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.
"Narren sind an allen Ecken"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751923
"Einstmals im tiefen Wald"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 751893
"Heut ist der liebste Tag" / "So still ist die Luft"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 751889
"Nun gilt's! Die Tage längen"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 751887
5. The devil a monk would be - Art lässt nicht von Art
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751848
1. Geistliches Lied "Der Mensch lebt und bestehet"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751838
Preist diesen Tag der Freude / Froher Tag, lichter Tag
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751746
"Heut ist geborn ein Kindelein"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751736
"Lieber Morgenstern"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751727
5. Dans la maison de doleur
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751719
1. Ei Baur, was kost dei Heu
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751687
"Alles Schöne, alles Gute"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751678
2. O Liebe, Liebe (Mähren)
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751674
2. Der Geck "Ein Bursche ist im Städtchen"
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751653
2. Herzliebster Jesu
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751575
"Frühling kommt angezogen" Idylle
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 782649
"Frühling kommt angezogen" Idylle
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 782648
"Immer lustig, fesch und munter" (Marsch)
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 782647
nach Motiven des Walzers "Wo die Zitronen blüh'n"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 782636
Walzer "Wien, ach Wien! Stadt mit frohem Sinn"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 782621
Walzer "Allüb'rall in Österreich tönt der Sang"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 782612
"Frühling kommt angezogen" - Idylle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 782549
How Many Sunk in Fire Eternal
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 784071
4. Dann "Sich stemmen gegen die Trennung"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782700
aus dem Toskanischen
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 782050
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; percussion ad lib.
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 782020
op. 53
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 781783
Schweizer Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 781580
Walzer "Donau so blau"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 781571
5. Scherzo: Wenn Schnecken abreisen / 6. Finale: Wick
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 760155
5. Kreszenz "Kreszenz! Wo hamma denn unsern alten Schludribudri"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 752202
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748770
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Tuba (B-flat low)
Item no.: 588876
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 588867
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone horn 1 (C high)
Item no.: 588860
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Bass trombone (C low)
Item no.: 588852
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Trombone 1 (C low)
Item no.: 588850
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Bass clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 588830
Madrigal
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 792482
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746880
(Nürnberg 1613 und Laaff)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746836
(Chiemgau, Oberbayern)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746805
3. Kleine Toren - große Toren
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742714
"Sankt Paulus war ein Medikus"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742696
3. Morgen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742692
Kanon
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742675
Volkslied aus Hessen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742665
"Zwei verliebte kleine Vögel" (griechisches Volkslied)
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 742641
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