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.
aus "Trium vocum cantiones centum ..." (München 1541)
Ausgabe für gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3308
Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello (String Quartet)
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1150079
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1059359
complete operetta
for: Soloists, mixed choir, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668074
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 877676
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SAB), bass drum
Score
Item no.: 850838
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950819
Aus Kärnten
für Männerchor (TTBB) a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1663970
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1153805
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 909725
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950846
Show Band Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1122809
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 887747
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 962564
Halleluja, lobet den Herrn in seinem Heiligtum
für gemischten Chor und Orgel (2 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen und Pauken ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 679200
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 778074
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 761226
Chorus narration on the tale "Jorinde and Joringel" by the brothers Grimm
for: Women's choir (SSSSAAAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760362
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755718
for mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 751479
A cappella motet from 'Stella natalis'
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 910189
op. 49/4
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1539022
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 882552
Denkmäler Mitteldeutscher Barockmusik Serie II/ 10
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 643864
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1002084
Southern Music
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925138
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 923392
Motet
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1549896
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609404
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608621
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822651
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Book
Item no.: 819924
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 818331
Treasury Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815982
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815793
Votive Antiphons
Early English Church Music 25
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768894
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897252
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 896658
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 887046
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341888
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341780
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860802
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860181
4-7 oct. w/opt. 4-7 oct. handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 860073
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 879459
Quis mihi dabit - Ei mihi! - Domine deus, pacem da nobis. Kombination mit "Sonata sacra" für 10 Blechbläser (BA 4433) möglich
musica sacra nova
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 878811
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 877515
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857319
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