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.
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Ensemble score Violin 1,2
Item no.: 690347
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938451
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 901947
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697672
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751477
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 668045
Soli SAB, Chor, 3 Trompeten, Pauken, Streicher, B.c.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 663499
Connell's Choral Classics
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 744905
3 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 859504
Christmas Anthem for Satb Voices and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1617043
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167493
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985805
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167356
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965457
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901098
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965628
(Spain)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726422
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167591
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985105
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167474
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965409
Silent Night
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985715
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965554
11 traditionelle europäische Advents- und Weihnachtslieder
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score, online media (app)
Item no.: 1610914
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSAATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1653186
Choral Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1640517
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965574
A Christmas Cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965451
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167567
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167801
Eine Folge volkstümlicher Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 733280
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549921
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169569
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824883
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 645710
Kinder-Mini–Musical
mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 620500
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 458411
Einzelabgabe nur mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 327786
Für Kinder- oder Frauenchor a cappella
for: Children's choir [women's choir]
Score
Item no.: 332587
Vier Bearbeitungen aus drei Jahrhunderten
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score
Item no.: 330166
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323419
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577887
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 490504
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; soloists, orchestra ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 307780
Stimmensatz (1-1-1-1-1)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 307657
nach alten Hirten-, Weihnachts- und Sternsingerliedern aus Heiligenblut
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 308117
Weihnachtslied aus Wallis
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309506
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