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.
aus: Bicinia sacra
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690397
aus: Tre julsånger
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690392
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690375
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [organ]
Single edition
Item no.: 1690398
GL 720
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [organ]
Single edition
Item no.: 1690394
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690462
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690456
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690406
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690405
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690455
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690451
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690449
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690447
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690454
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), violin, bandoneon [accordion], piano, double bass, drumset, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1690412
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690403
op. 61b,4
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690377
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690407
aus: Piae cantiones
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Single edition
Item no.: 1690400
aus: Messe pour deux voix égales
167,5
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690399
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score
Item no.: 904280
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690460
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1690408
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [organ]
Single edition
Item no.: 1690395
from Wish
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690333
from Wish
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690294
Award winning at "females featured" competition
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 1690365
Macht Kinder stark
for: Children's choir, piano
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1690244
Macht Kinder stark.
for: Children's choir, piano
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1690243
Traditional Latin
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690240
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690262
Cameron LaBarr
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690191
Revelation 6:2-8
Andrew Crane Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Choir score
Item no.: 1690131
Serie II Band 26
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1690156
Musik aus der Dresdner Hofkirche Band 8
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1690128
Serie II Band 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1690159
Serie II Band 25
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1690157
Scottish-American Shanty
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690137
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690171
19th Century Halyard Shanty
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690149
Traditional Latin
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB divisi)
Choir score
Item no.: 1690127
Serie II Band 27
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1690155
Andrew Crane Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; cello ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1690184
Transkription nach Motiven aus der Romanze op. 40
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690140
nach dem Prélude op. 103/9
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690133
nach dem "Notturno" aus der Schauspielmusik zu "Ein Sommernachtstraum"
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690138
aus den "Kinderszenen" op. 15/7
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690135