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.
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 668037
aus "Zwei Motetten" op. 74
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1668876
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 585857
Weihnachtsmusical für Soli, Darsteller, Kinderchor und Instrumente
Text- und Liedheft
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 664272
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
ORG (PART)
Item no.: 586810
NUR zusammen mit den Chorstimmen lieferbar!
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 204904
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 177634
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476389
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 177003
unter Verwendung der "Pastorale" aus dem Weihnachtskonzert op. 6/8 von Arcangelo Corelli
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 190751
Geistliches Volkslied aus dem 16. Jahrhundert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 168568
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1658282
Noel Nouvelet
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1040984
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549921
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 458411
2 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919164
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1095040
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1154626
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 920733
für zwei Stimmen und Generalbass ad lib.
aus: Musae Sioniae, 9. Teil
for: Women's choir (SA) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2791
GIA Christmas
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160188
Let Us Sing Noel
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038737
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122767
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123144
Motette
Möseler Chorreihe 87
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1661546
Weihnachtskantate für gemischten Chor, (Chor-) Solisten, Sprecher/-in, Ausdruckstanz ad libitum und Orchester oder Orgel (Klavier)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano score
Item no.: 661044
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667766
Offertorium der 3. Weihnachtsmesse
Psalm 88,12
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAB, SATB); 3 cornetts, 5 trombones (colla parte) ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5429
"Christkindlmesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 776110
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1436
Discovery Level 2
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815811
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126679
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855908
4-Hand Piano Part
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 859421
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Ensemble score Violin 1,2
Item no.: 690347
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938451
Soli SAB, Chor, 3 Trompeten, Pauken, Streicher, B.c.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 663499
3 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 859504
for: Women's choir (8 parts), organ
Score
Item no.: 693378
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1530410
for: Mixed choir [women's choir/male choir] (4 voices)
Item no.: 148525
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599302
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219659
Vier Bearbeitungen aus drei Jahrhunderten
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score
Item no.: 330166
Eine kleine Weihnachtskantate
for: Narrator, mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1552264
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909747
with We Wish You a Merry Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812888
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 555884
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