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
Piano score
Item no.: 664836
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663000
"Guten Morgen deinem Hause"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742380
(16. Jh.)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733443
Ein Stück mit Musik, Pantomime und Akrobatik (Schulmusical)
for: Children's choir, instruments
Songbook, CD
Item no.: 377032
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 375215
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 375212
Me compare Giacometo
Venezianisches Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 378291
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 377709
for: Male choir
Item no.: 339663
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Item no.: 455855
Mapa Mundi
Italian Church Music 8
for: Mixed choir (40 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 442856
for: Male choir
Choir book
Item no.: 340381
Cantate Domino
Kirchenmusik aus alter und neuer Zeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 342364
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 342143
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 565967
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 374056
für gem Chor a cappella (Klavier ad lib)
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 373321
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSA), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 428447
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 313496
Klassik
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 315189
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 310780
für Sopran, Bass, Chor (SATB) und Klavier
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 275819
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 276543
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 273574
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 372206
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 478843
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 493889
for: Children's choir
Chorheft
Item no.: 487567
Der Welterfolg vom Hazy-Osterwald-Sextett
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 488080
Early English Church Music 48
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 552449
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Item no.: 484924
für gemischte Chöre, Tasteninstrument und Instrumente ad lib.
Streichinstrumente
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Performance score for strings
Item no.: 432466
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 443156
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 430441
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 430313
für Frauenchor a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 447100
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 342468
für gem Chor (STB) und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 553217
Motette 4
for: Mixed choir (SMezATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 560472
CHOR
Lennon & McCartney
Popular Choral Library
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 414345
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 561759
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 560727
aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 560609
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 560569
Concert Festival Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 555996
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 555989
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 557669
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