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: Choir
Book
Item no.: 993030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 992812
Fte Argent
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992650
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 818999
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085360
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110578
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608944
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 778903
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 779125
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 778987
Tout Ce Qu'on Peult
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992622
Quand Mon Mari Vient
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992619
4 Duos
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992609
Aufbruch Aus Dem Wirtshaus
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 992505
Ramoneur
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992394
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 645751
Kantate zum Pfingsfest
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1639179
Urtext
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1639181
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932000
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116734
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610456
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1157504
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003523
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911021
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1106268
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1534614
for choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654602
op. 19
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1587183
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1540878
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628358
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625523
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620690
Chorus Part
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 836625
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 835285
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 835057
Carl Nielsen Edition
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1053338
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 836654
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 839668
5. Du tust Guts deinem Knechte SWV 486
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1160903
für Soli, Chor und Orchester,
Vervollständigung bearbeitet von Franz Xaver Süßmayr
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679535
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770259
from Can-Can
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341510
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330575
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330386
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344426
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326174
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326093
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325796
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