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.
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 841926
Part. gem. Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 171937
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844925
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 844591
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762599
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762528
für SATB, Orchester (Fl, 2 Klar [B], 2 Hr [G], 2 Trp [B], Pk, Streicher) und Orgel oder mit Orgel
allein
enthält beide Fassungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Single part Organ
Item no.: 311061
Festchor zu Advent und Weihnachten
für SATB, Streicher und Orgel oder mit Orgel allein (enthält beide Fassungen)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 633227
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233081
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663551
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 229963
Weihnachtskantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236165
MH 382
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237779
Chorus XXI
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 646771
Canti natalizi
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 989400
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 242906
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 227894
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 128655
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 138735
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 738320
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742456
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1043759
for: Children's choir, instruments
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354649
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Partitur
Item no.: 204639
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [strings, organ]
Set of parts
Item no.: 175507
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891560
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single parts Strings
Item no.: 663873
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 290981
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 119167
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891643
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687306
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 796827
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424302
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 364866
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 668224
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 580618
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 631361
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 327061
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309680
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309495
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309404
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308910
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308875
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308562
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309136
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476859
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1201245
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1161015
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