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); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1169253
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111125
SATB w/opt. Bells & C Inst.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919350
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085614
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325480
Alleluja! gelobet sei Gott, BWV 142
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038879
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328246
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925848
Eboracum Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086581
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117125
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1105863
Mary's Pilgrimage
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037619
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1154436
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1319977
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 856464
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117198
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960328
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1094177
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1173348
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325699
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 916327
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086021
Trumpet 1 and 2 in B-flat and C, Trombone 1 and 2 and Timpani
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1156007
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1150250
Trumpet in Bb or C
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152379
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856988
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1151824
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1118394
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925859
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923595
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960276
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917811
3 Trumpets, 2 Horns in F, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani and Percussion
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1158899
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110106
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1151866
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092267
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907173
Chorus set 20 Parts
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090286
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1213972
Volume I
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1150016
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1352952
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1153450
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160263
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111617
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110296
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1157310
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324601
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