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.
String Quintet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1155219
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855667
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121120
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1156112
Dale Warland Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815832
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 859228
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 859624
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1093718
Brass & Percussion Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856013
SATB & Handbells
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855444
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 855288
Mini-Musical zur Schuleinführung in der Sekundarstufe
für Darsteller, Kinderchor und Klavier
for: Narrator, youth choir (one voice), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1660510
Heilig, heilig, dreimal heilig
(Instrumente ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAM), the parish, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 690120
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 857064
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani, French horn, Tuba, Full Score
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1158819
Flute, Oboe, Cello, Harp
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1157578
Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1059164
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855609
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919073
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861109
Revised Order of Mass 2010
for: Choir
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1152634
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169443
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909901
rhythm parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856788
3-5 Oct. w/opt. 8 Handchimes (E4-E5)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918374
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918839
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041197
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832140
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815855
Jonathan Palant Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122796
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040847
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151004
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918276
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856582
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1155848
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122721
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126716
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125139
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038554
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856800
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038636
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1037370
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159869
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899232
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918080
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125600
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824830
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