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: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764414
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 764235
with Away in a Manger
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938931
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938864
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 942726
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664284
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847193
A School-Time, Yule-Time Journey
for: Choir
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 847627
A Christmas Musical for Young Voices
for: Choir
Score, CD
Item no.: 847332
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849238
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934374
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936621
inspired by a Russian carol
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936071
Joy to the World - For Unto Us a Child Is Born - The First Noel
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935255
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937522
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930549
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930378
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 933560
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 933547
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933234
with Deck the Hall
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933165
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934479
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 931312
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937088
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 937004
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1645294
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929875
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 905629
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912112
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 896804
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928169
A Carol Service
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928110
Four Favorites for SATB Voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 928003
Opt. Bells
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900384
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900000
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 899483
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 945758
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 946012
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947136
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944426
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944277
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943956
Alfred Choral Design
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943633
für Frauenchor (Kinderchor/Jugendchor), z.T. mit Klavier
Chorpartitur (Mindestabnahme 20 Stk.)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 618549
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 120657
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116721
Auszüge aus der zweiten Kantate des Weihnachtsoratoriums
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 137845
Lobgesang der Maria für Solostimme (Alt) ,gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Basso Continuo
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680779
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