – Leading – Communicating
for: Choir
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 551288
An unfinished Oratorio
Erde, Hölle und Himmel (MWV A 26)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318553
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score, CD
Item no.: 632786
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 686474
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670893
for: Male choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 670205
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478365
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 364828
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 336624
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 366719
for: Mixed choir (favourite choir SATB), basso continuo; 2 mixed choirs (chapel choirs SATB, SATB), 8 melodic instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231744
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 654950
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano, bass, drums; alto saxophone ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 623331
Shadow Water Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 558093
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1549869
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798194
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [keyboard], guitar, bass, drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2944
for: Women's choir (SAA) [3 solo voices], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1977
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388544
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388721
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 242127
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 296294
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 141243
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 207093
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 321977
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 919977
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 635416
British and irish Folk Songs for mixed Choir a cappella
Choral Conductor's Score with CD
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book, CD
Item no.: 680848
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 211727
Five fun favourites for young chorus and piano
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano score, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 679857
for: Choir, piano
Music score (with text and chords), E-Book, Media App
Item no.: 687192
Psalm 98 und 150 für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 243133
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 606400
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