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: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 556140
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 melodic instruments, organ; bass ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231020
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 463842
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422156
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 365367
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 344416
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649727
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 646830
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 648737
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280797
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 579218
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1013741
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809887
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1747277
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 309195
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376383
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376137
for: Choral
Item no.: 1372495
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1267601
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1267598
for: Brass band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690700
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123858
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126788
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169433
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169424
Quintet Collection
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 918790
10 Exemplaires
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1020198
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058306
Bass & Drum Parts
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919140
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124846
Als der Sohn geboren war
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; soloists, 2 trumpets ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 637915
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122188
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126412
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 472575
Für Solo, Frauen- oder Jugendchor und Klavier
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658441
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670410
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145785
aus dem Oratorio de Noel op.12
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1136529
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 311546
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125239
A Colonial Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1319769
incorporating God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen and Sing We Now of Christmas
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123229
for: Male choir
Item no.: 187047
for: Women's choir, organ
Klavierauszug (Orgel)
Item no.: 620059
for: Choir, organ
Item no.: 455709
Südamerikanische Weihnachtslieder
mit Gitarrensymbolen und rhythmischen Ostinati
for: Choir (1–2 voices), 1–2 flutes, rhythm section (guitar, bass, percussion)
Choir score
Item no.: 695475
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125306
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124836
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