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.
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125261
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125512
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125368
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124886
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ, melodic instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 556050
(Christkindlmesse)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ; 4 soloists (SATB), orchestra ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 333679
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Item no.: 456229
Daybreak Choral Series
SATB Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 499090
Music For Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 470397
Im Chor Heft 51
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Item no.: 291848
3-5 oct.w/opt.3-5 oct. handchimes & instruments
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855525
Two Equal Voices
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917955
Heilge Nacht, auf Engelsschwingen nahst du
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145712
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425719
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
möglich!
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 238023
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 191657
Hinshaw Secular
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1057403
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219662
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] + Chorus [SATB], Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598149
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
3 Junctim-Sätze und 3 Lied-Suiten für Bläserchor
for: Choir, wind ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 181095
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
The Christmas Oratorio by Saint-Saëns in a fascinating recording.
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 603892
Heft 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 283395
für 3-4 Singstimmen (und Begleitung)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 378879
with Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1549307
Marsch
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276404
Lasst uns froh und munter sein
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276403
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590766
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
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588910
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590813
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590669
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590667
Krippenspiel
for: Soloists, children's choir, piano [band]
Choir score
Item no.: 672929
for: Male choir
Item no.: 1671335
Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder von 4-11 Jahre
für Schule, Gemeinde, Vereine und Kinderchor
Dieses Set enthält die Gesamtausgabe (mit Klavierstimme) und die Song-CD.
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Music score, CD
Item no.: 487667
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591006
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596824
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596822
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 654864
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