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 (SATB), organ
Item no.: 104808
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418629
Gesamtband 51-100
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 186489
für gemischten Chor, 2 Hörner, 2 Violinen, Bass und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 472434
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455718
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455730
Kleine Orgelsolomesse (Johannismesse)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189396
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476525
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476518
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 475619
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), organ
Item no.: 134785
100 settings for SA Men
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Book
Item no.: 461545
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432662
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 138591
Lasset die Kindlein zu mir kommen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 431187
Die Ehebrecherinnen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 431186
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 431185
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429818
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 602344
Basso continuo/Violoncello
for: Favorit choir (SSB), chapell choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 488510
Feierliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 488381
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 486328
Early Music Library 226
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Item no.: 482597
Chorwerke mit Orchester I: Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 478751
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 490667
Motette
aus "Israelsbrünnlein"
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115527
Motette
aus "Das Psalmbuch" (1948)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115423
Chorlied aus dem schlesischen Zyklus "Stimme der Heimat" ("Unter den Holunderbüschen")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115159
aus "Mörike-Chorliederbuch" op. 19
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 115041
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 493234
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 493232
Italienisches Madrigal Nr. 7
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115659
with a 2nd Benedictus D 961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 552454
for: Male choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 551439
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 551339
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 554442
Arno Volk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 557038
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 554344
for: Male choir
Item no.: 553505
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 553082
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 553079
for: Male choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 553077
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 564112
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 578371
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 560656
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 562350
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 561041
Leichte Barockmusik aus Südamerika
für gem Chor und Instrumente
for: Mixed choir (3-4 Stimmen), Instrumente
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 576214
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