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.
"Grazer Messe"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 616913
Singspiel in drei Akten
Hamburg 1722. Braunschweiger Bearbeitung 1728 - Ariensammlung
Georg Philipp Telemann. Musikalische Werke 42
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 586922
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 586901
from Wonderful Town
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586327
Ballet héroïque in a Prologue and four acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586180
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 586082
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 585835
Choral Vivace
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 584868
for: 4 soloists [mixed choir] (SSAB), 2 violins, cello/double bass, 2 trumpets, timpani, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 635191
from Pitch Perfect
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 634764
Konzert Nr. XVI
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634357
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 633427
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633129
Drame en 3 actes
Version originale de 1872 pour ensemble instrumental et chœur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 632826
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 632705
Kleine Orgelsolomesse in B
Hob. XXII:7
Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 632095
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 583466
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 582209
aus Lieder mit Worten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 580623
Kirchliche Festouvertüre
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 622455
In den Gärten der Zeit
(Le Moribond)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 621477
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 620809
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 620700
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 620349
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 619918
Modern Festival Series MFS 316
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 647817
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 647424
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 647317
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 646607
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 645226
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645006
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812550
from The Music Man
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812546
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812540
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812520
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812439
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812389
from Les Misérables the Movie
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812367
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812341
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812289
Discovery Choral
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812279
(Goodnight, My Angel) Discovery Level 3
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812250
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812205
Teaching Harmony with Multicultural Rounds and Canons
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812196
Medley
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812153
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812093
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812040
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814150
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