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 Songs that Explore Rhythm in Our World
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 849836
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 894103
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944428
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944280
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 944276
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944257
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944167
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 944137
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944035
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 943958
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943381
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943201
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943180
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943154
Folk
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943072
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 945303
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 945284
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 945263
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 945053
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 945019
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944946
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943843
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943803
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943769
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943673
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943576
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943545
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944934
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944933
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944761
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 944751
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944637
Score+Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 944624
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 944586
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944543
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942847
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 942825
Bible Stories&Songs of Praise
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 942791
for: Choir
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 942772
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941618
Schwarze Milch der Frühe
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SAM), snare drum
Choir score
Item no.: 216996
Little Voices (Novello)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 627178
Lieder zum Singen, Spielen und Tanzen
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 326853
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 1654235
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1608226
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 947325
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947220
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947177
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