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: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 629013
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905634
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 672456
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1156562
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 158681
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260772
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 822498
from Hair
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1672971
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 633560
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087078
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087077
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 617644
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777653
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777469
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 768136
from Oklahoma!
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762085
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 692192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690641
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 686687
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329744
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1215735
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 811917
for: School class
Buch und Instrument
Item no.: 798307
for: Concert band; voice [choir] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 667862
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772274
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667798
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1664366
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532626
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810845
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746122
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 604130
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 585742
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1562769
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 932638
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 461566
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 460546
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 460517
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 446053
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 371060
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 369993
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 241228
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192203
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 646069
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797986
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach–Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666989
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) [8 voices], 4 strings [brass winds], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 662998
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 660285
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 367846
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