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.
Warm-ups for Successful Performance (+ Online Media)
Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score, online media
Item no.: 664539
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 605489
(Choral Highlights)
Disney Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 766156
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 686476
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019626
Discovery Level 1
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019618
Schicksalsmelodie
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 472347
Mit dem Wind muss ich weiterzieh'n
aus dem Paramount-Film "Paint your Wagon"
for: Male choir
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 276533
aus "My Fair Lady" für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 274352
aus "My Fair Lady" für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 210918
Nr. 1 aus "My Fair Lady" für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 187174
aus "My Fair Lady" für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 147926
from Over the Moon
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532618
Weltlich
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861386
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 857604
O be joyful
Urtext Stuttgart Handel-Editions
for: 3 soloists (AAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779162
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 905860
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004720
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1331552
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; brass quintet, timpani ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 696316
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533041
Two Children's Choruses
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 255901
Choral Explorations Jazz Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 798075
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 683942
Paperback Songs
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 811195
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 798103
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1556334
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
Kodaly Today Handbook Series
for: School class
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 888402
for: Choir
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 770767
9 berühmte geistliche Arien neu arrangiert
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 614062
The English Madrigalists 36
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 272055
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861503
Urtextausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 656564
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 470157
Vier neue Gospelsongs
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 564766
from La La Land
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1161785
Integrity Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1330714
Psalm 96
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861368
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233707
Singspiel for narrator, actors (ad lib.), children's choir and concert band
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Partitur, Leihmaterial
Item no.: 863618
2-Part Treble Voices, Piano and String Quartet/Brass Quintet
for: Women's choir, several instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1556526
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1351392
Der Kult-Song von Leonard Cohen
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 663690
Der Kult-Song von Leonard Cohen
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663689
Mit dem Wind muss ich weiterzieh'n
aus dem Paramount-Film "Paint your Wagon"
for: Male choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 1341663
Der Flying-Pickets-Hit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 767713
Gloria In Excelsis Deo for SATB Voices Orchestra or Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551693
Excellence in Choral Music Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1551692
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