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.
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1656649
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276417
Christmas And Advent Motets For 5 Voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 280011
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester – Textblatt bayrisch
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Lyric book
Item no.: 144975
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169434
Christmas Collection
for: Brass band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693312
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
CD
Item no.: 472391
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 470986
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590816
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590764
BuxWV Anhang 1
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 234330
Weihnachtskantate
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 166169
Faber New Choral Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Item no.: 132360
Neun Liedsätze für Advent und Weihnachten
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117225
17 Motetten des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts für (SATB, einige SSATB), teilweise mit Basso continuo (Tasteninstrument)
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 116889
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591017
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590988
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590958
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590950
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594512
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594312
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595159
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671784
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040756
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856697
Noton
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203477
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 484961
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 462962
zum Singen und Spielen
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 601928
Zwei Weihnachtslieder nach afrikanischen Motiven
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 660977
Ein Weihnachts-Musical der besonderen Art für 7- bis 11-Jährige
Helbling Mini-Musicals
for: Children's choir, instruments
Book
Item no.: 579518
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Complete Wind Parts
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235659
KV 195 (186d)
Partitur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235089
KV 193
Partitur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235043
European Christmas Songs
Europa Cantat
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 495702
Mengenpreis
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 490435
Musica Practica Bd 9
for: Choir
Music score
Item no.: 144887
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 231425
Adventliches Singspiel über Lukas 17,11-19
Die biblischen Singspiele von Ulrich Gohl sind ein Versuch, Kinder und Erwachsene mitgestaltend am Gottesdienst zu beteiligen.
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 231406
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337950
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339341
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338858
Herbei, o ihr Gläub'gen / Nun freut euch, ihr Christen
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339596
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1338042
10 Exemplaires
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1070890
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 375924
(A Christmas Celebration)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800242
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Ave Maria SWV 334
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 231803
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