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: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123179
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122855
3-5 octave
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857218
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057545
4-5 octave
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855518
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856584
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1059344
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124089
Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1059192
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169421
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057803
A Prayer for Children
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125553
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 372001
Kleines Singspiel nach dem gleichnamigen Märchen
for: Voices [children's choir], instruments
Item no.: 465756
Psalm 93
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 370388
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 370044
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 369251
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 558610
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 377980
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 456626
Leuckart-Chorblatt
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 343311
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 342426
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 346650
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Item no.: 346503
„Auf schlürfet in durstigen Zügen“
aus: „La Traviata“
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470682
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586691
Plattdeutsches Chorlied
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 195743
Text hebräisch
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195665
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts)
Choir score
Item no.: 120103
Adventskyrie
Heidelberger Chorblätter Nr. 10
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 121925
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 179075
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 147859
for: Male choir
Item no.: 558240
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 277487
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Audio-CD
Item no.: 275887
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271942
Romantische Oper in drei Akten WWV 32
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 557387
Spiel in kleinen Gruppen
for: Choir, wind ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 313997
Die Motette 5
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 241549
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 555890
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 552025
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 297607
Brass parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1059335
Flute Part
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856970
3-6 oct. w/opt. 3 oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855485
Choral Basics
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 280605
für gemischten Chor a capella
Deutsch / Englisch
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 379428
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 672364
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