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.
10 polyphonies chorales de divers pays pour choeur mixte a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 376320
Stuttgarter Vivaldi-Ausgaben
Revidierte Auflage
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696381
1835-1892
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Conductor score
Item no.: 301588
for: Voices
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 579169
Azione sacra in two parts KV 118 (74c)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 425485
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 672615
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 370795
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano; bass, percussion (alto saxophone, 2 trumpets) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 655317
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338304
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665933
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 368345
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 611695
Opera in three acts HWV 34
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 248060
for: Mixed choir (2–7 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 123424
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 156590
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score
Item no.: 658605
for: 2 solo voices (SS), women's choir (SSAA)
Score
Item no.: 1105689
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 910765
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 312291
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 186687
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 203099
Vocal Score
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685188
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, drums), concert band
Piano score
Item no.: 664647
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 672532
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389055
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 349312
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361417
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 268329
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 207365
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815879
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 797261
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 155563
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806551
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 612892
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 580230
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 696369
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100555
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 337834
for: Male choir (5 parts), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 194855
25 Choral Highlights for Upper Voices. Piano and instrumental accompaniments
for: Women's choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 687166
"Ich glaube an diese Erde!"
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), women's choir, orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 666958
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 430483
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965090
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003228
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 275387
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 564945
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123409
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 272879
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