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: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 776100
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801594
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 621397
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [orchestra]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 620058
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 619516
Weihnachtsoratorium (Erstdruck)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 657000
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 554806
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477438
88 Lieder in Sätzen für Männerchor sowie 8 Kanons
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 608145
for: Mixed choir (SATB), double bass
Score
Item no.: 119498
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204037
Christrosenlied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 265594
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477413
Vokalwerke 2
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 471304
für gem Chor und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 212901
Early Music Library 148
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 211880
Bearbeitung für Männerchor
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 477459
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476403
Weihnachtslied für Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 556480
5 Weihnachtslieder für gemischten Chor aus verschiedenen Regionen Spaniens
for: Mixed choir (SATB); percussion ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 376928
Eine Auswahl der schönsten Weihnachtslieder aus der ganzen Welt
for: Male choir
Choir book, CD
Item no.: 488363
Ein Hirtenspiel für die Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 487324
Weihnachtsminimusical für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 576744
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich 25/1 Bd 49
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 372555
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 602806
für gem Chor, Streicher und Orgel, (C-Instrument ad lib)
Bei Einzelbestellung mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel!
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 557673
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 579435
Neue Kantaten Aus Hannover
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 138886
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 443360
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145512
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 483669
für zwei- und mehrstimmigen Gesang eingerichtet und mit Instrumentalbegleitung versehen
Volksmusik aus der Steiermark, Band 20
for: 2-4 voices [choir], instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 158141
Streicherset (1-1-1-1)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 311795
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 297971
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 494151
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 315067
From Christmas Oratorio
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315524
for: Male choir
Choir book
Item no.: 161063
"Tauet, ihr Himmel von oben"
for: Women's choir (SS/SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 311866
Luke 2
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854755
Mini-Musical zur Weihnachtsgeschichte
für Kinder-/Jugendchor, Erzähler/in und Klavier
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1653389
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 145021
für Kinderchor, Frauenchor und 3 Metallophone (Orgel)
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 parts), 3 mallets (SAB) [organ]
Score
Item no.: 362710
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 362705
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 346002
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1077829
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 499111
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