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: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Item no.: 170992
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 636855
'Lutheran Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430736
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 430554
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 475827
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 475224
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364065
op. 49
for: Choir, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 365456
From The Choral Repertoire 8
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 365283
for: Male choir
Item no.: 362702
Chorstimmen
Chorstimmen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 370840
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 374691
Kantate
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493083
for: Male choir
Item no.: 374314
Kantate für Kinder
for: children's choir, small ensemble
Single part Flute
Item no.: 374126
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 372302
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 428810
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 347303
Siegertitel beim Grand Prix Eurovision
für Männerchor und Klavier
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 347198
Der 117. Psalm
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 346220
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Item no.: 346003
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 345872
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 346452
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 346384
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 343338
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 343289
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343259
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 343610
am Palmsonntag oder am Fest Mariae Verkündigung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 344600
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 344292
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 345755
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 345682
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345459
Kantate für für Soli, 4st. Gem. Chor u. Orchester
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 432056
Fröhliches Trinkliederpotpourri
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 372893
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 339084
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428206
Music Of The Great Churches
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 341515
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 341394
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 340501
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 339725
Settings from Scotland
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 470075
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 365131
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 362983
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 347578
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 348442
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 348072
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 349060
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