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.
Omnia flumina
op. 54c
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683884
Generatio praeterit
op.54b
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683881
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965182
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965023
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354163
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 379384
Ein Musical über das Wohl und Weh der Welt (2015)
für Kinderchor, Schauspieler und Orchester (oder Combo) - Mengenrabatt auf Anfrage
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), actors, piano, bass, drums [orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 655814
Faber Young Voices
for: Women's choir (SAA), piano
Item no.: 141964
“Singet dem Herrn”
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430501
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 473316
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 366089
Kantate Nr. 52
23. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 292140
Choralkantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290875
Operette in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 281944
from the Oratorio Messiah HWV 56
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284298
op. 49
for: Choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 482922
"Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet"
Bauernkantate - Cantate burlesque
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 292352
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1086124
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126015
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1125822
A Sacred Cantata based on Early American Songs
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124275
A Winter Service of Hope and Healing
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1655697
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122177
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122144
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122113
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122108
(New Edition)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122077
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122075
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965167
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 965135
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964984
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 344417
for: Children's choir, band
Scores, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1664980
Geistliches Singspiel für Kinderchor, Gemeinde und Instrumente nach bekannten Volks- Kinder- und Kirchenliedern
für Kinder ab 8 Jahren, Anlass kann z.B. Erntedank oder das Thema "Schöpfung" sein
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 331761
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 422931
Neue geistliche Lieder
Chorheft
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 422154
Choral Repertoire from Israel
Carmina mundi 12
– Graduated prizes on request –
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 376395
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 480202
for: Male choir
Item no.: 551059
Chamaeleon
for: Children's choir, piano
Item no.: 151837
Weltliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 472191
Gesamtausgabe, Bd. 19
for: Women's choir [male choir], piano
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 426184
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 426171
Choralkantate
Den Vokalstimmen wurde ein singbarer englischer Zweittext unterlegt.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237842
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1560972
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1345573
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297776
Plattdütsche Leder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 108577
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