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.
Incorporating a traditional Kenyan folk song
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 912173
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912147
from The Nutcracker Suite
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 912126
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911992
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911944
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911750
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911739
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911661
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911649
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911501
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911394
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911214
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911182
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911139
Incorporating Sweet By and By
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911107
Featuring Shall We Gather at the River
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910619
Based upon the traditional American folk song Wayfaring Stranger
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910412
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 910394
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 910277
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910066
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909723
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909674
Opt. Trumpet
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909669
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909595
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909402
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 909224
Save the Last Dance for Me - Shake Rattle and Roll - Let the Good Times Roll
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909215
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 909106
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 908998
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908754
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908664
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 908562
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 908525
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 908477
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908330
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 908320
from the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908280
Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908267
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908206
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908038
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907858
What to Do with the Presents?
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907826
Opt. Acc.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907807
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907730
from the motion picture Burlesque
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907409
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907351
from Voice of the Holy Spirit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 907303
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907297
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