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.
III. The Web
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 686599
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1196
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 896289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 861761
No.4 Sing Ye Praises to Our King
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 362001
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121107
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907780
Lullaby
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760225
from Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Lojeski)
for 2-part chorus and piano
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Item no.: 319350
Power of Voice. Hits - Standards - Evergreens
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 555184
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203634
Band 5
Spirituals für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SAABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 605200
Nr 2 und 3 aus: Spirit Songs. Five arrangements for choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677188
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931810
11 Gospel Songs for Mixed Voices
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 495073
Cantata for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681139
Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity – "Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revised edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 681132
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity.
Leipzig Version.
Reconstruction Masaaki Suzuki
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681010
Kantate zum 15. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Basso continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 681006
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235658
"Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
Advent cantata
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234349
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Choir score
Item no.: 682630
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Vocal score, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 133974
Pop Choral Series
from the Disney Movie High School Musical
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 552643
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906811
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 300546
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815357
Medley
Broadway Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 319925
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 673909
Oratorium für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 586753
für gem Chor a cappella (Klavier ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 659545
Cantata for 24th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 484590
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811192
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809060
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807586
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804880
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812876
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812055
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 552647
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 809340
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808456
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 362561
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 577461
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810025
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806457
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807492
All Creatures of Our God and King
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798601
Activities for the Music Classroom
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 814862
Seasonal Movement and Activity Songs for Kids
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 814393
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