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.
Music For Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 470397
3-5 oct.w/opt.3-5 oct. handchimes & instruments
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855525
Heilge Nacht, auf Engelsschwingen nahst du
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145712
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 191657
Weihnachtsminimusical für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Audio-CD
Item no.: 457222
in leichten 2stg. Sätzen (SS oder SA Blockflöten) mit Texten, Klavier / Gitarre ad lib.
Singen und Musizieren im Kinderchor
for: Children's choir
Item no.: 189941
for: Male choir
Item no.: 292221
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 630319
Neue alpenländische Chorlieder für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364907
for: Choir (1–2 parts), the parish, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1641226
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 203526
Weihnachtsmusical
for: Children's choir, instruments
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 1632567
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122682
Weihnachtskantate
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1682055
Krippenspiel
for: Soloists, children's choir, piano [band]
Choir score
Item no.: 672929
Variable Arrangements für Chor und Klavier (Perkussion / Gitarre / Bass ad lib.)
CD mit Gesamtaufnahmen, Playbacks und Druck-PDFs der Instrumentalstimmen zum gleichnamigen Heft
for: Women's choir (SA/SSA) [mixed choir (SAB/SATB)], piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass guitar, percussion) ad lib.
CD (Demo, Playback, PDF)
Item no.: 467963
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 246261
für gemischten Chor und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 380720
(Listening CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656313
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656286
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656141
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125238
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122191
Cantus Ecclesiae
Dieser Artikel wird einzeln nur mit Antikopierpunkt geliefert!
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335372
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577692
Navidad criolla
Kantate
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, piano [organ]; instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 632744
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 951486
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950200
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950428
210 Volksliedsätze und neue Kompositionen
aus Deutschland und Europa
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653385
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band; organ ad Llib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1561951
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609909
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937967
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 888970
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 887200
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 848260
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 850086
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 850030
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936689
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941711
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941467
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940171
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940141
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939989
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Book
Item no.: 939803
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 937223
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937215
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934650
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