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: Women's choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 331285
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 622157
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 327881
Chormusik Nach Europaeischen Volksliedern
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 329784
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 327438
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 330815
for: Male choir
Item no.: 329368
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 582213
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 310990
for: Male choir
Item no.: 311803
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 311604
for: Solo voice (soprano/tenor), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 327302
aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir parts (Soprano, Alto)
Item no.: 327025
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 322263
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308971
Mühl tut laut klappern, Die
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308954
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308926
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308916
Und i tua was i wüll
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308890
Wär en lüttje
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308885
An dem Fenster steht die schöne Dunjica
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308859
Als bei dem Kreuz Maria stand
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308852
Es flog ein Täublein weiße
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308851
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308832
Ich bin Dux
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308768
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308765
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309714
aus der Oper "Lohengrin"
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307838
Duetto con coro (Trage sanft mit leisem Wehen), für gem Chor, Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307823
für Soli, Chor, Orchester u. Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 307537
aus "Passio Domini"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 306906
for: Choir
Item no.: 307161
Heftausgabe
for: Choir
Item no.: 307145
Heftausgabe
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 307108
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 307068
nach Chr. Lavant
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307025
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307011
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309641
Oesterreichische Kirchenmusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 309569
Volksliedkantate
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309285
Dum medium silentium
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309241
aus " Probate Weibersprüche "
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309210
Arrangements zum Gotteslob
Melodieinstrumente in Es
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Single part in E-flat
Item no.: 671421
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 246167
Zpevu dar osech srdci
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 246012
for: Children's choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 244855
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 461181
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289180
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