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
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1152028
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151949
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151922
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1151797
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1151750
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151724
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151608
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1151559
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151538
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151473
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1151426
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1151420
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153452
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1153443
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153375
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1153366
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1153344
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153095
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153029
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152910
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1152884
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1152791
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1152771
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152760
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152662
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152597
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1154970
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1154956
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1154938
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1154887
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1154869
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154815
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154797
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1154767
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1154729
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154688
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154612
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154608
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1153902
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1153899
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153898
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1153821
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1153788
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153685
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1153631
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1153623
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1153594
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