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.
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904769
Piano & Organ Duet Accomp. Part
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856474
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 909515
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857122
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609523
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897235
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855815
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1094122
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907854
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908317
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609696
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123038
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 884194
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905522
C Instrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150544
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 858869
Video
for: Choir
Video
Item no.: 857360
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609544
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159729
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1004931
Introduction and Choir Book
Early English Church Music 59
for: Choir
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 929250
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906466
Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1153680
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855520
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1039370
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925581
Mein Maedel hat einen Rosenmund
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038074
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610398
2 oct. Handbells w/opt. 6 Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855764
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1040398
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126601
The Leave-taking No. 1. Ye were sometimes darkness
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1040933
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 873927
S.A.
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919198
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 903750
For Remebrance, Harvest, All Saints, All Souls
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 1193346
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 885402
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 926229
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1041419
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 877308
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125071
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1041196
Choral Highlights
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815877
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950140
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950665
Flute
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1151086
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855464
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038666
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