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.
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856876
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911029
for solo-soprano, mixed choir and wind quintett
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676719
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918838
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 867680
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1094089
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918342
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1093580
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326404
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919020
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121182
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041559
GIA WindWorks Series featuring the North Texas Wind Symphony
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1157571
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038633
Walking-Song
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1039456
Trzecia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 879400
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913359
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1158862
Lord, my foes are yet
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039093
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918442
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160388
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, cello, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 499712
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344662
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 859364
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857083
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917895
3 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917809
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039799
K. Anh. A10
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037448
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124638
Music, Now I'm One!
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1158982
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856610
Klassik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103997
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342973
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919104
3-5 Oct. w/opt. 3 Oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857406
Volume 2: SAB and 2-part
for: Choir
Score, CD
Item no.: 1154706
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038115
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1157891
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856556
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160003
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039398
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122720
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1094708
Voices and Turntable
for: Voices
Music score
Item no.: 817035
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965508
aus: "Neue kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedlein mit dreyen stimmen nach art der Welschen Vilanellen"
Nürnberg, 1589
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5442
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342401
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