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.
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428215
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 339741
for: Male choir
Item no.: 341208
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 340886
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 338874
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 342162
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1285545
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1298723
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297777
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296548
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310242
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307112
Gesamtausgabe 3/10
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 490179
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 489586
Oratorium für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Erstausgabe
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 294613
op. 74 Nr. 2; aus: Zwei Motetten (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291697
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 167038
Schulmusical für 6- bis 12-Jährige
Gesamtausgabe (Texte, Lieder, Klavier)
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Songbook
Item no.: 158020
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 157480
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 317752
Die neue Kindermesse
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 494765
Helbling Secular Choral Music
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 493091
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 113066
Schott Kammerchor
for: Mixed choir (SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 111419
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich 62~Dtoe
for: Choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 103454
Gospelmesse
Deutsche Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 553385
for: Soloist (boy), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361126
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802763
PraiseSong Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169636
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1646289
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 771671
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
for: 5 solo voices (SATTB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 771627
Cantata
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Audio-CD
Item no.: 762664
"Choral Fantasy"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 762145
Fassung für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 762135
Drei Arrangements
Chorissimo Movie – Chorbuch für die Schule, Band 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 694957
Jubiläumsausgabe: 10 Jahre Liederprojekt
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Choir score
Item no.: 694732
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), violin, bandoneon [accordion], piano, double bass, drumset, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1690412
op. 61b,4
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690383
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690377
aus: Elias op. 70
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1681987
Brahms – Mozart – Cherubini
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
3 CDs
Item no.: 1681518
Süßmayr-Version
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 1681104
Reformationskantate
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1678007
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1671804
op. 74
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 1670899
Cantata for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Solo voice (bass/baritone), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 646743
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 645333
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