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.
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125607
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918437
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 499741
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 795967
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642066
Weihnachtliche Kantate für drei gleiche Stimmen, Solosopran und Instrumente
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SSA) [male choir (TTB)], instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 680135
Navidad en Latinoamérica 1
for: Women's choir (SSA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1015478
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078368
Weihnachtliche Motette für dreistimmigen gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 291070
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476422
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 479451
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 147575
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 151779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 159920
Krippenspiele, Weihnachtsmusicals und weihnachtliche Anspiele zu biblischen Geschichten
für Gemeinde und Schule
for: Children's choir, instruments
Book, CD-ROM
Item no.: 602893
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664364
Orgelfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 281935
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1023505
Ein Weihnachtsmusical
für Soli, Darsteller, Chor und Instrumente
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Piano score
Item no.: 681624
für Sprecher, Kinderchor und Fiedelorchester
Das zauberhafte Fiedelorchester 12
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672341
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 213762
Krippenspiel für Soli, Kinderchor und Klavier
Chorstimme mit Texten
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 655292
für gem Chor a cappella
Die neue Generation der Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632258
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 577699
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591001
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590908
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] + Chorus [SATB], Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598147
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1658881
KV 195 (186d)
Klavierauszug
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1670757
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616052
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 234191
Cathedral Music Choral Series
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645505
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364327
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 349784
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 348553
Kleine Weihnachtsmusik
for: Soloist, mixed choir (SAB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 378223
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595167
Eb Bass & Organ
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595166
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595161
für gemischten Chor a capella
Traditionelle Texte in originellen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1659873
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1252422
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671617
hear Those Christmas Bells
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121265
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 243391
With Chorus SATB
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589287
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588203
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588200
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Glockenspiel & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599307
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