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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843408
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 845906
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 845238
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 969604
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 122487
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116350
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 116241
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116127
Kantate
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493083
Hochzeitsdialog
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), violin, 3 violas, basso continuo
Single part Violin
Item no.: 232551
10 alte Kinderreime
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755310
Divertimento
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 738916
1. Der römische Brunnen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 738915
(Chiemgau, Oberbayern)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746805
2. Der Postillon "Was willst du auf dieser Station"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742419
3. Ein Winterabend
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742385
5. Hyperions Schicksalslied "Ihr wandelt droben im Licht"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742365
Madrigal
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 741854
op. 29/1
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 740090
4. Heidenröslein "Sah ein Knab ein Röslein stehn"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 740076
"Hört vom Strand ein Vespersingen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747117
"Seht, wie die Sonne lacht" nach zwei jugoslawischen Volksweisen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747073
1. Freuet euch des Herrn und seid fröhlich
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747043
3. Stadturlaub "Ich hab mein Käppi in den Spind getan"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747031
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747008
5. Die Nachtigall "Das macht, es hat die Nachtigall" / 6. In der Frühe "Goldstrahlen schießen übers Dach"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746963
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746880
"Ihr Mörser, erknallet" (Tirol)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746837
(Nürnberg 1613 und Laaff)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746836
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 215785
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 205019
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 205000
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 204951
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204937
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204874
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204848
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204837
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204744
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204682
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204674
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204594
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204497
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204494
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204492
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204489
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204463
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288832
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 288773
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