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 a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308018
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308014
aus der Oper "Hoffmanns Erzählungen", mit Orch. oder Klav. , Soli ad lib.
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307910
aus der Oper "Lohengrin"
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307838
nach dem Finale der Oper "Der vierjährige Posten", für gem Chor Orch (Klavier) Soli ad lib
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307826
Duetto con coro (Trage sanft mit leisem Wehen), für gem Chor, Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307823
Österreichische Mundartmesse
Vor- und Nachspiele für 4 Bläser
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 brass winds (C/B-flat/F) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 307642
aus "Die Zauberflöte" für gem. Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 307561
für Soli, Chor, Orchester u. Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 307537
aus "Passio Domini"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 306906
for: Choir
Item no.: 307161
Heftausgabe
for: Choir
Item no.: 307150
Acht Kindergedichte Heftausgabe
for: Choir
Item no.: 307149
Heftausgabe
for: Choir
Item no.: 307145
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 307136
Heftausgabe
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 307108
für Vorsänger, Schola, Chor, Volk u. Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 307086
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 307068
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 307062
Weil jetzo alles stille ist
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 307032
nach Chr. Lavant
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307025
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307011
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306993
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 306946
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309698
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309693
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309641
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309628
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309611
Oesterreichische Kirchenmusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 309569
Die Liebe hemmet nichts
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309527
Scherzchor
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309511
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309504
Dies ist ein Herbsttag
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309431
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309411
Wenn wir nun auseinander gehn
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309400
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309321
Janicko, was machst du
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309311
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309296
Volksliedkantate
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309285
Drei Motetten zu Ehren des Herrn nach Worten der hl. Schrift
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309271
I come from Alabama
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309258
Spielmannsknab, Der
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309254
Dum medium silentium
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309241
Es liegt ein Schloß in Österreich
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309231
Drei Zechlliedlein 2
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309219
aus " Drei heitere Männerchöre "
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309213
aus " Probate Weibersprüche "
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309210
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