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
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1002526
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168875
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985080
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 301780
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 306954
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 310497
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309105
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308795
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309144
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309594
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309498
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 388219
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1150528
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1153472
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1017383
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815616
Musikalische Gespräche über die Evangelia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts [oboes/ violins], basso continuo
Violin 1 [Oboe/ Cornett 1] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455872
KV 193
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226129
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1022904
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805263
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805361
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814982
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804421
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804189
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804007
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811001
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798597
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 798949
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 810316
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809237
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809509
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810855
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807175
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812148
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813939
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552091
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552088
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 179361
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877345
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 646517
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443905
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764117
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1703399
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190375
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326242
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330312
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092136
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